Gambler
You are a skilled gambler who spends most of your time in casinos, bar rooms, and gambling dens. Are your activities legal, or do you break the law? Have you ever cheated in a game, or do you play by the rules? No matter what, your life has been one of excitement, chance, and danger.
Skill Proficiencies: Choose two from Deception, Insight, Intimidation, and Sleight of Hand
Tool Proficiencies: Two types of gaming sets
Equipment: A set of common clothes, a set of dice, a deck of playing cards, a lucky charm, and a belt pouch containing 100 cr.
FEATURE:
LET'S MAKE IT INTERESTING
You can convince nearly anyone to put up something they aren’t normally willing to part with (property or information) in a game of chance. Your GM might rule that they will only agree to a game of their choosing, and they may only agree if they feel the odds are in their favor.
BACKGROUND FEAT As a further embodiment of the experience and training of your background, you can choose from the following feats:
Feat
- Silver-Tongued
- Empathic
- Threatening
- Quick-Fingered
- Competitor
- Keen Mind
- Observant
- Practiced
- I like to impress everyone I meet with a simple trick or a quick joke.
- I constantly make side bets on everything that happens around me.
- No matter how high the stakes, I always appear calm.
- I try to be unpredictable, so no one will know when I'm bluffing.
- I never back down from a challenge.
- I can't get satisfaction out of something if the stakes are too low.
- I tend to make friends out of enemies, and enemies out of friends.
- I prefer one game above all others.
- Risk. Nothing worth doing is ever a sure thing. (Chaotic)
- Victory. Never make a bet unless you're sure you can win. (Lawful)
- Greed. Anything that isn't mine soon will be. (Evil)
- Charity. I share my winnings with the less fortunate. (Good)
- Surprise. Life is a game worth playing, because you never know how the dice will land. (Any)
- Laziness. Working is for chumps. (Any)
- I owe a lot of money to the wrong kind of people.
- I still keep the first coin I ever won. It's my good luck charm.
- Most of my winnings go to my home.
- Someday I will own my own casino.
- I lost a large sum of money to a con artist; I seek to get it back.
- I hide my gambling behind a normal life. My friends have no idea who I really am.
- I can't step away from the table when I'm losing.
- I spend money faster than I can make it.
- Everyone has a price. Mine happens to be pretty low.
- I assume everyone is hiding something from me.
- I tend to value money more than people.
- I like to think I could drink anyone under the table, but I'm really a lightweight.
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