You were born to a life of luxury, but a few minutes of birth order ensured you would inherit absolutely nothing. While your older sibling was groomed for high courts and heavy crowns, you were left to your own devices. Refusing to be a decorative ghost in your family’s estate, you paired your expensive etiquette lessons with a hands-on apprenticeship under a master artisan. There, you traded silver spoons for calloused hands and forge dust. Today, you are a master of the high-low split: a polite gentleman on the surface, a calculating scoundrel underneath, and a practical thinker who knows exactly how things—and people—are built.
- Ability Scores: Dexterity, Constitution, Charisma
- Feat: ORIGIN FEAT: SKILLED
Your dual life as an educated noble spare and a hands-on apprentice has made you incredibly versatile. You gain proficiency in any combination of three skills or tools of your choice. - Skill Proficiencies: From an early age you realized that you were never going to have the backing of your family. It was never about relationships, but was always about opportunity. As a result you learned the art of sweet talking. You also have gained the knack of seeing what others can't, or don't want, you to see.
Skill Proficiency: Perception, Persuasion - Tool Proficiencies: Reflecting your high education, you took up with a mentor who taught you one of the artisan crafts. You begin with a proficiency in one of the artisan tool sets.
- Equipment: CHOOSE ONE:
- (A) Fine Clothes, Artisan's Tools (same as chosen above), a Signet Ring or Stamp bearing your noble house's crest, and a Pouch containing 15 GP.
- (B) 50gp
Your noble upbringing taught you the customs, etiquette, and unspoken rules of high society, while your independent pursuits acquainted you with the less respectable corners of civilization.
You know how to conduct yourself among nobles, merchants, criminals, and common folk, adapting your mannerisms and conversation to suit your company.
You can generally recognize the social customs, hierarchies, and expected behavior of these circles. When seeking entry into a social gathering or establishing contact within either high society or the criminal underworld, you can usually identify an appropriate approach or potential intermediary.
This familiarity does not guarantee acceptance, grant access to restricted locations, or compel anyone to trust you. Your reputation, conduct, and circumstances still determine how others respond.
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