Following many years of education and workplace experience, digging up and researching ancient cultures and societies, you've made connections with various organizations; selling artifacts and historical research to nobles, governments, and collectors hoping to honor the past, as well as to mage houses and criminals hoping to harness ancient powers. Your own moral compass dictates whom you're willing to do business with, but there always seems to be interested buyers and benefactors when you're around people with money. Years in the field have taught you how to identify how old and how valuable (or worthless) these finds might be. And while this might make you some money, and gain you some notoriety, it's also likely to put you on a dangerous path from time to time. Many of your finds are in long-forgotten, trap-filled areas, and sometimes, legends - true or not - will put others on the same path as you.

Skill Proficiencies: Skill Proficiencies: History, Investigation, Survival

 

Tool Proficiencies: Tool Proficiencies: Mason's Tools, Thieves’ Tools, Cartographer's tools or navigator's tools

 

Languages: One of your choice. While you can't speak either, you can understand and read both Celestial and Infernal

Equipment: Brush, bucket, Hammer & chisel, Miners Pick, & Shovel

A wooden case containing a map to a ruin or dungeon, a bullseye lantern, a miner's pick, a set of traveler's clothes, a shovel, a two-person tent, a trinket recovered from a dig site, and a pouch containing 25gp

Notepad w/ Charcoal Pencil, Map/Scroll Case, Climber's Kit, Lamp & flask of oil, Thieves' Tools, Empty Lockbox, 2 Empty Vials, and a keepsake from an early dig-site (ex: small animal skeleton, ancient arrowhead, centuries-old silverware, etc)

Suggested Characteristics

d8	Personality Trait
1	I live for the thrill of the find
2	I love a good puzzle or mystery.
3	The knowledge gained is my reward
4	I have no qualms about stealing from the dead.
5	I've been secretly looking for something specific this whole time
6	I'm happier in a dusty old tomb than I am in the centers of civilization.
7	You might think I'm a scholar, but I love a good brawl. These fists were made for punching.
8	Traps don't make me nervous. Idiots who trigger traps make me nervous.

d6	Ideal
1	Dignity. The dead and their belongings deserve to be treated with respect. (Lawful)
2	Excitement Life is short, have fun while you can and enjoy your finds (Chaotic)
3	Pragmatism I could use this stuff more than the dead who possess it. (Neutral)
4	Reverence The dead deserve to be remembered in a world full of so much loss. (Lawful)
5	Focus I'm just here for the bones, man (neutral)
6	Death Wish. Nothing is more exhilarating than a narrow escape from the jaws of death. (Chaotic)

d6	Bond
1	I hope to bring prestige to a library, a museum, or a university.
2	I loved someone long ago, and the memory of them (be it a delusional misremembrance or not) keeps me moving
3	I want to find my mentor, who disappeared on an expedition some time ago.
4	I won't sell an art object or other treasure that has historical significance or is one of a kind.
5	I've got my trusty shovel, and that's all I need. With it, the next find is always just a matter of when and where.
6	I have a friendly rival. Only one of us can be the best, and I aim to prove it's me.

d8	Flaw
1	I have a secret fear of some common wild animal – and in my work, I see them everywhere.
2	When I'm not exploring dungeons or ruins, I get jittery and impatient.
3	I am better at dealing with skeletons than living people.
4	I have dyslexia; I find it difficult to read and write.
5	I am terse and blunt, and only speak when necessary.
6	I only speak in facts. If you don't like it, too bad.
7	I will talk about my interests for hours if you let me.
8	I am a high functioning psychopath.

Contacts

While you might not be the greatest salesmen, over the years you've made connections with intermediaries in your field that can usually find a buyer for whatever it is you're trying to unload. You'll have to pay a percentage, but it usually works out in your favor overall.