Sexton

You spent years learning the lore of the multiverse. You scoured manuscripts, studied scrolls, and listened to the greatest experts on the subjects that interest you. Your efforts have made you a master in your fields of study. You are well attuned to the peace and fright that can come from guarding a cemetery or crypt. The dead don't always stay so, and the living desire their goods. You find yourself at home protecting the dead from the living, and the living from the dead.

Skill Proficiencies: Survival, Perception

Tool Proficiencies: Herbalism kit, Poisoner's supplies

Equipment: A shovel, hammer and chisel, a set of religious garb, a book of funeral rites, black ink, quill, and a pouch containing 10 gp

Suggested Characteristics

Sexton are defined by their extensive studies and on the grounds training, and their characteristics reflect this life of study. Devoted to anthropological pursuits, a sexton values the rites of the living highly—sometimes in its own right, sometimes as a means toward other ideals.

d8	Personality Trait
1	I occasionally go into great detail about bodily functions
2	I’ve read every book about death in the world’s greatest libraries—or I like to boast that I have.
3	I’m used to helping out those who are more queasy then I am, and I patiently explain anything and everything to others.
4	There’s nothing I like more than a good mystery.
5	Listen to the living, it becomes more difficult to do when their dead.
6	I … speak … slowly … when talking … to idiots, … which … almost … everyone … is … compared … to me.
7	I am horribly, horribly awkward in social situations.
8	I’m convinced that most people attempt to steal from the dead.

d6	Ideal
1	Knowledge. The path to power and self-improvement is through knowledge. (Neutral)
2	Beauty. There is not only beauty in the way we live, but the way we die as well. (Good)
3	Logic. We live, we die, Point A to Point B. (Lawful)
4	No Limits. Nothing should fetter the infinite possibility inherent in all existence, once a life is snuffed, the possibilities dwindled. (Chaotic)
5	Power. A lifeform lower than mine is meant to be dominated. (Evil)
6	Self-Improvement. The goal of a life of study is the betterment of oneself. (Any)

d6	Bond
1	It is my duty to protect my dead and their culture.
2	I have an ancient text that holds terrible secrets that must not fall into the wrong hands.
3	I work to preserve the rites and death culture of the town I'm from
4	My life’s work is a series of tomes related to a specific field of death lore.
5	I’ve been searching my whole life for the answer to a certain question.
6	I sold my soul for knowledge. I hope to do great deeds and win it back.

d6	Flaw
1	I am easily distracted by the promise of information.
2	Most people scream and run when they see an undead, I stand against this abomination of the circle of life.
3	I occasionally forget I am speaking with the living at times and ramble on.
4	I can never let a corpse go unattended to be abandoned.
5	I speak without really thinking through my words, invariably insulting others.
6	I can’t keep a secret to save my life, or anyone else’s.