Nature Scholar

You have dedicated your life to the study of the natural world, documenting its flora, fauna, and magical phenomena with meticulous care. Whether you were trained in a prestigious academy, mentored by a seasoned explorer, or simply self-taught through years of hands-on observation, your passion lies in uncovering the mysteries of nature. You may have spent your days cataloguing rare plants, tracking the migration of fantastic beasts, or sketching the ruins of civilizations reclaimed by the wilds. Your expertise makes you an invaluable guide, whether in the depths of ancient forests, the sweeping tundras, or the shifting sands of the desert. While others may see nature as an obstacle or a resource to be exploited, you view it as a vast, living archive of knowledge waiting to be understood.

Skill Proficiencies: Nature, Investigation

Tool Proficiencies: Navigator's Tools

Languages: One of your choice

Equipment: A leather-bound diary, a bottle of ink, an ink pen, a set of traveller's clothes, one trinket of special significance, and a pouch containing 10gp

Suggested Characteristics

Often considered rude and uncouth, outlanders have little respect for the niceties of life in the cities. The ties of tribe, clan, family, and the natural world of which they are a part are the most important bonds to most outlanders.

d8	Personality Trait
1	I’m driven by a wanderlust that led me away from home.
2	I watch over my friends as if they were a litter of newborn pups.
3	I once ran twenty-five miles without stopping to warn to my clan of an approaching orc horde. I’d do it again if I had to.
4	I have a lesson for every situation, drawn from observing nature.
5	I place no stock in wealthy or well-mannered folk. Money and manners won’t save you from a hungry owlbear.
6	I’m always picking things up, absently fiddling with them, and sometimes accidentally breaking them.
7	I feel far more comfortable around animals than people.
8	I was, in fact, raised by wolves.

d6	Ideal
1	Change. Life is like the seasons, in constant change, and we must change with it. (Chaotic)
2	Greater Good. It is each person’s responsibility to make the most happiness for the whole tribe. (Good)
3	Honor. If I dishonor myself, I dishonor my whole clan. (Lawful)
4	Might. The strongest are meant to rule. (Evil)
5	Nature. The natural world is more important than all the constructs of civilization. (Neutral)
6	Glory. I must earn glory in battle, for myself and my clan. (Any)

d6	Bond
1	My family, clan, or tribe is the most important thing in my life, even when they are far from me.
2	An injury to the unspoiled wilderness of my home is an injury to me.
3	I will bring terrible wrath down on the evildoers who destroyed my homeland.
4	I am the last of my tribe, and it is up to me to ensure their names enter legend.
5	I suffer awful visions of a coming disaster and will do anything to prevent it.
6	It is my duty to provide children to sustain my tribe.

d6	Flaw
1	I am too enamored of ale, wine, and other intoxicants.
2	There’s no room for caution in a life lived to the fullest.
3	I remember every insult I’ve received and nurse a silent resentment toward anyone who’s ever wronged me.
4	I am slow to trust members of other races, tribes, and societies.
5	Violence is my answer to almost any challenge.
6	Don’t expect me to save those who can’t save themselves. It is nature’s way that the strong thrive and the weak perish.