Barber

You have worked or do work as a barber. These folk are typically called for, when one needs a shave or a haircut. Though that is far from the only duties of a barber. Many barbers have also applied their skills with knives in medical practises. Barbers have been used for both blood letting (when that was a medical practise), surgery and dentistry. In some cultures, your position would even be considered work of priests, since curses can sit in the hair. Therefore, you are expected to have a fine knowledge of anatomy and medicine, but also quite the steady hands, if you do not want to mess up and end up kill someone.

You have typically been trained from a young age to become a barber, either by a parent, who would also have been a barber, or through a tutor, who took you in, when you showed interest and/or potential.

Your adventuring does call you away from your workbench, whether you were conscripted as a medic, called to some noble to do your work (maybe you failed and are wanted for it), or you were forced to leave your position for other reasons. Or maybe you wanted to see the world for yourself.

Skill Proficiencies: Medicine, [Tooltip Not Found]

Languages: Two of your choice

Equipment: an assortment of knives (barberknives and surgecal knifes), combs, a small jar of balm, soap, a balm brush, a set of common cloths, a working belt for easy access to the barbers tools, a bottle of colone (perfoume), and a pouch with 10 gp.

Suggested Characteristics

Your work has lend you to both meet and see quite a few things. Your typical client can be a noble lady wanting you to dress her hair, a gentleman wanting you to shave his sideburns, a poor man with a toothache that requires removal of the tooth, or someone needing an operation. Because of this, you can come off as cold to scenes of grotesque nature as well as quite sociable to others. But who knows what this might hide....

d8	Personality Trait
1	I fancy myself as sharp as my barber knives
2	I have a crude sense of humour
3	I fancy myself an artist with my blades
4	I hide my true self behind eloquence and sofistication (or at least what I think it is)
5	people never know, what I am thinking about, once I yield my blades
6	Nothing can shake my optimistic attitude
7	I am always calm, no matter what the situation. I never raise my voice or let my emotions control me.
8	I would rather make a new friend than a new enemy.

d6	Ideal
1	Generosity. I provide an important service to people (good)
2	Creativity. my blades are my artist tools (chaotic)
3	People. I like meeting new people in the trade. They all provide something new (Neutral)
4	Greed. I will cut and slice to obtain richess (evil)
5	Responsibility. I provide a great, necessary service to others and hence I cannot skip on my responsibilities (Lawful)
6	Aspiration. I work hard to be the best there is at my craft. (Any)

d6	Bond
1	my knifes are the only friends that I need
2	I have a regular customer that often frequents or frequented my barbershop
3	I grew up in an orphanage
4	I am always trying to perfect my arts to impress my customers
5	I am greatful to the tutor, who taught me
6	I know a little merchant, who helps me with my balms and knives.

d6	Flaw
1	I hate to admit that I am kind of fascinated by what others call grotesque.
2	I have dark, bloodthirsty thoughts that I sometimes have a hard time repressing
3	I feel sick, everytime I see blood
4	I once gave a noble a haircut of what I believed would suit him/her, instead of what they wanted. I would do it again, even though he/she wants my head.
5	I turn tail and run, when things look bad
6	Gossip is normal in my line of work, so I cannot really resist sharing small secrets. Even about others.