You spend your time hunting for old tombs, ruins or dungeons, scavenging for hidden treasures and valuable items. You decipher ancient riddles and venture through long forgotten halls, always looking for the fabled items imbued with a mysterious power. You write down solutions and clues in your notebook, to be able to relive your past ventures or solve the next enigma. Decyphering unsolvable riddles and uncovering the past and the story of the places you venture to, all the while gathering treasures and valuables long forgot.

Skill Proficiencies: Investigation and Perception or Survival

Tool Proficiencies: Cartographer’s tools or Calligrapher’s tools

Languages: Two of your choice

Equipment: Choose A or B: (A) A leather bound note book containing clues to treasures and old ventures (e.g. small gold statue, pendant necklace), a trinket recovered from a dig site, a Dungeoneer's Pack, a Whip, a Pouch, Traveler’s Clothes, 25 GP; or (B) 70 GP

Suggested Characteristics

As Soldiers of Fortune Treasure Hunters are unable to resist the lure of an unexplored tomb or dungeon. Especially when there are clues and rumours of the existence of fabled treasure and relics.
Some are just hunting for relics and rarities to acquire wealth or fame, while others are trying to unearth long-forgotten truths or preserving powerful relics for the generations to come, all the while keeping them from falling into the wrong hands. Whatever their motivations, treasure hunters combine the self-imposed heroism of their scoundrel life with the knowledge rivalled only by archaeologists and historians.

d8	Personality Trait
1	I love a good puzzle or mystery.
2	I’m a pack rat who never throws anything away.
3	Fame is more important to me than money.
4	I have no qualms about stealing from the dead.
5	I’m happier in a dusty old tomb than I am in the centers of civilization.
6	Traps don’t make me nervous. Idiots who trigger traps make me nervous.
7	I might fail, but I will never give up.
8	I might not be who I say I am.

d6	Ideal
1	Preservation. That artifact belongs in a museum. (Good)
2	Greed. I won’t risk my life for nothing. I expect some kind of payment. (Any)
3	Death Wish. Nothing is more exhilarating than a narrow escape from the jaws of death. (Chaotic)
4	Dignity. The dead and their belongings deserve to be treated with respect. (Lawful)
5	Immortality. All my exploring is part of a plan to find the secret of everlasting life. (Any)
6	Danger. With every great discovery comes grave danger. The two walk hand in hand. (Any)

d6	Bond
1	Ever since I was a child, I’ve heard stories about a lost city. I aim to find it, learn its secrets, and earn my place in the history books.
2	I want to find my mentor, who disappeared on an expedition some time ago.
3	I have a friendly rival. Only one of us can be the best, and I aim to prove it’s me.
4	I won’t sell an art object or other treasure that has historical significance or is one of a kind.
5	I’m secretly in love with the wealthy patron who sponsors my archaeological exploits.
6	My companions were killed by a rival on an unsuccessful venture. Now I am trying to find peace with that by getting revenge and bury it behind sarcasm.

d6	Flaw
1	I have a secret fear of some common wild animal—and in my work, I see them everywhere.
2	I can’t leave a room without searching it for secret doors.
3	When I’m not exploring dungeons or ruins, I get jittery and impatient.
4	I have no time for friends or family. I spend every waking moment thinking about and preparing for my next expedition.
5	When given the choice of going left or right, I always go left.
6	I can’t sleep except in total darkness.

Contacts

You have an illustrious agent with different contacts able to provide you with information or moving particular objects of value. Whether you have a "guy" for this and that or keep a record of your past dealings yourself, is up to you and your DM. The extent of these connections is at your DM's discretion.

d4	Contact
1	An Illustrious Agent
2	An "uncle" of my family
3	A network of distribution and information centres
4	A ledger containing names and places of sellers and information brokers