Doctor

You are someone who has choosen to study and learn the art and science of medicine. You have seen injury, disease, poison, and death, and still you have defied it all, fighting to save that every last soul. As a medical professional, you have sworn a Hippocratic oath, (code of ethics). You have pledged your life to protect life, that all who suffer are your patient, to support other doctors as family, to train any who swear the oath, to practice to the best of your ability, to always improve upon the art, to practice not for your own gain, to practice within the law, and to keep all of your patients' secrets. Why did you turn away from the medical profession? Or if you haven't, what was it that drew you into the life of the adventurer? And what do you think of the oath, or other doctors?

Skill Proficiencies: Medicine, Investigation 

Tool Proficiencies:  

 

Languages: Two of your choice 

Equipment: Healer's Kit, 2 person tent, bedroll, blanket, set of books on various medical topics, common clothes, five bars of soap, a belt pouch containing 10 gp. 

Set of Books: Humanoid Anatomy, Diseases and Treatment, Injury and Treatment, Medicinal Ingrediants found in Nature, Medicinal Recipes, Surgery and Recovery

Suggested Characteristics

Doctors may come from many walks of life, but all became enrolled in some place of higher learning, or tutored by a renowned doctor, and eventually swore an oath- and that oath is not a light load to bear. Doctors are often studious, intense, passionate, clinical, intellectual, or unusually calm under extreme stress. Many are troubled by harrowing events they bore witness to. Some are shockingly pragmatic, with an "it may not be pretty, but you'll live" approach to problems. Many are seemingly tireless, hard-working individuals. Some can be inspiring souls, with a deep appreciation, not only for life, but for the person who is alive as well. There is much debate among doctors as to just what the oath means, and what tenets have priority in any given situation. 

d8	Personality Trait
1	All I think about is saving lives, or lives that have been lost.
2	I practice in the name of my religion, nation, or clan.
3	I am cold and calculating in my every word and action, even when furious or frightened.
4	When the bodies hit the floor, my hands go into automatic.
5	I consider magical healers and healing either to be cheating and unaccountable, or an integral future counterpart of a greater medical art.
6	I am waging a personal war on death itself.
7	I am entranced and inspired by the brilliance and glory of the living body.
8	I am actively involved in the medical society and engage in theoretical discourse and debate.

d6	Ideal
1	Purpose. I was put in this world to protect and save life. (Good)
2	Duty. I swore my oath, and now I must live by its tenets. (Lawful)
3	Vigilantism. No man can dictate who shall die, when, or how! (Chaotic)
4	Profit. Is it really my fault that all who come to me suffering also come bearing compensation? (Evil)
5	Survival. We are all in this together, for better or for worse. (Neutral)
6	Right. Everyone has the right to live. (Neutral)

d6	Bond
1	I owe everything to my home village/clan, for pooling their resources to have me educated.
2	One of my parents was/is a great doctor, so I want to carry on that legacy.
3	I owe a great debt to my professor who mentored me and made me who I am today.
4	My patients are my everything; losing one is like dying, but it never ends.
5	I took up the profession because someone close to me died of something treatable.
6	I started my training alone from texts I obtained by my own means.

d6	Flaw
1	I took the vow not realizing its full implications.
2	No one can know that I have broken my vow.
3	I think I am better than other doctors, and other people in general.
4	I am haunted by the memories of people I could have saved.
5	Sometimes I go too far in my search for knowledge.
6	I am frightened/sickened by human suffering.