You have spent your life Homemaking and raising your children, never asking much for yourself. You have little reputation outside of your hometown and no career outside of the home. Now, for whatever reason, you find that your children have left and your spouse is absent so it's time for the next chapter in your life. A chapter of adventure!
- Skill Proficiencies: As a parent, you've learned the value of vigilance and understanding. Gain proficiency in Perception and Insight.
- Tool Proficiencies: Depending on what skills you have developed as a parent and home-maker, you can select two specialties from the Homemaker Specialty table or roll randomly to determine which tool sets you have proficiency in.
| d8 | Homemaker Specialty |
|---|---|
| 1 | Prize Winning Baker: Cook’s utensils |
| 2 | Home Jewelry Business: Jeweler’s tools |
| 3 | President of the Watercolor Club: Painter’s supplies |
| 4 | All My Ceramics are Hand Made: Potter’s tools |
| 5 | Secret Alcoholic: Brewer’s supplies |
| 6 | I Can Fix Anything: Tinker’s tools |
| 7 | Game Night!: Playing card set |
| 8 | Parental Snoop: Thieves’ tool |
You’ve an eye for a bargain and a nose for sniffing out overlooked, underpriced treasures. You can always find the best places for killer discounts and retailers everywhere learn to fear your cunning use of special offers, coupons and sales to make the most out of your money.
Suggested Characteristics
Pick two personality traits or roll randomly on the table below.
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I always try to see the best in everyone and give my trust easily. |
| 2 | I love to look after people and go out of my way to make sure everyone’s alright. |
| 3 | If I’m in charge then I’m In Charge. It’s my way or the high way, Buckaroo. |
| 4 | I can’t stand mess. |
| 5 | Having been so sheltered, I’m desperately curious about the world. |
| 6 | I once fed 30 party guests on a budget of 10 Copper Pieces. When the going gets tough, I get it done. |
| 7 | Manners cost nothing. There’s never any call for rudeness. |
| 8 | I’m a hugger. I like to hug. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Order: “A Place for Everything and Everything in its Place” |
| 2 | Ambition: “Reach for the moon... if you miss at least you'll be among the stars” |
| 3 | Freedom: “Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans” |
| 4 | Pleasure: “Live, laugh, love” |
| 5 | Resilience: “Keep calm and carry on” |
| 6 | Kindness: “It takes more muscles to frown than it does to smile” |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | My children are still my life. No matter how far away they are I’m their parent first. |
| 2 | I’ll never be ignored and unappreciated again. Everyone is going to love me! |
| 3 | My Hometown is the best place in the world and has the best of everything. |
| 4 | Someone I loved was hurt. I’m going to make the world safer so no one else has to go through that. |
| 5 | My Spouse was the love of my life. One day I’ll get them back. |
| 6 | I secretly did something terrible and I’ll do anything to keep my reputation safe from that. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I need to know everyone’s business and am incurably nosy |
| 2 | I have a rather large martyr complex. |
| 3 | I am shockingly naïve |
| 4 | I’m a chatterbox and find it hard to shut up even at inappropriate moments |
| 5 | I think I know what’s best for everyone all of the time |
| 6 | I am a master of Passive Aggression and will use it to get my way |
Though you’ve lived a sheltered life, that doesn’t mean you haven’t been right at the centre of things! As a consummate busybody, you’ve spent your time learning everything there is to know about everybody else’s business.
You are an expert in winkling out rumour and scandal so find it easy to find out all sorts of private and personal facts about all sorts of people. You can tap into local gossip networks to determine whether you learn any sordid secrets about local NPCs when in any populated area.
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