As a corpser, you've seen enough death for three lifetimes. You've either spent time looking for corpses to examine for fun or whiled the nights away by digging through graves and looking for something that interests you. This, of course, is a job that requires some level of stealth, as the corpses you come across most of the time were murdered, and your presence at the scene of the crime isn't quite appreciated by the town guards.
- Skill Proficiencies: Stealth and choose one from History, Nature, and Investigation.
- Tool Proficiencies: Thieves' tools, disguise kit
- Equipment: A set of tiny scalpels, a trinket (roll on the Gothic Trinkets table), and thieves' tools
Feature: Versed in Death
You've seen enough death to be able to understand how a person passed away. When you come into contact with a dead body (i.e. not undead) that still has some flesh left (i.e. not a skeleton), you can correctly ascertain who they were, how they died and what weapon or poison caused the death. You are also able to understand the general build of the killer if the corpse was killed with a melee weapon. However, you are unable to discover any other facts about the killer.
Suggested Characteristics
Corpsers have a strange connection to death that shapes their personalities and traits.
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Personality Trait |
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1
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I collect trinkets from dead people I find and wear them like jewelry.
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2
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I'm happier in an empty graveyard than I am in the middle of a city square.
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3
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I speak few words.
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4
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When I eat, I use my dissecting instruments as utensils.
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5
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I live to loot corpses and examine bodies.
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6
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I have a habit of explaining the death of the nearest corpse to my companions in extreme detail.
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7
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A corpse isn't a grave warning of danger. It's a fascinating case study of death.
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8
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Undead are weird to me - after all, corpses don't move.
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Ideal |
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1
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Longevity. Death is inevitable, I just have to keep it from happening to me. (Any)
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2
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Death. One day, I will show all the beauty of death. (Evil)
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3
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Eternity. I want to live forever - in the flesh as long as possible, and as a spirit afterward. (Any)
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4
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Life. I want to help others escape an untimely death by using my knowledge about the ones who didn't escape one. (Good)
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5
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Freedom. Pretty things aren't meant to be kept in graves. (Chaotic)
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6
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Respect. I'm only interested in the corpse. Anything else in the grave is the property of the dead. (Lawful)
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Bond |
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1
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I have a book filled with gory drawings of my first corpses, all of them memories which I wish to keep.
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2
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I have a family in some far-off land. The money I get from selling some of my trinkets goes to them.
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3
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I met a child in a graveyard some time ago, and I sometimes think back to whether they are all right.
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4
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I love spending time in the first graveyard that I scoured for trinkets.
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5
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I have an imaginary friend. He's a little bird skull. I named him. Look!
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6
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I am eternally grateful to the person who taught me how to see through the patterns of death.
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Flaw |
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1
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When I see someone I don't like, I begin to think about the many interesting ways they might die.
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2
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Once I find something nice on a corpse, I grab it and never let go until the time comes to sell it.
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3
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I don't back out of examining a body once I've started.
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4
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I have a penchant for tight graves, and open spaces make me a tad nervous.
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5
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I have a habit of asking the question, "Do you have bodies?", which I think is a perfectly normal question.
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6
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I assume the worst in people.
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