Merchant
Skill Proficiencies Investigation, Persuasion
Tool Proficiencies Two types of artisan's tools
Equipment Two sets of artisan's tools, merchant's scale, a set of fine clothes, and a wallet containing B100,000
FEATURE: SUPPLY CHAIN
From your time as a merchant, you retain connections with wholesalers, suppliers, and other merchants and entrepreneurs. You can call upon these connections when looking for items or information.
SUGGESTED CHARACTERISTICS
Being a merchant involved having a head for numbers, a strong personality, the ability to make deals with hostile adversaries, a strong sword arm to fight off bandits, and the intuition for knowing what people want and need. The art of business is the art of finding the best path to profit, and that path might be different with each transaction. It takes a strong mind and a stronger stomach to succeed. So why did you fail?
MERCHANT PERSONALITY TRAITS
d6 Personality Trait
- didn't have the cutthroat attitude necessary to succeed.
2 Even my compenttors said | was affable and talented. Those traits should serve me well.
3 To prosper, you have to be in control. 4 The customer is always right. 5 If 1 can be everyone's friend, I'll always have support.
6 I'ma snob who looks down on those who can't appreciate fine art.
MERCHANT IDEALS
d6 Ideal
Community. It is the duty of all civilized people to strengthen the bonds of community and the security of civilization. (Lawful)
2 Generosity. My talents were given to me so that | 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 the money. (Evil)
5 People. I'm committed to the people | care about, not
to ideals. (Neutral)
6 Aspiration. | work hard to be the best there is at my job. (Any)
MERCHANT Bonps d6 Bond
1 My family means everything to me.
owe a dangerous person a lot of money. As long as they're happy, they let my debt rest unpaid.
owe my teacher a great debt for forging me into the person | am today.
will get revenge on the evil forces that destroyed my place of business and ruined my livelihood.
5 One day | will return to my home and prove that | am the greatest merchant of them all.
- pursue wealth to secure someone's love.
MERCHANT FLAWS
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 No one must ever learn that I once stole money from another merchant.
4 I'm never satisfied with what | have—l always want more.
- would kill to acquire a noble title.
6 I'm horribly jealous of anyone who does my job better than me. Everywhere | go, I'm surrounded by rivals.