You come from a humble social rank, but you are destined for so much more. Already the people of your home village regard you as their champion, and your destiny calls you to stand against the tyrants and monsters that threaten the common folk everywhere.
Skill Proficiencies
Animal Handling, Survival
Tool Proficiencies
One type of artisan’s tools, vehicles (land)
Languages
None
Equipment
- A set of artisan’s tools (one of your choice)
- A shovel
- An iron pot
- A set of common clothes
- A belt pouch containing 10 gp
Defining Event
You previously pursued a simple profession among
the peasantry, perhaps as a farmer, miner, servant,
shepherd, woodcutter, or gravedigger. But something
happened that set you on a different path and marked
you for greater things. Choose a defining event that marked you as a hero of the people.
- I stood up to a tyrant’s agents
- I saved people during a natural disaster
- I stood alone against a terrible monster
- I stole from a corrupt merchant to help the poor
- I led a militia to fight off an invading army
- I broke into a tyrant’s castle and stole weapons to arm my people
- I trained the peasantry to use farm implements as weapons against a tyrant’s soldiers
- A lord rescinded an unpopular decree after I led a symbolic act of protest against it
- A celestial, fey or similar creature gave me a blessing or revealed my secret origin
- Recruited into a lord’s army, irose to leadership and was commended for my heroism
- …
Feature: Rustic Hospitality
Since you come from the ranks of the common folk, you fit in among them with ease. You can find a place to hide, rest, or recuperate among other commoners, unless you have shown yourself to be a danger to them. They will shield you from the law or anyone else searching for you, though they will not risk their lives for you.