For either voluntary or involuntary reasons, you rely on the kindness of others to support yourself.
- Skill Proficiencies: Medicine, Survival
- Tool Proficiencies: Herbalism kit
- Languages: One of your choice
- Equipment: An old book in which you keep notes (either on blank pages or in the margins), beggar's bowl, a winter blanket, a set of common clothes, and 3 sp worth of common coins
Reason for Begging
How did you come to rely on begging to survive? You can work with your DM to determine how circumstances brought you to your current station, or you can choose or roll on the table below to determine the reason.
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Reason for Begging |
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1
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I took a vow of poverty.
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2
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I am unemployable due to my criminal record.
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3
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I've been blacklisted by a powerful enemy.
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4
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I have a mental or physical illness that employers are unwilling to accomodate.
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5
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I go incognito as a beggar to serve my own aims.
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6
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I was cursed for my misdeeds to rely on strangers' compassion.
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7
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A stigma against people like me prevents me from finding work.
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8
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I fell suddenly from wealth and am trying to figure out how to survive.
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Feature: Invisible Outcast
Many people tend to tune out the existence of beggars to the point where their presence is entirely forgotten. While spending a week begging as a downtime action, you earn only coin enough to support a Poor lifestyle, but are privy to a secret that someone should not have revealed around witnesses. Work with your DM to establish where and from whom you learn this secret, as well as what it is.
Suggested Characteristics
Some beggars have made peace with their station and see the virtue in humility, while others see it as an injustice in sore need of correction. Years spent at the bottom rung of society have irrevocably shaped their outlook on the world and their fellow beings.
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Personality Trait |
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1
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Years of defending "my" corner have made me very territorial.
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2
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A life of hardship has left me resigned to whatever fate has in store for me.
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3
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I can size up a passerby from a hundred yards and know what to say to open their pursestrings.
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4
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My only measure of someone's character is how they treat the downtrodden.
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5
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I know the warmest places to sleep and the most softhearted cooks in a dozen settlements.
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6
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I can't resist tipping a little of my meager earnings into the bowls of less experienced beggars.
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7
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No one understands me like my beloved pet.
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8
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I ask strangers every day for money, but I've never been able to bring myself to ask one for love.
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Ideal |
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1
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Mutual aid is crucial. When beggars band together, everyone gets to eat. (Good)
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2
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I'll take what's given to me, but I'll never resort to theft. (Lawful)
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3
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A society with haves and have-nots should be torn down and rebuilt from scratch. (Chaotic)
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4
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The street has a pecking order and I intend to be at the top. (Evil)
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5
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A life where I take what comes has taught me to be accepting of whatever fate brings. (Neutral)
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6
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I was born stupid, but I will not die hungry. (Any)
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Bond |
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1
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My actions will show the world that even the most meager folk can be heroes.
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2
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As surely as I rely on others, my new companions are relying on me.
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3
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There's enough treasure out there for the taking that I could make sure no one goes hungry again.
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4
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The pursuit of wealth is a poison that I must ensure my companions do not fall victim to.
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5
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The adventuring life is hard, but not as hard as the hearts of the people who look away from me.
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6
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Somewhere in my travels, I hope to understand what it is that sets me apart from other people.
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Flaw |
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1
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I can't bear to spend hard-won coin on more than the bare essentials.
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2
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I bathe much less often than is comfortable for those around me.
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3
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I'll steal anything from anyone because I deserve something nice for a change.
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4
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I hold a lingering resentment against those better able to fit in than I.
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5
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I don't know what to do with money and fritter it away as soon as I have some.
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6
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I'm a sucker for con artists and get-rich-quick schemes.
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