You are a spy for the crown. Through years of rigorous training, you learned the art of subterfuge and espionage. Perhaps you work alone, a singular contractor for your country. Or you are a member of an elite spy network.
Though this job comes with perks such as traveling the world, meeting and charming powerful people, lucrative pay rate, it is not without its risks. You must be vigilant and aware of your surroundings and to whom you interact with. Discovery and capture is your worst case scenario.
- Skill Proficiencies: You are proficient in deception and stealth.
- Tool Proficiencies: You are proficient with either poisoner's kit or forgery kit.
- Languages: You know one language of your choice.
- Equipment: Documentation necessary for cover identities, one outfit of fine clothes, backpack and 75gp.
As a foreign infiltrator in order to ultimately be effective you needed to have a handler that can help pass you information and goals. This handler might be associated with the criminal underworld, the rough-and-tumble folk of the streets, or members of high society. This connection comes in the form of a contact in and to a major city or country, a person who provides information about the people and places of the local area. This person has a general knowledge of where you are at, and may meet you in other cities from time to time, you know how to discretely get messages to them.
Suggested Characteristics
Though you serve your king, emperor, or nation's leader, you need not necessarily be loyal. Double agents are an unfortunate side-effect of the job. Whether you remain loyal or give up secrets to your enemy is up to you.
| d10 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I would rather make a new asset than a new enemy. You never know when you might need a favor called in. |
| 2 | I make sure to think through a question thoroughly before answering. |
| 3 | I lie about almost everything, it is what the trade is built on. |
| 4 | My eloquent flattery makes everyone I talk to feel like the most wonderful and important person in the world. |
| 5 | I am cold and calculating in my every word and action, even when furious or frightened. |
| 6 | I am very good at waiting. Patience is a virtue I have. conquered |
| 7 | I am careful with my deceptions, I cannot afford to be caught in a lie. |
| 8 | The first thing I do in a new place is note all the exits—or where they can be hidden. |
| 9 | I have a habit of eavesdropping on the conversations of others |
| 10 | I write anything important in code. |
| d8 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Blackmail: Ooh, isn't this a dirty secret...? Shame if it fell into the wrong hands: mine. (Evil) |
| 2 | People. I'm committed to the people I care about, not to ideals. (Neutral) |
| 3 | Power. If I can attain more power, no one will tell me what to do. (Evil) |
| 4 | Self: The information is good, coming out alive better, the coin I'll get from this, totally worth it. (Neutral) |
| 5 | Contract: The information is bound to the person who hires me, no one else may see it. (Lawful) |
| 6 | Statesman. The game of Kings and powers is not for the faint hearted and I am are not faint hearted. (Lawful) |
| 7 | Knowledge: He knows something, and I need to know it too. (Any) |
| 8 | Knowledge: He knows something, and I need to know it too. (Any) |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | I am a loyal servant of my King or Queen and Country. |
| 2 | I have secrets that I've uncovered that should never see the light of day. |
| 3 | I have sworn to oppose the person, organization, or government that destroyed my home village. |
| 4 | Someone I loved died because of a mistake I made. That will never happen again. |
| 5 | A good person was ruined with information I gathered on him. I am trying to atone. |
| 6 | I hold no greater cause than my service to my people. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | Why go to the trouble myself when a whisper in the right ear can do it for me? |
| 2 | Some people want to kill me, to make sure I never tell a secret they'd rather have untold. |
| 3 | I've worn so many disguises, I've lost sight of who I truly am. |
| 4 | I over-plan every endeavor. |
| 5 | I have deviant and illegal tendencies. |
| 6 | I hold my own wisdom above that of others. |
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