Church Assassin

Raised by the church since a young age, your faith is unshakeable and you are willing to do all that is required for your God to prosper. While you act and function as a simple wandering priest of your church in your day to day life, you will occasionally receive encoded messages from your superiors informing you of a person or persons that are hindering the advancement of your Gods goals and what they expect you to do about said person or persons.

Skill Proficiencies:

• You gain Proficiency in the Religion skill
• Choose one proficiency from the following options: Deception, Stealth, Sleight of Hand, Perception.

Tool Proficiencies:

• You gain Proficiency in using Thieves' Tools
• Choose one Kit between the following: Poisoner's Kit, Disguise Kit, Forgery Kit

Equipment:

• Vestments of your Church
• Kit of your Choice.
• Thieves' Tools
• A code-book for decrypting orders
• A pouch with 10 gold

Suggested Characteristics

Church assassins like acolytes are shaped by their experience in the temples. Their study of the history and tenets of their faith along with the knowledge that what they do is for the good of their God affect their mannerisms and ideals. Their flaws might be some hidden hypocrisy or heretical idea, or an ideal or bond taken to an extreme.

d8	Personality Trait
1	I always have a plan for what to do when things go wrong.
2	I am always calm, no matter what the situation. I never raise my voice or let my emotions control me.
3	The first thing I do in a new place is note the exits or escape routes - or those areas that could act as one in a pinch.
4	I am incredibly slow to trust. Those who seem the fairest often have the most to hide.
5	I will always carry out my task with a dogged determination.
6	I will always obey the orders of the leaders of my Church
7	I consider beings that does not follow my Gods general alignment, lesser.
8	The church is all I need, companions may be useful but I am a loner by choice

d6	Ideal
1	People. I’m loyal to my friends, not to any ideals, and everyone else can take a trip down the Styx for all I care. (Neutral)
2	Fanaticism. I live for my God, I die for my God (evil)
3	Purpose. What I do, I do for the benefit of my God (Good)
4	Freedom. Chains are meant to be broken, as are those who would forge them. (Chaotic)
5	Logic. Emotions must not cloud our sense of what is right and true. (Lawful)
6	Self-Knowledge. If you know yourself, there’s nothing left to know. (Any)

d6	Bond
1	I will someday get revenge on the corrupt temple hierarchy who branded me a heretic.
2	I owe my life to the priest who took me in when my parents died.
3	I will do anything to serve my God.
4	I seek to preserve a sacred text that my enemies consider heretical and seek to destroy.
5	My loyalty to my church is unwavering.
6	I owe my life to an old friend, one day they will call in that debt.

d6	Flaw
1	I will never fully trust anyone other than myself.
2	I’d rather kill someone in their sleep than fight fair.
3	I obey the church, even if the church causes misery.
4	I’d rather eat my own poisons than admit when I’m wrong.
5	I follow orders, even if I think they’re wrong.
6	I assume the worst in people.