You've been on or near boats and ports your entire life and worked every role a ship can tote at one time or another. It may have taken years, but you've finally gotten your hands on your very own ship and somehow managed to scrounge up a crew. 

You are a skilled navigator who has learned to combine your knowledge of cartography, sense of direction and superb sailing skills. Your past experience as a ship’s navigator makes you invaluable on any sea voyage.

You are used to keeping a daily log and maintaining charts, maps and navigation tools while on a ship.

Skill Proficiencies: Nature, Perception

Tool Proficiencies: Cartographer’s tools, Navigator’s tools, vehicles (water)

Equipment: Your vessel, a set of traveler’s clothes, cartographer’s tools or navigator’s tools, a chart, and a pouch containing 10 gp

Suggested Characteristics

Sailors can be a rough lot, but the responsibilities of life on a ship make them generally reliable as well. Life aboard a ship shapes their outlook and forms their most important attachments.

d8	Personality Trait
1	I like a job well done, especially if I can convince someone else to do it.
2	My language is as foul as an otyugh nest.
3	To me, a tavern brawl is a nice way to get to know a new city.
4	I enjoy sailing into new ports and making new friends over a flagon of ale.
5	My friends know they can rely on me, no matter what.
6	I stretch the truth for the sake of a good story.
7	I never pass up a friendly wager.
8	I work hard so that I can play hard when the work is done.

d5	Ideal
1	Respect. The thing that keeps a ship together is mutual respect between captain and crew. (Good)
2	Fairness. We all do the work, so we all share in the rewards. (Lawful)
3	People. I'm committed to my crew, not to ideals. (Neutral)
4	Mastery. I'm a predator, and the other ships on the sea are my prey. (Evil)
5	Freedom. The sea is freedom—the freedom to go anywhere and do anything. (Chaotic)

d5	Bond
1	The ship is most important - crews come and go.
2	I'll always remember my first ship.
3	In a harbor town, I have a paramour whose eyes nearly stole me from the sea.
4	I was cheated out of my fair share of the profits, and I want to get my due.
5	Ruthless pirates decimated my crew, plundered our ship, and left me to die. Vengeance will be mine.

d5	Flaw
1	I avoid having to do extra work and pawn my duties off on my crew.
2	Once someone questions my courage, I never back down no matter how dangerous the situation.
3	Once I start drinking, it's hard for me to stop.
4	I can't help but pocket loose coins and other trinkets I come across.
5	My pride will probably lead to my destruction.