Who wouldn’t trust an attendant? Sometimes regarded as docile or modest servants, attendants share some bonds and secrets with their master(s), in return they’re supposed to be discrete, efficient and quiet. Though serving merchants, lords or even kings might not seem to be the ideal life, attendants have shelter, food and on occasion a good network to inform and to receive secret information from. Freedom is one step away, and your former employer might have granted you its approval.
- Skill Proficiencies: Persuasion, Stealth
- Tool Proficiencies: Choose two from Disguise kit, Forgery kit, Poisoner’s kit or Thieves’ tools.
- Equipment: A set of fine clothes, 2 tools kit of your choice, a belt pouch containing 5 gp.
Whether your former employer was (or still is) someone important or not doesn’t matter, what matter truly is your tie to it. Choose how close you were to it, or roll on the table below.
|
d8 |
Tie |
D8 |
Bond |
|
1 |
Family |
5 |
Personally recommended |
|
2 |
Close friend |
6 |
Friend of a friend |
|
3 |
Grew up as an attendant |
7 |
Might have seen it few times |
|
4 |
Gained trust |
8 |
Unknown to the employer |
You know some people working with or around your employer. Amongst one of them you have a close relationship that might help you if needed. The only thing that this person refuses is to come with you for some reason. Nonetheless, it might be the beginning of your personal network.
Suggested Characteristics
Attendants are often introduced as a self-effacing person, a silent observer, it might be actually true given the full devotion they sometimes deploy, or might not, revealing sometimes an intricate personality, stuck between its role, its ambition and its fears. Attendants are great at disguising their true emotions leaving people the impression of meeting a yes-man, but does anyone really know what they’re thinking about?
|
d8 |
Personality Trait |
|
1 |
I know how to behave with different kind of people. There’s no mystery to me regarding habits and customs |
|
2 |
What I like most is the secrets and small talks. I’m a bit of a Peeping Tom. |
|
3 |
I’m so discrete (or shy), I doubt anyone would remember my name. |
|
4 |
I’m so dedicated to the job, it will kill me someday. |
|
5 |
If you want my opinion, I just can’t stop commentate on everything. |
|
6 |
Do not try to outshine me, or you will regret it. |
|
7 |
Poor people have no manners, please move them away my sight. |
|
8 |
A stranger will always be a stranger, no matter how hard it tries. |
|
d6 |
Ideal |
|
1 |
Honor. Abandon my employer? I simply cannot. I owe it everything I am. (Lawful) |
|
2 |
Freedom. Why should I stay at its service? I’m glad I freed from these chains, I bow to no one. (Chaotic) |
|
3 |
Charity. I do my best at its service, though I think I should help and/or serve those who realy need it. (Good) |
|
4 |
Power. I envy my employer and I would do anything to cast it down. I should be the one you serve. (Evil) |
|
5 |
Indifference. Whether it’s this employer or another doesn’t affect me much. (Neutral) |
|
6 |
Aspiration. I did what I had to do, now it’s over, let’s move on. (Any) |
|
d6 |
Bond |
|
1 |
I really enjoy being both an intercessor between my employer and other people, there’s nothing I don’t know about both sides and nothing gets to him without my approval. |
|
2 |
I’ve once failed my employer. This will never happen again. |
|
3 |
When someone I don’t know approaches my employer I always try to remember everything about it. |
|
4 |
In fact, I’m the only keeper of the clock. Without me my employer is lost. |
|
5 |
My employer is a horrible person, I know it, but I hope people will notice how much efforts I’ve put into the job. |
|
6 |
I’ve enjoyed everything I had done for my employer. It’s so enriching. |
|
d6 |
Flaw |
|
1 |
Some say I have composure, well, when I’m sober for sure. |
|
2 |
Though I have some good composure, I simply can’t carry anything fragile: I’m too clumsy. |
|
3 |
I’m in debt to my employer. I simply can’t refuse if it asks me to do something. |
|
4 |
I’ve always loved powerful people, I would do anything to stick with them. |
|
5 |
I tend to denounce or accuse if someone did something wrong or not. |
|
6 |
I’m like a magpie, I love collecting shiny objects that aren’t (yet) mine. |