You are a member of a crew, or maybe you run solo jobs. Regardless, you pull heists. You lie, steal, con, and sell stolen artifacts, art, magic items, and documents for a profit. You might be the body-guard who protects the thief, or the guy behind the scenes, or the woman in distress who distracts the guards.
- Skill Proficiencies: Deception, Stealth
- Tool Proficiencies: Depending on your specialty, you may need different tool proficiency. To simplify this process, take the tool recommended for your specialty, and one more from somewhere else in the table.
- Thief - Thieves' Tools
- Fence -
- Document Forger - Forgery Kit
- Art Forger- Painter's Supplies, Potter's Tools, or Mason's Tools
- Muscle - Land Vehicles or Water Vehicles
- Planner - Cartographer's Tools
- Inside Man - Disguise Kit Kit
- Distraction - Disguise Kit
- Languages: One language of your choice. Alternatively, you may choose Thieves' Cant.
- Equipment:
- The sets of tools you choose to have proficiency in for this background
- set of dark clothes
- gloves
- 1 recently stolen piece of art, worth a significant amount of gold. Up to the character to determine how much gold they can get for it. The law is looking for this item.
Roll or choose one specialty. It helps to think of this as what your character's role would be in a heist.
- Thief- the one who steals.
- Fence- sells the stolen piece.
- Document Forger- creates a fake document to sell or replace the original.
- Art Forger- creates a fake piece to sell or replace the original.
- Muscle- uses force to keep the deal in line or take down the guards. Doubles as the getaway driver.
- Planner- organizes the job, plans the heist itself. Draws up the blueprints.
- Inside Man- blends into the organization being robbed, feeding valuable intel and leaving certain doors open for the thief
- Distraction- uses charm and deception to keep the guards' attention away from whatever's being guarded
You know where and how to post/decipher a coded message about stolen pieces up for sale. The messages are in Thieves' Cant. In the message, you can hide a vague reference to the item being sold, a meeting time, and a place. The message might be placed in a newsletter, bulletin board, skywriting, word of mouth, or anywhere else you can hide it.
Suggested Characteristics
Use the criminal background characteristics table.
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Posted Sep 9, 2019Ah damn I forgot to add the fence's recommended tools. Probably calligrapher's.