Commoner

You are without rank or title. You are the commoner. You come from the masses and from the masses you understand your place in the world. While not afforded the luxuries of status or the wealth of a noble, you make due with what you are given. Outside your profession, you've never experienced a social status requiring you to participate politically or in front of nobility. You've experienced hardships but not to the point of poverty. You wake up early for your job, you work to receive your payment, occasionally you are promoted to keep you working, you go home, you feed yourself and your family, you give time to your spouse and children, you sleep, and you eventually die. This is the cycle of the common folk each and every day. Or is it...?

Skill Proficiencies: Choose two from among Animal Handling, Athletics, Insight, Medicine, Nature, Perception, Religion, Sleight of Hand, and Survival

Tool Proficiencies: Vehicles (land) and choose from among a limited list of artisan tools, vehicles (water), an herbalism kit, or a gaming set

Equipment: a set of common clothes, a shovel, and a pouch containing 1 gp

Suggested Characteristics

Growing up a certain way made you a certain way. You didn't have a ton of wealth in gold but you like to think you made up for that with experiences. Most importantly though, your life was always your life. And that was ok.

d8	Personality Trait
1	Actions speak much louder than words ever will.
2	I'm always willing to help someone in need.
3	Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
4	The results of your hard work are the reward, not any sort of coin.
5	Anything worth doing is worth doing well.
6	I tend not to pay attention to anyone's titles or accolades if their hands are soft.
7	Good-natured banter and jibes are the best way to get to know someone.
8	If I say I'm going to do something, I'm going to do it.

d6	Ideal
1	Respect. No matter your station, I treat you with respect even if you don't deserve it. (Good)
2	Freedom. We all have the ability to pick up and go as we please and I'll treasure that gift. (Chaotic)
3	Power. Those who have wealth, have power. I want that power. (Evil)
4	Truth. We are what we are and nothing more. (Neutral)
5	Fate. I'm destined for something more, I can feel it. (Any)
6	Rules. Rules are made to be followed. (Lawful)

d6	Bond
1	My shop, farm, or place of business is my second home and I'd do anything for the people still there.
2	I left to make enough money and renown to impress my hometown sweetheart.
3	I will not stand to see another person bullied for their lack of wealth or oppurtunity.
4	My traveling companions are my new family and I'll protect them like we share blood.
5	I miss my family dearly but I know I'm doing this for them.
6	There's a big world outside my town and I want to know all of it.

d6	Flaw
1	I make donkeys look agreeable.
2	I have trouble trusting people I didn't grow up with.
3	My whole hometown knows of my awful action that led to my leaving so I can never go back.
4	Hard days working made me pick up hard vices
5	There's nothing I hate more than a lazy or complacent person and I often let them know it.
6	A chance at a noble title may make me do anything.