Hardened Scholar

You earned your education the hard way. You traveled from monastery to monastery, archive to archive, and from the towers of wealthy mages to the hidden libraries of forgotten temples. But knowledge was never given freely. You paid for access with sweat, labor, and endurance by hauling crates of mold-covered tomes, repairing storm-damaged roofs, digging cellar archives, chopping wood, tending animals, cleaning alchemical spills, and taking the exhausting jobs no one else wanted. At night, after the labor was done, you studied by candlelight for whatever precious hours remained. Years of physical toil hardened your body as much as relentless study sharpened your mind. You learned to endure hunger, cold, exhaustion, and pain in pursuit of knowledge others would never sacrifice themselves to obtain. You are as resilient as you are educated, carrying both the scars of labor and the wisdom of countless libraries

Ability Scores: Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom

Feat: Tough

Skill Proficiencies: Arcana and History

Tool Proficiencies: Calligrapher's Supplies

Equipment: Choose A or B: (A) Quarterstaff, Calligrapher's Supplies, Book (history), Parchment (8 sheets), Robe, 8 GP; or (B) 50 GP

Suggested Characteristics

d4	Personality Trait
1	Rarely complains about discomfort or hard work.
2	Values earned knowledge more than inherited status.
3	Constantly takes notes, even in dangerous situations.
4	Is not bothered by long nights and poor conditions.

d4	Ideal
1	Knowledge: Truth is worth sacrifice.
2	Endurance: Persistance overcomes almost any obstacle.
3	Self-reliance. I alone earn access to knowledge and am solely to credit or blame for my success or failure.
4	Duty. Fulfilling oaths and promises is especially important in dangerous and difficult times.

d4	Bond
1	A library or mentor once gave me access when no one else would.
2	I seek a lost text or hidden archive.
3	I owe my education to years of labor and sacrifice.
4	I preserve dangerous knowledge that others fear.

d4	Flaw
1	Sometimes dismisses privileged scholars as weak.
2	Struggles to rest when there is work to be done.
3	Obsesses over unanswered mysteries.
4	Often pushes past safe or sane limits in pursuit of knowledge.