Cuskean Engineer

The grand capital city of Cuskea is a beacon of both science and magic, where these two practices converge and become one. Cuskean engineers—also called magewrights—are the ingenious arbiters of this process. Experts of artifice and arcano-mechanics, these individuals stand equipped with a high level of intellect and a thirst for both creation and discovery.

Skill Proficiencies: Arcana, Investigation

Tool Proficiencies: Tinker's tools

Equipment: Tinker's tools, a handful of machine parts, gloves and overalls with a non-conducting coating, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 10 gp.

Suggested Characteristics

The engineers and magewrights of Cuskea are all highly intelligent, and often driven by either curiosity or ambition. As a Cuskean engineer, you may be an obsessed perfectionist with little time for anything but your research, or a messy apprentice seeking experience and knowledge as part of this adventurous life you’ve chosen.

d8	Personality Trait
1	I believe that anything worth doing is worth doing right. I can’t help it — I’m a perfectionist.
2	I pepper my speech with the incomprehensible jargon of my trade.
3	I have a hard time staying focused on … oh, and my brain tends to jump from one … did I mention focus?
4	I believe that magic is just a form of science we have yet to understand.
5	Great ideas are fine, but great results are what counts.
6	Everything, no matter how small or insignificant, must be catalogued.
7	Sleep? Why would I need to sleep?
8	Life's an experiment, and I can't wait to see what happens.

d6	Ideal
1	Organization. Everything has its proper place, and everything should be in its proper place. (Lawful)
2	Community. My inventions will ensure the safety and prosperity of my people. (Good)
3	Freedom. I invent what I want, laws and morals be damned! (Chaotic)
4	Discovery. Every experiment has the potential to reveal more secrets of the multiverse. (Any)
5	Greed. I do not care what I’m tasked with making or who it's for, as long as I’m getting paid. (Evil)
6	Science. A rigorous application of logical principles and protocols will lead us toward progress more surely than any belief system. (Lawful)

d6	Bond
1	A fellow engineer and I are racing to solve the same scientific puzzle.
2	The workshop where I learned my trade is the most important place in the world to me.
3	I have the schematics for a revolutionary invention that I hope to build one day, once I have the necessary resources.
4	I seek to one day become a master of arcano-mechanics.
5	I have dedicated my life to finding a solution to a scientific problem.
6	I lost a dear friend to an experiment gone awry.

d6	Flaw
1	I do not care about consequences or collateral damage, only results.
2	My constant exposure to high voltages, chemicals and/or volatile magic has left its mark on both my body and psyche.
3	Nothing is ever simple, and if it seems simple, I'll find a way to make it complicated.
4	I tend to ignore sleep for days when I'm conducting research, often at the expense of my own health and safety.
5	I’m terribly jealous of anyone who can outshine my handiwork. Everywhere I go, I’m surrounded by rivals.
6	I'm incapable of admitting a flaw in my logic.