You've paddled vast distances, exploring lands that city folk only hear of in songs. Your time on the rivers and lakes (and the gruelling portages between them) has given you a broad back, strong arms, and a keen sense of navigation. Every season, you contract with a powerful trading company, and your hard labour transports immense wealth back to its merchants. No matter that you don't see much of the profit- you're a voyageur, the stuff of legends and folk tales. You know that any tent or tavern will welcome you to lead a raucous chanson à répondre or pass around your pipe.

Skill Proficiencies: Perception, Survival

Tool Proficiencies: Vehicles (water)

Equipment: A backpack, 7 days of pemmican rations , a wooden pipe, a set of traveler's clothes, and a woven sash with a pouch containing 10gp

Suggested Characteristics

Voyageurs tend to be confident in their ability to navigate both treacherous rapids and foreign etiquette. Before seeking their fortune with the trading company, a voyageur may have been a poor labourer in a riverside town or a restless youth of one of the nations the company trades with. Though older voyageurs may have families, either in the city or along their trading route, their seasons on the water breed a certain kind of spirited independence.

d8	Personality Trait
1	I immediately pull a snack out of my backpack if anyone mentions they're hungry.
2	I hate to spend an entire day indoors.
3	I would never leave a companion behind. I'll portage them myself if I have to!
4	I know a bawdy chanson for every occasion.
5	I won't bother with prissy manners if they'd get in the way of a negotiation.
6	I've adopted an eclectic mix of superstitions from the places I've travelled.
7	I always keep a protective eye on young and inexperienced travellers.
8	I hate cheaters, in games or in business.

d6	Ideal
1	Open. No matter your creed, we can share a table and trade our tales. (Good)
2	Fairness. Honest, respectful relationships are the true currency of trade. (Lawful)
3	Independence. You choose your own contracts; you make your own luck. (Chaotic)
4	Greed. I'll extract all possible profit from those I trade with, even if it ruins them. (Evil)
5	Freedom. I would never give up the rushing river and open sky for a settled city life. (Chaotic)
6	Authenticity. If you stay true to yourself, you'll always have one person you can rely on. (Any)

d6	Bond
1	The trading company plundered my ancestral lands, and I will destroy it from the inside.
2	I send letters downriver to my paramour. We'll be together again when the waterways freeze.
3	I had nothing until I earned my contract. I'm loyal to the company first.
4	Though I miss my home, this trade is the only way to bring wealth to my family, clan, or tribe.
5	I was tossed overboard by rapids, and my rival refused to turn back for me.
6	A voyageur I loved didn't return one season. I sought my contract hoping to see them again.

d6	Flaw
1	I'll rush to take advantage of anything that looks like a good deal. Why think it over and risk a missed opportunity?
2	I quickly become irritable if I go without my rum or my pipe.
3	No matter the danger, I would never back down from a challenge on the water.
4	I find a way to one-up any heroic story, even if I have to stretch the truth.
5	I never met a plan that couldn't be improved by a little improvisation.
6	If I never get caught, what's the harm in a little stealing here and there?