Janitor

Source: D&D Wiki (SCAR Version)

You've cleaned for a large portion of your life, since you were born or since you reached adulthood. Perhaps it was a habit which you grew into, rather than something that circumstances forced you into. You may have tended to a structure or building in several ways: cleaning, repairs, occasionally guarding, and so forth. Maybe you were employed by evildoers to clean up their dirty work, or maybe you overheard conversations within the halls where you've worked. This kind of special environment may have been a starting point for your sense of adventure; but at heart, you simply began by being the local handyman.


Types of janitor adventurers vary based on the kind of work they did and why. There are Cinderella figures, for example, who were doing chores their whole life until something prompted them to escape their life of drudgery to search for better horizons. Darker figures also exist, like the ones who run about looking for "cleaning" jobs, usually sought after by criminals to help them get rid of evidence, or even scour away their identities.


When you choose this background, consider the structure or building you worked at, the said structure or building's importance, what your job was like, and why you now moved to the adventuring life.


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, Intelligence, Strength
  • Skill Proficiencies (your choice of TWO): Athletics, Investigation, or Survival
  • Tool Proficiencies: One Artisan Tool of choice.
  • Languages: Two Standard languages of choice.

  • Background Keepsake: A tool of your trade such as a favored sponge, mop, or bucket
  • Background Gold: 10gp.

Origin Feat

Origin Sturdy

Your maximum hit points is increased by half your level. (I.e. You gain a +1 to your max hp every even level.)


Suggested Characteristics

Janitors are serious and hardworking people, but they relax and enjoy themselves earnestly when the work's done. They play just as or harder than they work. But, constantly working to make things clean and organized has made some janitors compulsive and germophobic.


Other

Job Site

You worked at a structure or building before. Roll or choose from the table below to determine the type of site you worked in. Also talk with your DM about the site and why you're now adventuring. Was the site destroyed? Did something in the site force you on a quest? Were you simply fired? Or do you still work there, adventuring as a side job to earn extra coins?


d8 Job Sites

1 Shrine or Temple

2 Statue, Sculpture, or a Museum

3 Royal Castle

4 Dungeon

5 Military Fortress

6 Academy or Library

7 Amphitheater

8 Cemetery

Personality

Please select TWO from the list below.

d8 Personality Trait
1 I can think of fifty ways to use a hammer.
2 I am constantly organizing my inventory; every pouch has a specific purpose.
3 I like to listen to poems when I'm done. I know more about poetry than people think.
4 I try to bathe at least four times a day.
5 Hard work is earnest work- especially if it pays.
6 I have (or prefer to use) a small vocabulary.
7 I'm never distracted at work. Period.
8 I once climbed fifteen feet to scrub a stain with my bare palms because I lost the ladder and my sponge. I'll do it again if I have to.

Ideal

Please select one from the list below.

d6 Ideal Trait
1 Responsibility. I must keep my site clean and in repair. Everyone has to do their part in society.
2 Cleanliness. Cleanliness means good health and more visitors. That makes me happy.
3 Rebellion. I don't deserve to do this. The owners should take care of their own messes.
4 Choice. Everyone should do what they love at some point in life.
5 Site. I'm committed to my site - not ideas or people.
6 Aspiration. I want to prove myself worthy of a better job.

Bond

Please select one from the list below.

d6 Bond Trait
1 I care only about my place of work.
2 My tools are why I'm living comfortably. Without them I'm nothing.
3 My site was destroyed by someone. I'll find them and get my revenge someday.
4 I'm housing an urchin at my site. They mean the world to me.
5 I'll never be able to thank the owner of my site.
6 There's an artifact at my site that I must protect above anything else.

Flaw

Please select one from the list below.

d6 Flaw Trait
1 Adventuring introduced billions of germs to my body. Now I can never be clean!
2 Asymmetry and out-of-place objects will distract me from important work.
3 I learned to smell better than most people- I hate bad smells more than anything.
4 I would much rather die in a clean environment.
5 If I notice something's missing- even if it's replaceable or worthless. I'll drop what I'm doing to search for it.
6 Why do adventurers never bathe? It's annoying and disgusting.