Tribal Artisan in Dungeons & Dragons 5e
Tribal Artisan
Overview:
In your tribe, you were known for your skills at creating tools, medicines and/or adornments for your people.
Skill Proficiencies: Survival, Athletics
Tool Proficiencies: One type of artisan's tools (of a type that your tribe would have access to, generally matching your specialty)
Languages: One of your choice
Equipment:
A set of artisan's tools (one of your choice), a creation of yours that you are proud of, a set of traveler's clothes, and a belt pouch containing 10 gp
Features:
Feature: Cunning Artisan. As part of a short rest, you can harvest bone and hide from a slain beast, construct, dragon, monstrosity, or plant creature of size Small or larger to create one of the following items: a shield, a club, a javelin, or 1d4 darts or blowgun needles. To use this trait, you need a blade, such as a dagger, or appropriate artisan's tools, such as leatherworker's tools.
Feature: Specialty
Choose a specialty from the table to reflect what particular skill you specialized in.
Personality Trait:
| 1d8 | Personality Trait | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I believe that anything worth doing is worth 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 fine art. | |||
| 3 | I always want to know how things work and what makes people tick. | |||
| 4 | I'm full of witty aphorisms and have a proverb for every occasion. | |||
| 5 | I'm rude to people who lack my commitment to hard work and fair play. | |||
| 6 | I like to talk at length about my profession. | |||
| 7 | I don't part with my works easily and will haggle tirelessly to get the best trade possible. | |||
| 8 | I'm well known for my work, and I want to make sure everyone appreciates it. I'm always taken aback when people haven't heard of me. |
Ideal:
| d6 | Ideal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Honor. If I dishonor myself, I dishonor my whole clan. (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 his or her own livelihood. (Chaotic) | |||
| 4 | Greed. I'm only in it for my own gain. (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. |
Bond:
| d6 | Bond | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | My family, clan, or tribe is the most important thing in my life, even when they are far from me. | |||
| 2 | I created a great work for someone, and then found them unworthy to receive it. I'm still looking for someone worthy. | |||
| 3 | I will bring terrible wrath down on the evildoers who destroyed my homeland. | |||
| 4 | I am the last of my tribe, and it is up to me to ensure their names enter legend. | |||
| 5 | I owe the person who trained me a great debt for forging me into the person I am today. | |||
| 6 | It is my duty to pass on my skills to the next generation by training someone. |
Flaw:
| d6 | Flaw | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I'll do anything to get my hands on something rare or priceless. | |||
| 2 | I'm quick to assume that someone is trying to cheat me. | |||
| 3 | I remember every insult I've received and nurse a silent resentment toward anyone who's ever wronged me. | |||
| 4 | I'm never satisfied with what I have – I always want more. | |||
| 5 | I am slow to trust members of other races, tribes, and societies. | |||
| 6 | I'm horribly jealous of anyone who can outshine my handiwork. Everywhere I go, I'm surrounded by rivals. |
| d12 | Specialty |
|---|---|
| 1 | Herbal Medicine |
| 2 | Woodworking |
| 3 | Shoemaking |
| 4 | Cooking |
| 5 | Beadwork |
| 6 | Leatherworking, skinning, and tanning |
| 7 | Flint-knapping |
| 8 | Traditional painting |
| 9 | Pottery |
| 10 | Canoe-making |
| 11 | Weaving and dyeing |
| 12 | Bow-making and fletching |
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