You have worked as an educator, instructing young pupils in the ways of the world. Whether you teach mathematics, natural sciences, history, literature, or any other topic, your job is to help others learn. You might be a kindhearted instructor and caretaker of small children, a prickly and disillusioned master of your craft dissatisfied with your current post, or a respected and tenured professor at a famous institution.
Work with your DM to determine what your teaching duties and topics are or were. Maybe this job puts you in a position of high respect, or maybe you have been underappreciated in your duties; it is up to you and your DM. Determine what kind of qualifications or experience you have with your subject of choice (if any), and whether or not it relates to the skills provided by your class.
Maybe you are a proud wizard from a distinguished line of mages, passing down your knowledge to the next generation. Or maybe you are a retired adventurer seeking a calmer life in academia, exchanging your great sword for a chalkboard. How many years have you taught? Are you still in your position, retired, or on an extended sabbatical? Do any of your students hold connection to the plot of the campaign?
Answer all, some, or none of these questions before you start the campaign. They are here to help you plan out your character, but it's alright to discover the details as you go!
- Skill Proficiencies: Choose two from among History, Nature, Performance, and Persuasion
- Tool Proficiencies: Calligrapher's Supplies, one type of instrument
- Languages: One of your choice
- Equipment: A set of common clothes, one musical instrument, a ruler, a red apple, and a purse containing 5 gp
You have plenty of experience educating others and assisting them in reaching greater heights. When you take the help action to aid another creature with an ability check, you may roll 1d4 and add the result to the creature's roll. This costs your reaction to do, and can't affect the same creature more than once per short rest.
Suggested Characteristics
School teaches often work long hours for the sake of passing on their knowledge to another generation. Taking on such a job make come from a place of generosity, pride, or anxiety about the future. Teachers often create bonds with their fellow instructors as well as the pupils they spend their time teaching. Such connections may provide allies and advice when needed most, or become a liability should the teacher's enemies close in.
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | My calm and patient demeanor makes those I work with feel at ease. |
| 2 | My education and talent make me a figure to respect amongst my colleagues. |
| 3 | I am stalwart and stern in the face of unbridled chaos. I have to be to work with kids. |
| 4 | I seek out only the most promising and ambitious of pupils to spend my time on. |
| 5 | I am most comfortable buried deep in a book, finding some new subject to learn about. |
| 6 | I am fiercely protective of those in my charge. |
| 7 | I have no patience for those who refuse to learn. |
| 8 | One day, I will be recognized for my own contributions to my field of study. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Patience. People are not quick to learn or to change, yet I will try to help them do so anyway. (Good) |
| 2 | Order. I won't stand for chaos or disruptions when important work is being done. (Lawful) |
| 3 | Creativity. Students must be allowed to learn in the ways that best suit them, even if they are unorthodox. (Chaotic) |
| 4 | Cruelty. I take pleasure in exacting painful lessons on my pupils. It's the only way they'll ever learn. (Evil) |
| 5 | Open-Minded. One cannot expect to improve if they don't explore new ideas and possibilities. (Neutral) |
| 6 | The Next Generation. I do what I do for the good of those that will come after myself. (Good) |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | I seek the respect of adoration of my academic peers. |
| 2 | My students are everything to me; I would die to keep them safe. |
| 3 | I have devoted my life to this institution. I must protect it. |
| 4 | I see myself in one of my pupils. I believe they are destined for great things. |
| 5 | I worry for one of my pupils. They are on a dark path and I wish to help them. |
| 6 | One of my students has become a celebrity adventurer, gaining fame and glory across the world. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | Years of working with children has worn my patience down to a thread. |
| 2 | I believe I am nothing but a fraud and don't deserve to be teaching others. |
| 3 | I think this station is beneath me and resent the pupils I teach. |
| 4 | I seem to be in a constant state of anxiety trying to keep up with my students. |
| 5 | I don't know how to interact with people in a non-academic setting anymore. |
| 6 | I am jealous of the talent of my pupils. |
Your role as a teacher was based less in academia and more in physical education. Maybe you were a warrior of some renown who now tutors aspiring knights and squires. Maybe you care more about the success of your institution's jousting wins than the grades of your students. Whatever the case may be, your pupils are more likely to find you in the training yard than the classroom. If you wish to be a coach, choose the Play Ball feature instead of the Mentor feature.
Instead of a ruler and red apple, you may choose to possess a ball or other item commonly used in your chosen sport, as well as a small wooden whistle.
If your character has the school teacher background, you may select this background feature instead of Mentor.
You are familiar with a particular sport or competitive event. While participating in or instructing others in said sport or event, you have advantage on rolls made to strategize and work with your teammates.
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