Hillbilly

You are a hillbilly, while not particularly smart, or educated, you know your way around a gun and have the knowledge and experience required to survive out in the wilderness.

Skill Proficiencies: You are proficient in nature and animal handling from growing crops and taking care of livestock.
Tool Proficiencies: you are proficient with woodworking tools and land vehicles such as carriages, wagons, chariots, etc.
Languages: you only know common and your native language as you don't have the educational abilities to learn more than simple phrases and such in others.

Specialization

Not every farm is alike; there are a vast range of goods produced by farmers of different sorts, and nearly all farms focus on just one product or a limited group of products.

d6	Specialization
1	Rancher. You raised animals for slaughter most likely for food, but also for leather, furs, and other useful materials.
2	Grazier. You harvested goods produced by animals such as milk, eggs, feathers, or wool.
3	Stockman. You bred animals to sell for work or as pets such as guard dogs, racing horses, and griffons.
4	Peasant. You harvested edible or useful plants such as wheat, corn crops, or apples at an orchard.
5	Forester. You grew trees for ornament or construction such as trees grown for bow staves, boat masts, or buildings.
6	Silk. You raised silk worms or another exotic animal, and harvested their silk.

Feature: Feature: Of the Land

You lack the formal education of the higher classes, but for how little you may know there is a great deal that you understand. You have a practical, working knowledge of astrology and meteorology, and can easily track the time and date as well as predict the weather within a few hours, or days if you're lucky. You understand the "secrets of life"; the needs of life (water, light, air, salt, etc.), the patterns of physical inheritance, and the connections between different plants and animals.

Suggested Characteristics

d8	Personality Trait
1	I'm always early to bed and early to rise. I keep my gear and supplies in careful check.
2	I keep my gear and supplies in careful check.
3	I speak with a distinctive drawl or accent common to my class.
4	I always save up as much as I can, spending and consuming only what I must.
5	When work needs doing, I do the work.
6	I keep constant track of the sun, moon, stars, seasons, and weather.
7	I like to sleep in the sun when I can.
8	I'm always chewing on a sprig of grass, a toothpick, tobacco, seeds, or preserved meat.

d6	Ideal
1	Fill the Need. There are a lot of hungry mouths in the world, with enough hands the world can feed them all. (Good)
2	It's a Living. I do what I'm good at because what I'm good at is good for me. (Neutral)
3	Brutal Practicality. Bury a fish or bury a man, just get the job done. (Evil)
4	Hard Work. A labor of love is a purpose and meaning. (Lawful)
5	A Simple Way of Life. If it ain't broke, don't fix it! (Neutral)
6	Amusement. Playing a hand in the growth and development of things delights me. (Chaotic)

d6	Bond
1	I want to find that special someone and raise a home full of children.
2	I'll never forget the family farm I grew up on.
3	Some day, I'll be the lord of my own land.
4	I want to become the biggest or best example of my profession to prove that I am the best!
5	My son was sent to war and never returned. I must find him!
6	I am out to start a homestead of my own in an unexplored fringe territory.

d6	Flaw
1	I can be lazy and sleepy, sneaking off to take naps when work can wait.
2	I am absurdly isolated, innocent, or pious.
3	I believe in and obey my nation's nobility blindly.
4	I abandoned my home to avoid taxation, conscription, or court and cannot return
5	I am not used to being wealthy and tend to overindulge.
6	I show off to attractive people too much.

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