Executioner

After the judge, after the jury, there is only you... the person behind the hood. You don't make decisions or judgements about the people at your feet, you just carry out your duty. As an executioner you are tasked with the grim job of punishing those convicted of crimes. Perhaps you have a moral opinion in the matter of your charges, perhaps not. Does it really matter?

Skill Proficiencies: Medicine, Intimidation

Tool Proficiencies: Poisoner's kit

Equipment: A poisoner's kit, ink, an ink pen, a journal of names, a book of last rites, a censer on a chain, 5 sticks of incense, a trinket linked with your preferred method of execution, a set of common clothes with a hood and leather smock, a pouch with 10gp

Suggested Characteristics

Most executioners simply fill a necessary role in society while others seek out the work for more sinister or taboo reasons, but either way an executioner brings with them a certain, inescapable aura. Your motives and pursuits will determine how society reacts to you over time.

d8	Personality Trait
1	I’m driven by the need to protect the innocent.
2	When the going gets weird and bloody, I remain calm and stoic.
3	I am deferential to authority more than rulings.­ Those chosen through merit, tradition, or birth understand the intent of the law even if the letter must be bent a bit.
4	I have learned the harsh ways of society and government through my job.
5	I don't value the rich over the poor, we leave this world with nothing but our souls.
6	I tend to zone out, lost in a scene of grim death.
7	I feel just as at home around the dead as I do the living.
8	Once a bad seed, always a bad seed.­ I am highly judgmental of those who have erred even once.

d6	Ideal
1	When some petty law gets into the way of my job, it should wait out of sight in the antechamber while I take care of what needs to be done. (Chaotic)
2	I took the job only on the guarantee that I would only be killing the wicked. (Good)
3	As an enforcer of the law, I believe that keeping order is the key to a just society, despite how hard the consequences may be. (Lawful)
4	I do what I love, so I'm never really working. (Evil)
5	My profession was just that, a means to provide shelter. I take no pleasure in killing. (Neutral)
6	Politics and morality aside, I take pride in being great at my job. (Any)

d6	Bond
1	Allegiance to my society is all that matters. I provide a necessary service.
2	I've been forced to put my one true love to the sword, and have been grieving for him/her ever since.
3	I wouldn't put my loved one to the sword, and we've been on the run ever since.
4	My power will bring this world to its knees.
5	No one is above the law. No one but this smug bastard who got off scotfree with a mysterious letter. I will find him/her and make sure there is no loophole this time.
6	It is my duty to rid this land of evildoers.

d6	Flaw
1	I turn to the bottle to block out the horrors of my job.
2	I enjoy my work a little too much.
3	I am numb to the sights of death and decay.
4	I tend to kill first and ask questions later.. if at all.
5	Violence is my answer to almost any challenge.
6	Don’t expect me to save those who can’t save themselves. It is the way of the world that the strong thrive and the weak perish.