Legal Savant

Whether through admittance to a family practice, time spent clerking for your local barrister, or just through a need to weasel your way out of a bad contract, you've immersed yourself in the wider world of legality. You specialize in using the word and intent of law to your advantage.

Skill Proficiencies: Investigation, Persuasion

Tool Proficiencies: Calligrapher's supplies, Forgery kit

Languages: 2 languages of your choice

Equipment: A set of robes, a forgery kit, a certificate of your legal training, notary tools, a complete code of law of the predominant government in your area, a magnifying glass, and a pouch containing 15 gp

Suggested Characteristics

Justice may be blind, but those trained in law always have both eyes open, looking for the right opportunity to use their knowledge and training to shift situations to their liking. Their ability to change realities without even employing the use of force or magic can place them at odds with many, but they are also a valued friend when their connections find themselves in hot water.

d8	Personality Trait
1	I'm an artist with the way I talk. I can have a crowd eating out of my hand in minutes.
2	I'm naturally suspicious. I read the fine print of everything I come across.
3	I think the only societies worth respecting are the civilized ones.
4	I'm just a simple country lawyer. A table in a man's house is as hallowed as the great institutions of our law.
5	I don't lie all the time, but it's rare that I offer up the unadulterated truth either.
6	I don't make promises lightly, and chances are I'll make you give one in writing.
7	I don't really understand the moral intent of the law. If it's technically legal, it's legal enough to me.
8	I value my time, so be prepared to pay well for it.

d6	Ideal
1	Independence. The best kind of legal maneuvers are those that keep people from going behind bars. (Chaotic)
2	Justice. The law is the great equalizing force in the world and the rule of law must be dispensed and respected (Lawful)
3	Mercy. If given the opportunity to grant clemency to the truly rehabilitated, you should (Good)
4	Flexibility. We call them codes of law, but in practice they're really more like guidelines. (Chaotic)
5	Duty. Laws should be designed to make peoples lives better. (Good)
6	Ambition. I've yet to even scratch the service of what I can accomplish with my skills. (Any)

d6	Bond
1	I helped sentence a very dangerous individual to life behind bars and I live in fear that they may seek retribution. They still write me letters
2	I studied under a great master of law. Someone who helped shape my entire philosophy on the subject.
3	I was once horribly outmaneuvered by a fellow lawyer, embarrassing both me and my client. I loathe them and would leap at the chance to even the score.
4	I was robbed of my freedom due to corruption, and I am arming myself for the legal battle to come when I bring them to justice.
5	Someone killed someone very close to me and was acquitted of the crime. I will have my revenge inside or outside the courtroom.
6	I unknowingly helped swindle someone out of their livelihood or their freedom. I am working every day to repay the debt I owe them.

d6	Flaw
1	I love the sound of my own voice
2	I'm a terrible loser. I won't give up even when it's clear that I'm beaten.
3	I fully believe that I am the craftiest person in any room I walk into
4	I have a hard time moving along after witnessing injustice. I fight for losing causes more often than winning ones.
5	I can't resist a good loophole.
6	I can and I will cheat the devil within the confines of the law if given the chance.