Soldier
Whether in the employ of a state military or tasked with defending a community, you have spent a significant portion of time risking your own life to defend others. Surviving such dangerous work has demanded rigorous training, discipline, and sacrificing comforts that most people take for granted.
Perhaps you are a veteran searching for a new purpose, a deserter running from the atrocities of war, or a fresh-faced patriot pursuing new ways to fight for your cause. Whatever course you took, you have been forever changed by bearing the heavy weight of duty.
Skill Proficiencies: Two skills of your choice from the following: Animal Handling, Athletics, Medicine, or Survival.
Additional Proficiencies: Gain proficiency with land or water vehicles and one tool of your choice.
Equipment: A symbol of rank (like a letter, badge, or identification tags), a mess kit, a pack of playing cards or a set of dice, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 10 gp.
Talent
As a soldier, you have received special training or honed natural capabilities that have kept you safe during your service. Choose a talent from the following list to represent this experience: Armor Training, Combat Casting, or Combat Conditioning.
Adventuring Motivation
As a soldier, you are well accustomed to the dangers and demands of an adventurer’s lifestyle, but you must consider how your military responsibilities have altered to accommodate your new path. When you begin your adventures, consider why your duties as a soldier have ended—or changed—to allow for less- regimented pursuits.
| D8 | Adventuring Motivation |
|---|---|
| 1 | Adventuring is a way to support myself after being dishonorably discharged from military service. |
| 2 | Adventuring is a way to continue fighting, even though the war is over. |
| 3 | Adventuring is a way to keep protecting others since those I 3 used to protect are now gone. |
| 4 | Adventuring is a way to employ the skills I learned in military training, without having to dedicate my life to the military. |
| 5 | dventuring is a way to perform special missions for those I serve. |
| 6 | Adventuring is a way to take justice into my own hands without concern for policy or politics. |
| 7 | Adventuring is the return to action I’ve craved since my retirement. |
| 8 | Adventuring is a way to hone my skills before I can return my life as a soldier. |