You were born into a close-knit family or clan, surrounded by nature and far away from the modern comforts of urban living.
You might live on a farm, in a woodland or near to an elaborate cave system and have learned to care for and live off the land around you. Your life in the countryside has honed your skills of cultivating food and foraging for things like mushrooms, berries, materials and hidden treasures.
Unlike many others, you gain knowledge from first-hand experiences rather than lectures or academic texts. You know the cycles of the seasons and the land intimately and, while you're perhaps not formally educated, you are able to make a good living selling produce, furs, gemstones and/or hand-crafted items.
When you are not ploughing land or harvesting, you and your family often spend time exploring caves, ruins, mine systems or other subterranean areas. You know how to locate rich mineral veins as well as how to safely and ethically mine them. This could be ore for smelting such as iron or copper or it could be rarer crystals and gemstones to be used for jewellery making.
While your people do enjoy community living and are welcoming to respectful strangers, they also revere the solitude of the deep earth and you feel just as at home underground as you do on the surface.
- Skill Proficiencies:
- Tool Proficiencies:
- Most of your furniture and possessions you have made or built yourself, using your [tool]Tinker's Tools[/tool]
- Medicines and potions can be expensive and so you have learned to make basic versions of your own using what is available to you in the wild and you [tool]Herbalism Kit[/tool]
- Languages:
- Due to lack of travel and social interactions, you haven't learned any new languages
- Equipment: A staff, an animal hide [Tooltip Not Found] filled with clear spring water, a trinket that you hold dear, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 10 gp
You can roll on the following table to determine the way in which you specialise in living off the land, or simply choose one that best fits your character.
| d8 | Specialisation |
|---|---|
| 1 | Forester |
| 2 | Trapper |
| 3 | Homesteader |
| 4 | Hunter-gatherer |
| 5 | Miner |
| 6 | Livestock Keeper |
| 7 | Herbalist |
| 8 | Bee Keeper |
Foragers are always on the hunt and often notice minute details in the world around them. This keen eye and sense of resourcefulness help you in a surprising variety of situations. Whether you're traversing a dense forest, wandering through a bustling city, or delving into ancient ruins, you possess an innate talent for finding useful non-magical resources.
You might find plants for healing or harm, special woods or metals for particular crafts, or perhaps long lost trinkets and treasures. If it exists in an area that a forager can get to then they may have a use for it and so collect it!
You are also able to scrounge or forage food and fresh water for yourself and up to five other people each day.
Suggested Characteristics
The ties of tribe, clan, family, and the natural world of which they are a part of are the most important bonds to most Crofters and Foragers
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I do my work diligently: the elements won’t forgive shoddy preparations. |
| 2 | I don’t like sleeping in a bed. I prefer the floor. The cold, hard, floor. |
| 3 | I’m always picking things up, absently fiddling with them, and sometimes accidentally breaking them. |
| 4 | I feel far more comfortable in nature than around people. |
| 5 | When I set my mind to something, I follow through no matter what gets in my way. |
| 6 | I don’t part with my money easily and will haggle tirelessly to get the best deal possible. |
| 7 | I hold a deep attachment to my trinkets, each with a story or memory attached, and I'm reluctant to part with them. |
| 8 | I love to share my knowledge of dangerous plants and other foraged materials with anyone who will listen. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Change. Life is like the seasons, in constant change, and we must change with it. (Any) |
| 2 | Greater Good. It is each person’s responsibility to make the most happiness for the whole tribe. (Good) |
| 3 | Beauty: Nature is beautiful, and it will show us what is good. (Lawful) |
| 4 | Greed: Gems and precious metals, I want them all for myself. (Evil) |
| 5 | Nature. The natural world is more important than all the constructs of civilization. (Neutral) |
| 6 | Thrill Seeker. I will go anywhere, no matter how dangerous to get that rare herb or beast. (Chaotic) |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | My family, clan, or tribe is the most important thing in my life, even when they are far from me. |
| 2 | An injury to the unspoiled wilderness of my home is an injury to me. |
| 3 | Gems hold a special fascination for me, more than gold, land, magic, or power. |
| 4 | A deep gnome saved my life once when I was injured and alone. I owe his people a great debt. |
| 5 | I carry the weight of an ancestor's legacy and seek to live up to their reputation. |
| 6 | I've sworn to only supply materials for good creative purposes. I won't sell or use poisons. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I am too enamoured of ale, wine, and other intoxicants. |
| 2 | I am sometimes overwhelmed or jumpy in crowded locations or situations. |
| 3 | I often charge blindly into challenges, not knowing what’s ahead, with only one plan: kill, kill, kill! |
| 4 | I have issues confronting my fears and tend to avoid what makes me uncomfortable. |
| 5 | I often talk to myself, forgetting that I’m around other people now. |
| 6 | I tend to gawp at things that are new to me. |
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