Plague Doctor

You spent years learning the lore of the body. You scoured manuscripts, studied scrolls, performed autopsies, and listened to the greatest experts on the anatomies that interest you. Your efforts have made you a master in your fields of medicine.

Skill Proficiencies: Medicine. Then History, or Nature

Tool Proficiencies: Be it herbalism learning from nature how to heal, brewing your own tonics, or having specialized tools for surgeries you can decide what type of doctor you are. Learning how poison harms the body, let's you learn how to heal it also.

Equipment: A bottle of black ink, a quill, a small knife, your iconic Plague Doctor Mask, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 10 gp

Suggested Characteristics

Plague Doctors are defined by their extensive studies, and their characteristics of helping all people, not just certain members of the faith; and of course their masks. Devoted to scholarly pursuits, a Plague Doctor values knowledge highly—sometimes in its own right, sometimes as a means toward other ideals.

d8	Personality Trait
1	I use polysyllabic words that and exact medical terminology to impress the dull witted.
2	I’ve read countless books on various plagues and the exact symptoms that go along with them. May be a hypochondriac.
3	I’m used to helping out those who aren’t as smart as I am, and I patiently explain anything and everything to others.
4	There’s nothing I like more than finding a new cure or treatment.
5	I’m willing to consider every aspect of an situation before I make my own judgment.
6	I make up words and names of anatomy when dealing with the most idiotic of people.
7	I prefer working with the dead and am horribly awkward in social situations.
8	I’m convinced that people are always trying to get I'll by not living well.

d6	Ideal
1	Knowledge. The path to finding a cure is through self-sacrifice and knowledge. (Neutral)
2	Life. The goal is to heal and protect your fellow freinds and neighbors. (Good)
3	Logic. There is a cause behind every illness. I just need to find it. (Lawful)
4	No Limits. Experimentation is the only way to grow knowledge. (Chaotic)
5	Wealth. People will pay anything to be well again. (Evil)
6	Survival. There are many normal and magical diseases that must be combatted if we are to survive. (Any)

d6	Bond
1	It is my duty to protect my family and friends.
2	I have an aberrant text that holds terrible ways of creating monsters. It must not fall into the wrong hands.
3	I work to preserve a library, university, scriptorium, or monastery.
4	My life’s work is a series of tomes specific to the anatomy of a specific race or race mixture.
5	I’ve been searching my whole life for the answer of eternal life.
6	I sold my soul to heal a loved one. I hope to pay off my debt and get it back before my time is at an end.

d6	Flaw
1	I am easily distracted by extensive wounds and glimpse what is hiding inside.
2	Most people scream and run when they see a demon. I stop and take notes on its anatomy.
3	Unlocking the secret to God-hood is worth the price of a civilization.
4	I overlook obvious solutions in hopes patients will let me do complicated surgeries.
5	I speak without really thinking through my words. My bedside manner leave many more scared afterwards.
6	I can’t keep a secret to save my life, I love to talk and gossip away when doing house calls.