Inventor

Source: bmorgan316 (SCAR Version)

Taking things apart and putting them back together always fascinated you. You made a living tinkering and repairing items for people, but you spent most of your time thinking of and creating new ideas. Your mind is always creating unique and creative ideas and your skill with your tools allows you to bring these daydreams into reality.


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): Constitution, Dexterity, Intelligence
  • Skill Proficiencies (your choice of TWO): History, Investigation, or Sleight of Hand
  • Tool Proficiencies: Tinker's Tools
  • Languages: Two Standard languages of choice.

  • Background Keepsake: Your favorite spanner.
  • Background Gold: 10gp.

Origin Feat

Origin Artisan

Your upkeep for a Product Business of a tool you're proficient in is reduced by 30%. This does not count towards your building upgrades for shops (Example: Statue, Rug, Showcase, ect). This cannot be combined with Elderwood Foundation.


Suggested Characteristics

There was always something more to understand about the world and how it worked. Inventors love taking things apart and putting them back together again. They have a natural curiosity and exuberance about the world.


Personality

Please select TWO from the list below.

d8 Personality Trait
1 That looks interesting! I want to know how it works!
2 I have a hard time keeping my mouth shut- even when I should.
3 I want to weave magic into my designs to create tools and machines.
4 Other people never seem to appreciate my jokes as much as I do.
5 They say I'm crazy but I can't be. I make sense to me. I understand and they don't.
6 I'll be rich and independently wealthy! Someday. I just need some investors.
7 There's only one way to test an invention- and that's in the field during live fire. There's nothing more invigorating than that!
8 I talk quick and short.

Ideal

Please select one from the list below.

d6 Ideal Trait
1 Empowerment: My inventions will change the world for the better.
2 Order: There's a right way to do things and a wrong way to do things.
3 Knowledge: Knowledge is power and that includes the arcane.
4 Greed: I'm only in it for the money.
5 Tyrant: I will gain power and finally be able to get back ay everyone who wronged me.
6 Liar: Well if it helps me get the job done I'll say what needs saying.

Bond

Please select one from the list below.

d6 Bond Trait
1 The workshop where I learned my trade is the most important place in the world to me.
2 I will do anything to prove myself superior to my hated rival.
3 The machines I create are as important to me as people.
4 I will create wonderful inventions that I can take home to better the life of my people.
5 One day I will return home and prove that I am the greatest inventor of them all.
6 I will get revenge on the evil forces that destroyed my place of business and ruined my livelihood.

Flaw

Please select one from the list below.

d6 Flaw Trait
1 Only the results are important. The ends justify the means.
2 I know that those people want their money- but they just don't understand the difficulties with getting things done on time.
3 I'm horribly jealous of anyone who can outshine my handiwork. Everywhere I go I'm surrounded by rivals.
4 I'm quick to assume that someone is trying to cheat me.
5 I really hate destroying machines for any reason- even if it would likely benefit me or those around me.
6 Someone stole one of my inventions and has been using it in the commission of crimes. And now they are hunting me for it.