Industry Veteran

As an Industry Veteran, you spent years of your life in a particular industry - forestry, tapestry, blacksmithery, weaving, etc - until one day, you realized that you were destined for more.  A very humble background, this isn't someone that has screamed "Hero" from their genesis.  No, they put in the work and the labor until a major event or life happenstance pushed them into adventuring, whether by choice or not.

Discuss with your DM what is "typical" of your industry.

Skill Proficiencies: Survival, 1 Other Proficiency of Your Choice (In line with your Industry)

 

 

Tool Proficiencies: 1 Artisan's Tools of your choice (in line with your industry)

Languages: A language one would need in your industry

 

Equipment: A pouch containing 50 gp, a set of common clothes, 5 days rations, an item leftover from your industry (axe, needle and thread, hammer, etc), a set of artisan's tools you're proficient with

Suggested Characteristics

Working class folks generally have some unique characteristics about them from a life of hard work.

d6	Personality Trait
1	I have spent many years working the same industry and am just tired all of the time.
2	I feel bitter towards anyone who has come from privilege and nobility.
3	I'm generally grumpy and get annoyed by youth and joy.
4	I need my alone time. Please leave me alone.
5	I feel a sense of pride in how hard I've worked my whole life.
6	Give me some ale and I'm a happy individual.

d6	Ideal
1	I feel like I've wasted my life and there's so much more out there.
2	I want to become successful enough to change the terrible industry I came from.
3	There are too many people out there struggling like I was, and I want to fight corruption to ease people's lives.
4	I learned how damaging the industry I was in is and seek to give back to the world after contributing to its pain.
5	I spent a lot of time working for my family, but now I feel like adventuring will be a better source of income to provide for them.
6	There's something more out there for me, and I hope to find it. I feel like I need to make my own destiny.

d6	Bond
1	My crew is my crew, no matter who they are, and we stick together.
2	All I know is that it's every man for himself out there. Dog eat dog.
3	I will sacrifice anything I can if it means giving back to my family.
4	Emotional connections are exhausting, and when I'm on a job, my teammates aren't my friends. We're just working together for a common goal, nothing more.
5	The best type of crewmates are those who will go drink with me after a job is done.
6	Everyone I meet is part of a greater story that is being written.

d6	Flaw
1	Sometimes, I drink a little too much. But most people in my industry do!
2	I have no idea how to talk to people that aren't like me.
3	I don't trust anyone who hasn't worked hard their entire life for what they have.
4	Sometimes I will lash out at someone if I feel like they aren't pulling their weight.
5	I would rather be napping.
6	I don't form emotional connections. A job is a job, nothing more, nothing less.