- Skill Proficiencies: Investigation and Perception
- Tool Proficiencies: Cook’s utensils,Brewer’s supplies
- Languages: You can optionally pick two additional languages from Dwarvish, Elvish, Gnomish or Halfling. It must be the same languages your master is able to speak.
- Equipment: A fine butler's suit (equivalent to Fine Clothes), a signet ring given to the servants of the family you worked at and a pouch containing 10 gp.
Relation with Master
| d8 | Relation with Master |
|---|---|
| 1 | I was always happy to see master's face, and I always tried to ease his or her mood. |
| 2 | My master was a good person, albeit greedy. I never had the money or time to spend it on the things I wanted. |
| 3 | My master treated me as nothing more than his or her servant. As long as I was doing my job properly I never got scolded. |
| 4 | My master always asked me to perform the most difficult tasks. I wish he or she would understand how hard this work was. |
| 5 | According to my master, I never understood my position. Many times I suffered physical abuse, after which I sometimes plotted to murder him or her. |
| 6 | I secretly fell in love with my master, but I never confessed my feeling towards him or her. |
| 7 | My master always tried his or her best at prohibiting me from social interactions. I had to cleverly lie about my relations with others. |
| 8 | I want to become just like my master. I openly idolize him or her, even if my master never acknowledged that. |
Feature: Butler's Profession
Suggested Characteristics
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I am always cheerful, thinking about what I am going to do tomorrow. |
| 2 | I enjoy peaceful music and relaxing downtime activities. |
| 3 | I'm only glad when the work is over, it is the only time when I can finally doze off. |
| 4 | I live my life day-to-day, I can't imagine changing anything. |
| 5 | I am a perfectionist. I always push myself to my limit when I'm working or doing something. |
| 6 | I am confident in my own skills and I will do what I want, even things that would hurt my master indirectly. |
| 7 | I have many goals and dreams I want to achieve, but I am not sure which are the ones I want to pursue. |
| 8 | I respect my master more than anyone in the world. I always try to mimic his or her pattern of speech and demeanour. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Diligent and honest work is the key to making society a better place, a one big family where everyone helps each other. |
| 2 | People are born to serve others, or to serve something. Order of that must be preserved. |
| 3 | Those that abuse and exploit others should suffer the same, just like I did. |
| 4 | You can only do so much, but even if the task seems impossible, the first step is more important than the journey. |
| 5 | There is no use crying over spilled milk, that's why I think people should always move forward. |
| 6 | I sincerely believe that lies and deceit is the only way to make sure a person can be respected by others. |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | I always try to help and accept requests from others because servicing others reminds me of my family. |
| 2 | I hated the place I was forced to work at. I want to ran away from my previous life as far as I can. |
| 3 | Even if I am just a butler, I want others to see me as someone different than a servant. |
| 4 | I'm fed up with being a tool. Rather than serving others, I want to make others serve me instead. |
| 5 | I will only listen to what my master has to say and do anything I can to execute his or her orders. |
| 6 | I want to learn more about my real family, wherever they are, their past is shrouded by mysterious oddities. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I can't help that I am naturally clumsy and I was never good at my work. |
| 2 | I always complain about everything because I find work boring. |
| 3 | I'm always secretly jealous about something others have that I don't. |
| 4 | I can't prevent myself from prying into other people's secrets. |
| 5 | I'm always rude to the unclean and unmannered to the point of educating them through force and violence. |
| 6 | I was always poor, until I found out how easy it is to steal. Kleptomania is something I want to suppress. |
Variant Butler: The Butler of Noble's Envy
You have worked relentlessly over the years to serve your master, making you a master of your own in terms of your skill. You are well known among the noble families to be one of the best, and most wanted, butlers around.
Variant Feature: Talented Butler







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