A large part of your life has been as a worker in a bathhouse. Your job there mostly consisted of drawing the hot baths to the right temperature, providing soaps and hygienic remedies, massages and scrubs, and occasionally chatting with clients that were comfortable with it. Your role in society may have had its low origins, but the medicinal and social skills you developed through it have propelled you far.
Inspired by previous post by -deleted-, written by Justin_Tomsky
- Skill Proficiencies: Insight, Medicine
- Tool Proficiencies: Herbalism Kit
- Languages: One of your choice
- Equipment: a block of incense, a bucket, a bar of soap, two candles, a set of Clothes, Common, and an herbalism kit.
As a bathhouse worker, you help others relax through the use of homeopathic medicine and massages. During which, you provide entertaining small talk, share private conversations, and soothe the weary soul. Sometimes, patrons might even feel comfortable enough with you to share a secret that burdens their mind. You always know where to find the nearest bath, clear running stream, or hot spring. Provided you have access to one of these bathing areas and an herbalism kit for the duration, you and up to 5 other creatures of your choice may spend a short rest and each gain temporary hit points equal to your proficiency bonus.
Suggested Characteristics
Successful bathhouse workers tend to be good listeners, friendly, soothing, and amicable. They usually have built a hard work ethic and take to a life of service. Not all, of course, lead this profession willingly, and some seek the adventure outside the bathhouse walls they so often hear about.
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I always smell of exotic bath salts and perfumes. |
| 2 | I’m a stickler when it comes to observing proper etiquette and traditions. |
| 3 | I’m full of witty aphorisms and have a proverb for every occasion. |
| 4 | I tend to take my time and enjoy the little things in life. |
| 5 | Nobody stays angry at me or around me for long, since I can defuse any amount of tension. |
| 6 | I am a great listener and laugh boisterously at even the worst jokes. |
| 7 | I can be almost too comfortable in my own skin. |
| 8 | One can never have too much "me time". |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Presentation. A civilized society is a clean society. Hygiene is a public service. (Lawful) |
| 2 | Restoration. I soothe, renew, and rejuvenate to restore people's potential. (Good) |
| 3 | Rebirth. I wash away the soils of yesterday and never look back. (Chaotic) |
| 4 | Greed. I’m only in it for the money. (Evil) |
| 5 | Wellness. Personal care is tantamount to achieving balance and maintaining good health. (Neutral) |
| 6 | Excitement. I love to hear tidbits of gossip, a little drama makes life interesting. (Any) |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | Maintaining my youthful appearance helps me advertise my services. |
| 2 | My techniques and remedies are trade secrets, passed down through my culture for generations. |
| 3 | I never go anywhere without a bar of soap and towel. |
| 4 | I have been entrusted with deeply personal secrets of a particular noble, I won't betray their trust. |
| 5 | If I never have to wash another dirty back again, it will be too soon. |
| 6 | My hot springs have dried up and forced me to relocate my practice. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I am a clean-freak and wash everything before handling it. |
| 2 | Sometimes, I dress up in others clothing, just to see how it looks on me. |
| 3 | My remedies don't actually work, I just make a living off of other's vanity. |
| 4 | I can smell your body odor from here, and I'm not afraid to say so. |
| 5 | I insist on maintaining a comfortable lifestyle and refuse simpler lodgings. |
| 6 | I know just what you need, even if you say its too much to handle. |
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