However fine and noble the world might have seemed at first glance, once you dug a little deeper beneath the facade, a deeper truth revealed itself to you. Conflict and strife are the only real constants in "civilized" lands, and for you, therein lay the opportunity for profit. As a bounty hunter you had plied your trade well, offering dubious (if effective) services and skills to all manner of client for myriad reasons- superficial or otherwise. Regardless of the cause, the justification, or the moral impunity associated with locating your mark. Every job finished brought the clink of coin between your purse strings at the expense of another poor soul fated to endure consequences dire, and often foul.

Though the time spent in this line of work has left you grim and jilted, your reputation for ruthlessness and cunning precedes you. More often than not, you found yourself sought after and petitioned to ferret a mark, never needing to eke out the work on your own. From the lowly debtor owing the wrong merchant guild, to the misguided runaway offspring of a minor noble, or the thieving murderer eluding the city guard, none could evade your dogged pursuit, and many more dared not try once your involvement was learned.

Skill Proficiencies: Deception, Investigation, Perception

Tool Proficiencies: Thieves’ tools

Equipment: An Ink (1 ounce bottle) bottle, a set of dark common clothes including a hood, thieves' tools, Ink pen, a crowbar, a Book, and a pouch containing 30 gp

Suggested Characteristics

Bounty hunters can be ruthless and intimidating, but they do operate under their own moral code. However, the line can sometimes become blurred when hunting down people for coin.

d8	Personality Trait
1	I always have a plan for what to do when things go wrong.
2	I am always calm, no matter what the situation. I never raise my voice or let my emotions control me.
3	The first thing I do in a new place is note the locations of everything valuable—or where such things could be hidden.
4	I'm not prone to idle chatter, and prefer keeping to myself unless the topic's business.
5	I tend to approach conversation with people I've just met as though it were an interrogation.
6	I don’t pay attention to the risks in a situation. Never tell me the odds.
7	The best way to get me to do something is to tell me I can’t do it.
8	I'll accept the help of others with a bounty, so long as they can prove their skill to me first.

d6	Ideal
1	Justice. These people have violated the law once. I won't let it happen twice. (Lawful)
2	Wealth. The only path to true freedom is having gold enough to do as you will. (Chaotic)
3	Brutality. Gold pales to the brilliance of the life draining from their eyes. (Evil)
4	Morality. It's not enough to hunt them down. They have to understand what they've done is reprehensible. (Good)
5	Ambiguity. This job's just a job, like any other. Nothing personal against my targets. (Neutral)
6	Endurance. In no other line of work could anyone expect to test their limits so completely. (Any)

d6	Bond
1	Once a solider, my comrade's grave betrayal forced me from my home, and into this life.
2	Though my friends are few, I owe them my life many times over, and would happily die for them.
3	Horrendous tales and vile rumor destroyed my family's good name, and this path is the only recourse to find the truth.
4	The contract turned sour, and now I find myself yoked to dangerously twisted employers.
5	All my deeds would surely consign me to prison - only by servicing officials do I stay free.
6	Mindless thuggery stole the life of one I cherished, and the price they must pay is one I will collect.

d6	Flaw
1	Sleep, when it comes, is no sleep at all. The time spent tracking marks has left me skittish and paranoid.
2	Not only am I good at what I do, but I love what I do - and I hate myself for it.
3	I refuse to believe anyone can be trusted, and will root through their life until I'm satisfied they can be.
4	At a younger age my actions earned me the brand of a criminal, those mistakes haunting me and my fellows even today.
5	It is only for my own selfish need to be the best at what I do that I abandon my team to bring the bounty in first.
6	Contract or not, I never bring murder bounties back alive. They showed no mercy, and so neither will I.