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You spend your time searching for new things to burn and new ways to burn them. Your face is frequently covered in soot, and you have maybe lost a finger or two in an explosion. Despite this, you have learned to manipulate fire in a safe enough way. Natural or magical, flame is your dominion

 
Skill Proficiencies: Arcana, Survival
Tool Proficiencies: Two of your choice
Equipment: A tinderbox, 10 candles, 5 oil flasks, a glass vial full of glittery ash, and a pouch containing 10 gp
 
Occupation

You've been burning things all your life, but how do you use this to make a living?

d6 Occupation
1 Alchemist
2 Military Technician
3 Smith
4 Glassblower
5 Arsonist
6 Unemployed
 
Feature: Pyrology

Given your expertise with burning things, you are fairly adept at identifying what caused it. Any time you come across a burnt object or creature, you are able to determine what was burnt, what was used to burn it, and how long ago the fire started. You also know exactly how to start a fire. You have advantage on fire damage rolls against objects if you spend 30 seconds concentrating on it beforehand

 
Spell List
Spell Level Spells
Cantrip control flames
 
Suggested Characteristics

Have you been imprisoned for arson, whether you actually did it or not? Or are you working for the army, helping them end sieges and destroy structures? Choose your background as a pyromaniac

d8 Personality Trait
1 I am always lighting matches just to blow them out again
2 My fingers and face are covered in soot and burn scars
3 I get nervous when the untrained try to do what I do
4 I stop listening to people when I am watching a campfire burn
5 I can identify different species of tree by the smell of their smoke alone
6 I spend most of my income on fireworks
7 Any meal is an excuse to light a fire. Even just a drink of water
8 My alone time is spent playing with my tinderbox
d6 Ideal
1 I live to see the world burned, I don't care who it hurts (Evil)
2 I use my desire to create flame for the benefit of my peers (Good)
3 My interests are my own, as long as no one is in danger then why does it matter what I burn? (Neutral)
4 I use my skills to assist my local guilds and governments (Lawful)
5 Sometimes the voices tell me to burn things. Sometimes I listen. (Chaotic)
6 My greatest desire is to become the best Pyromancer in the land (Any)
d4 Bond
1 I used to set small fires to distract guards while my friends robbed nearby merchants. I'm now trying to pay them back
2 I volunteer as a fire Marshall to make penance for a blaze that got out of hand.
3 I am in love with a fire elemental, and do what I do for their attention
4 I most find the mother of a deceased cellmate of mine and tell her his last wprds
d6 Flaw
1 I didn't mean to burn down a house with someone inside. Their screams haunt my nightmares.
2 I've damaged my friends property with my obsession, and I'm not sorry
3 You might see important documents and parchments. I see kindling
4 I neglect to keep watch for my party because I get distracted by the campfire
5 I spend a lot of time incarcerated because of my actions
6 I burned down a warehouse belonging to a spice tycoon. Now they have employed bailiffs to find me and make me pay
 
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