Your days are spent digging holes and chiseling gravestones for the recently deceased.
- Ability Scores: Constitution, Wisdom, Strength
- Feat: Alert
- Skill Proficiencies: Athletics, Religion
- Tool Proficiencies: Carpenter's Tools
- Equipment: Choose A or B: (A) Quarterstaff, Carpenter's Tools, Holy Symbol, Candle, Shovel, Traveler’s Clothes, 30 GP; or (B) 50 GP
Suggested Characteristics
Gravediggers are solitary and often blunt to others. Days spent among the dead usually result in a dark sense of humor.
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I'm not impressed with wealth or titles. It only means a bigger gravestone. |
| 2 | I have accepted my death. Hence, I don't fear it. |
| 3 | I've spent so long in graveyards that I have little practical experience dealing with living people. |
| 4 | No one can fake a smile, a handshake, or an interested nod like I can. |
| 5 | I like to remind people of their inevitable demise. |
| 6 | I like to talk at length about my profession. |
| 7 | I have morbid interests and a macabre aesthetic. |
| 8 | I often get lost in my own thoughts and contemplation, becoming oblivious to my surroundings. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Individuality. Nobody is exactly the same. No body, either. (Chaotic) |
| 2 | Responsibility. People entrust me with their loved one's remains. It's a trust I won't see broken. (Good) |
| 3 | Structure. Every plot in a line, every line in a row, every row by the book. (Lawful) |
| 4 | Control. It would be a shame if no one found your body, wouldn't it? (Evil) |
| 5 | Nature. The bodies feed the soil, which feeds the animals, which feed our bodies. (Neutral) |
| 6 | Inevitability. All names wear away eventually. (Any) |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | I will get revenge on the evil forces that destroyed my gravesite and ruined my livelihood. |
| 2 | I deeply miss someone and am quick to adopt people who remind me of them. |
| 3 | Someone I love has become a monster, murderer, or other threat. It's up to me to put them in the ground. |
| 4 | Everyone is deserving of a decent burial. |
| 5 | The families of the dead need my comfort. |
| 6 | Someone I loved died because of a mistake I made. I still care for their grave. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I like keeping secrets and won't share them with anyone. |
| 2 | I get a thrill in acting suspiciously. Especially in the dead of night |
| 3 | I don't bother to couch my opinions in flattering words. |
| 4 | I'm especially superstitious and live life seeking to avoid bad luck, wicked spirits, or dying curses. |
| 5 | I'm a skeptic and don't believe in the power of rituals, religion, superstition, or spirits. |
| 6 | I pocket anything I see that might have some value. |
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