Plague Doctor Background

You have experienced the desolation of disease and have taken up the mantle of a Plague Doctor. Many Plague Doctors follow a deity to assist them in the treatment of others.

Skill Proficiencies: Arcana and Medicine

Tool Proficiencies: Healers Kit

Equipment: Healers Kit, a belt pouch with 10 GP and Plague Doctor clothes.

Feature: Birds of a feather

As a Plague Doctor, you are able to find alchemists and doctors wherever you visit. You are able to easily locate anyone who specializes in medicine when in a settlement.

Suggested Characteristics

Plague Doctors are molded by the pain and suffering they have seen others endure. Their work often leads them to have stunted social lives, and have trouble opening up to others. They are very secretive about their endeavors and rarely allow others to glean any information about their work.

Suggested Characteristics

d8 Personality Trait 1 I am driven by the need to cure others. 2 I am known to get lost in thought. 3 I am not great in social situations. 4 I am very secretive and like to keep an air of mystery about myself. 5 I can find my curiosty being piqued at the mere mention of a scholarly secret. 6 I will not have others take me for a fool. 7 I will do anything in the pursuit of knowledge. 8 I find myself hoarding herbs and trinkets.

d6 Ideals 1 Healer. If I can use my skills to help, I will. (Good) 2 Bystander. There's no use in doing anything unless I can be bothered. (Neutral) 3 Ruthless. I prefer to give foes a painful death. (Evil) 4 Curiosity. I invest myself in people who attract my curiosity. (Lawful) 5 Loyalty. I'm willing to do anything to protect those I care about. (Any) 6 Helping Hand. I will happily help anyone in any way I think is necessary. (Any)

d6 Bond 1 I hope to find a cure for an ailment that affects a loved one. 2 I share a bond with those who request my services. 3 Anyone who is more experienced and learned than me deserves my respect. 4 I seek out knowledge, and anyone who has it can consider me a friend. 5 Anyone who respects my need for privacy, I count among my friends. 6 Those who heal others are deserving of the utmost respect.

d6 Flaw 1 I have accidently killed people in my practice, the guilt eats away at me. 2 My time spent working with the ill has affected my mental state. 3 I am obsessed with curing even the most minute afflictions. 4 I sometimes find myself not caring. 5 I will not assist (pick a race) they are often carriers of disease. 6 I refuse to adventure alone.

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