Cartographers are wanderers, exploring the world to discover and map out the forests, mountains, rivers and seas, hidden hamlets and migrating herds, returning to cities to draw up their discoveries and sell their notes to map makers and booksellers, or illustrate and sell themselves. They belong to an international network of guilds, offering shelter, support and access to local mercantile networks.

 You learned your trade by apprenticing to another wandering cartographer, picking up a variety of survival skills, including basic weapons skills for self defense in the wilds. Some choose to develop their weapons skills further, while others develop arcane talents to support their exploration and survival. 

Skill Proficiencies: Choose any two: Animal Handling, Athletics, History, Investigation, Nature, Perception, Survival

Tool Proficiencies: Cartographer's Tools

Languages: One of your choice

Equipment: A staff, a set of cartographer tools, a set of traveler’s clothes, and a pouch containing 10 gp

Suggested Characteristics

Cartographers are often loners, wandering the world and staying away from civilization for months at a time. They travel alone or in small groups for protection, and occasionally fall in with adventuring groups or hire bands of guards. They delight in seeing the wild places of the world, and bringing new information about the world to light.

d8	Personality Trait
1	I’m driven by a wanderlust that led me away from home.
2	I watch over my friends as if they were a litter of newborn pups.
3	I once ran twenty-five miles without stopping to warn to my clan of an approaching orc horde. I’d do it again if I had to.
4	I have a lesson for every situation, drawn from observing nature.
5	I place no stock in wealthy or well-mannered folk. Money and manners won’t save you from a hungry owlbear.
6	I’m always picking things up, absently fiddling with them, and sometimes accidentally breaking them.
7	I feel far more comfortable around animals than people.
8	I was, in fact, raised by wolves.

d6	Ideal
1	Change. Life is like the seasons, in constant change, and we must change with it. (Chaotic)
2	Greater Good. It is each person’s responsibility to make the most happiness for the whole tribe. (Good)
3	Honor. If I dishonor myself, I dishonor my whole clan. (Lawful)
4	Might. The strongest are meant to rule. (Evil)
5	Nature. The natural world is more important than all the constructs of civilization. (Neutral)
6	Glory. I must earn glory in battle, for myself and my clan. (Any)

d6	Bond
1	My family, clan, or tribe is the most important thing in my life, even when they are far from me.
2	An injury to the unspoiled wilderness of my home is an injury to me.
3	I will bring terrible wrath down on the evildoers who destroyed my homeland.
4	I am the last of my tribe, and it is up to me to ensure their names enter legend.
5	I suffer awful visions of a coming disaster and will do anything to prevent it.
6	It is my duty to provide children to sustain my tribe.

d6	Flaw
1	I am too enamored of ale, wine, and other intoxicants.
2	There’s no room for caution in a life lived to the fullest.
3	I remember every insult I’ve received and nurse a silent resentment toward anyone who’s ever wronged me.
4	I am slow to trust members of other races, tribes, and societies.
5	Violence is my answer to almost any challenge.
6	Don’t expect me to save those who can’t save themselves. It is nature’s way that the strong thrive and the weak perish.