Botanist

Source: D&D Wiki (SCAR Version)

A botanist is a scientist who specializes in this field. Botany originated in prehistory as herbalism with the efforts of early humans to identify – and later cultivate – edible, medicinal, and poisonous plants, making it one of the oldest branches of science. Physician gardens, often attached to monasteries, contained plants of medical importance. When did you had begun to specialize in the study of plants? Do you talk to the plants? Do you feel like they talk to you back? What would you do if foes manage to harm flora?


NOTE: Some backgrounds have options to choose from. Please read carefully. You may not get every proficiency listed below, as some may be a choice between one or the other.

  • Stat Options (choose either +2 in one stat and +1 in another, OR +1 in all three): Dexterity, Intelligence, Wisdom
  • Skill Proficiencies (your choice of TWO): Medicine, Nature, or Sleight of Hand
  • Tool Proficiencies: Herbalism Kit
  • Languages: Sylvan, OR two Standard languages of choice.

  • Background Keepsake: A small potted plant (value under 10gp.)
  • Background Gold: 10gp.

Origin Feat

Origin Skill Focus

You gain a +1 to two different Skills you are proficient in.


Personality

Please select TWO from the list below.

d7 Personality Trait
1 I am that type of person who interacts more with plants than people.
2 I often tell people to be kind to flora as one day Mother Nature will return the favor.
3 Sometimes I think I am made out of grass.
4 *Achoo!* Allergies don't matter- this little flower is nice!
5 Dreary days and seasons effect my personality and mood if there are no plants around.
6 Relax, there's nothing a good sit in the garden won't fix.
7 Excuse me?! Did you just cut that poor sprout?!

Ideal

Please select one from the list below.

d6 Ideal Trait
1 Bloom. I will bloom and my skills will shine- but I still have some growing to do.
2 Poisonous. Plants shall rise as the superior race.
3 Withered. I have not been well cared for in life. I am looking for someone that might care.
4 Ecology. Flora and fauna have to be perfectly balanced in order to coexist.
5 Rooted. I don't like change, so I keep myself rooted in one area.
6 Determined. People need to know the power of Mother Nature, even if that means I have to be the one to teach them.

Bond

Please select one from the list below.

d6 Bond Trait
1 My garden- I would die to save my paradise of plant friends!
2 Knowledge is power when it comes to teaching people about the many uses of different herbs.
3 My beloved- I want to cultivate the most perfect flowers to court them.
4 Will there be a person like me who understands the wonderful world of trees?
5 If you harm those I love, I will prune you from this world like a bad seed.
6 People don't understand my passion so I tend to push them away.

Flaw

Please select one from the list below.

d6 Flaw Trait
1 I put my plants over my friends too often.
2 I get distracted easily seeing a little sprout in the middle of nowhere.
3 Don't harm the flower- or I punish you with death. This is also addressed to my buddies.
4 I love all plants even if I'm very allergic to some them.
5 I once used to hate plants- if people find out- they will call me hypocrite.
6 I get jealous when I meet someone that shows to be more expert on plants than me.