You are a member of an butcher's guild, skilled in a particular field and closely associated with other butchers and cooks. You are a well-established part of the mercantile world, freed by talent and wealth from the constraints of a feudal social order. You learned your skills as an apprentice to a Fleischmaster, under the sponsorship of your guild, until you became a master in your own right.

Skill Proficiencies: Survival, Persuasion

Tool Proficiencies: Cook's Utensils, Leatherworker's tools

Equipment: A set of Cook's Utensils, a set of Leatherworker's Tools, a letter of introduction from your guild, a set of traveler's clothes, and a belt pouch containing 15gp.

Suggested Characteristics

Butchers are among the most ordinary people in the world--until they set down their tools and take up an adventuring career. They understand the value of hard work and the importance of community, but they're vulnerable to sins of greed and covetousness. 

d8	Personality Trait
1	I believe that anything worth doing is doing right. I can't help it--I'm a perfectionist.
2	I'm a snob who looks down on those who can't appreciate good handiwork.
3	I always want to know how things work and what makes people tick.
4	I'm rude to people who lack my commitment to hard work and fair play.
5	My comfortability in the macabre can be off-putting to some people.
6	I like to talk about my profession at length.
7	I don't part with my money easily and will haggle tirelessly to get the best deal possible.
8	I am well known for my work, and I want to make sure everyone appreciates it. I'm taken aback when people haven't heard of me.

d6	Ideal
1	Community. It is the duty of all civilised people to strengthen the bonds of community and the security of civilisation. (Lawful)
2	Generosity. My talents were given to me so that I could use them to benefit the world. (Good)
3	Freedom. Everyone should be free to pursue their own dreams. (Chaotic)
4	Greed. I'm only in it for the money. (Evil)
5	People. I'm committed to the people I care about, not to ideals. (Neutral)
6	Aspiration. I work hard to be the best there is at my craft.

d6	Bond
1	The butchery where I learned my trade is the most important place in the world to me.
2	I owe my teacher a great debt for forging me into the person I am today.
3	I pursue wealth to secure someone's love.
4	One day I will return to my hometown and prove that I am the greatest butcher of them all.
5	I will get revenge on the evil forces that destroyed my place of business and my livelihood.
6	I am in search of a person motivated enough to whom I can teach my craft.

d6	Flaw
1	I'm quick to assume that someone is trying to cheat me.
2	No one must ever learn that I stole money from the coffers of my guild.
3	I am never satisfied with what I have--I always want more.
4	I'm terribly jealous of anyone who outshines me. Everywhere I go, I'm surrounded by rivals.
5	My familiarity with dead creatures has made me cold and insensitive to others' comfort with such topics.
6	I have no patience to accommodate those with sensitive constitutions.