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- Skill Proficiencies: Deception, Stealth
- Equipment: A crowbar, a set of dark common clothes including a hood, and a pouch containing 15 gp
There are many kinds of criminals, and within a thieves’ guild or similar criminal organization, individual members have particular specialties. Even criminals who operate outside of such organizations have strong preferences for certain kinds of crimes over others. Choose the role you played in your criminal life, or roll on the table below.
| d8 | Criminal Specialty |
|---|---|
| 1 | Blackmailer |
| 2 | Burglar |
| 3 | Enforcer |
| 4 | Fence |
| 5 | Highway robber |
| 6 | Hired killer |
| 7 | Pickpocket |
| 8 | Smuggler |
Woods folk recognize you as someone who works to kill the beasts and monsters that stalk their domain. Were you all in a city you would be considered a trusted guard stalking the night in search of murderers and brigands. Rangers, hunters, guides, and other such creatures will provide aid, lodging, and are more likely to answer the call to hunt dangerous prey through their respective terrain.
Suggested Characteristics
Woods folk recognize you as someone who works to kill the beasts and monsters that stalk their domain. Were you all in a city you would be considered a trusted guard stalking the night in search of murderers and brigands. Rangers, hunters, guides, and other such creatures will provide aid, lodging, and are more likely to answer the call to hunt dangerous prey through their respective terrain.
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I will eradicate every monster on this plane! |
| 2 | I only go to towns to get drunk in the inn with the locals. Otherwise I am out in the wilderness. |
| 3 | Every day I am breathing is a good day. I have a joviality that is hard to bring down. |
| 4 | I measure my self-worth by the number of monsters I have killed. I have high self-worth. |
| 5 | I am plagued by nightmares of what I have lost. I tend to push people away and seek solitude. |
| 6 | Monster attacks could occur at any time. I will not be caught unawares! |
| 7 | I will seek any opportunity and take any chance to feel the thrill I feel when I am hunting. Even if it runs me afoul of the law. |
| 8 | Hunting monsters is my job but it does not define me. I am defined by my honor and duty to all who face evil. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | I will suffer any injury to save an innocent, even a mortal one. (Good) |
| 2 | I will not let monsters run amuk while I draw breath. (Any) |
| 3 | I will do anything to anybody if it takes me closer to destroying my target. (Evil) |
| 4 | Silly nobles and their tin toy soldiers will not keep me from my quarry. (Chaotic) |
| 5 | I always offer a chance for a fair fight, even to monsters. (Lawful) |
| 6 | I look forward to the day when there are no more monsters left to hunt, so I can settle down and work the earth. (Neutral) |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | I am creating a beastiary devoted to the monsters I hunt, so if I should fall someone may succeed me. |
| 2 | I have a tattoo on my wrist to depict what I hunt. I rub it whenever I feel nervous or afraid. |
| 3 | The people closest to me are my anchor to this life. I can be over protective of them. |
| 4 | A terrible guilt consumes me. I hope that I can find redemption through my actions. |
| 5 | To hunt the monster one must become the monster. Once a monster always a monster. |
| 6 | I still have family waiting for me. Someday I will go back to them once I am sure they will be safe. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I secretly crave violence and just use hunting as an excuse to exact it. |
| 2 | I sometimes suspect everyone around me of working with the monsters I hunt. |
| 3 | I am a functioning alcoholic.. most of the time. |
| 4 | I hope the monsters will one day best me so I can finally rest. |
| 5 | I silently mock townsfolk for their walls and toy soldiers neither will stop the monsters. |
| 6 | Sometimes I don't always kill monsters right away. Let them squirm for the pain they have caused. |
Although your capabilities are not much different from those of a burglar or smuggler, you learned and practiced them in a very different context: as an espionage agent. You might have been an officially sanctioned agent of the crown, or perhaps you sold the secrets you uncovered to the highest bidder.
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