You are well respected as a pillar of your community, providing essential resources for a variety of needs. What you lack in scholarly education, you make up for with a vast wealth of generational wisdom pertaining to the fields and herds to which you tend.
- Skill Proficiencies: Animal Handling, Nature
- Tool Proficiencies: One type of artisan’s tools, vehicles (land)
- Equipment: A set of artisan’s tools (one of your choice), a shovel, an iron pot, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 10 gp
Farm
Not every farm is alike; there are a vast range of goods produced by farmers of different sorts, and nearly all farms focus on just one product or a limited group of products.
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Farm |
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Rancher. You raise animals for slaughter most likely for food, but also for leather, furs, and other useful materials.
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2
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Grazier. You harvest goods produced by animals such as milk, eggs, feathers, or wool.
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3
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Stockman. You breed animals to sell for work or as pets such as guard dogs, racing horses, and griffons.
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4
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Peasant. You harvest edible or useful plants such as wheat, corn crops, or apples at an orchard.
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5
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Forester. You grow trees for ornament or construction such as trees grown for bow staves, boat masts, or buildings.
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6
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Niche. You raise silk worms or another exotic animal, and harvest the goods they produce (such as silk).
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Feature: Of the Land
You lack the formal education of the higher classes, but for how little you may know there is a great deal that you understand. You have a practical, working knowledge of astrology and meteorology, and can easily track the time and date as well as predict the weather within a few hours, or days if you're lucky. You understand the "secrets of life"; the needs of life (water, light, air, salt, etc.), the patterns of physical inheritance, and the connections between different plants and animals.
Suggested Characteristics
Farmers come from a variety of backgrounds and fit into their community in a variety of ways. Some prefer the quiet solitude the work provides, others thrive in bustling markets selling their goods. Some come from wealthy estates that sell exotic wares to nobles or others of status, while some work in fields owned by a lord, and their labor is not for their own benefit.
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Personality Trait |
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I judge people by their actions, not their words.
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2
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When work needs doing, I do the work.
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3
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I keep constant track of the sun, moon, stars, seasons, and weather.
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4
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I keep my gear and supplies in careful check.
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5
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I’m confident in my own abilities and do what I can to instill confidence in others.
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6
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I feel far more comfortable around animals than people.
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7
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I misuse long words in an attempt to sound smarter.
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8
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I often get lost in my own thoughts and contemplation, becoming oblivious to my surroundings.
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Ideal |
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People. I'm committed to my community and my farmhands, not to ideals. (Neutral)
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Fill the Need. There are a lot of hungry mouths in the world, with enough hands the world can feed them all. (Good)
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3
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Amusement. Playing a hand in the growth and development of things delights me. (Chaotic)
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4
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Sincerity. There's no good in pretending to be something I'm not. (Neutral)
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5
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Apathy. Bury a fish or bury a man, just get the job done. (Evil)
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6
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Hard Work. A labor of love is a purpose enough. (Any)
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Bond |
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I worked the land, I love the land, and I will protect the land.
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2
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I want to find someone to share my homestead with and have a family of our own.
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3
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Some day, I'll be the lord of my own land.
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4
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My tools are a gift from my forefathers. They built this farm and toiled to learn the wisdom I now use every day.
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5
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I labor in the fields of a cruel lord, and I seek to overthrow him and liberate my fellow peasants.
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6
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I have so many ideas for practical solutions to everyday farm problems, and I want to share those ideas and have my name known.
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Flaw |
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I'm oblivious to etiquette and social expectations.
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2
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I am inflexible in my thinking.
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3
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I believe in and obey my nation's nobility blindly.
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4
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I am too enamored of ale, wine, and other intoxicants.
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5
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I abandoned my home to avoid taxation, conscription, or court and cannot return.
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6
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I have trouble trusting the insights of anyone but myself on subjects I am confident in.
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