Whether by choice or poverty, you have spent your entire life around death. Simply by proximity, you began to learn facts about the body that most never even think about. Your exposure and inquisitive nature eventually led to you working in a mortuary, helping to prepare bodies for the funeral rites appropriate to that culture. Over the years, you have learned a great deal about death and its many causes. With this knowledge came a certain understanding of physical afflictions and ailments. This has given you a keener perception of small details and a greater understanding of humanoid bodies.
- Skill Proficiencies: Choose two skills.
- Tool Proficiencies: Choose two from the following list.
Morticians of the olden days sometimes had to conduct themselves like doctors. You can accurately estimate with a small margin of error the time of death of bodies.
Spell List
Funeral Directors all learn Speak with the Dead as a ritual so they can determine the cause of death, and confirm the deceased's last wishes.
| Spell Level | Spells |
|---|---|
| 3rd | speak with dead |
Use the Speak with death spell once per long rest, without expending a spellslot.
Suggested Characteristics
Morticians not only have to be good at preparing the dead for the grave, but also comforting the living family. Morticians are warm, thoughtful, and heed the wishes of others. Or completely the opposite.
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