Court Servant
Background
Proficiencies & Equipment
- Skill Proficiencies:
- History, Insight
- Tool Proficiencies:
- One artisan's tools set of your choice
- Languages:
- One of your choice
- Equipment:
- A set of artisan's tools of your choice, a unique piece of jewelry, a set of fine clothes, a handcrafted pipe, and a belt pouch containing 20 gp
Description
Even though you are independent now, you were once a servant to a merchant, noble, regent, or other person of high station. You are an expert in complex social dynamics and knowledgeable in the history and customs of courtly life. Work with your GM to determine whom you served and why you are no longer a servant: did your master or masters retire and no longer require servants, did you resign from the service of a harsh master, did the court you served fall to a neighboring empire, or did something else happen?
Features
Servant's Invisibility.
The art of excellent service requires a balance struck between being always available and yet unobtrusive, and you've mastered it. If you don't perform a visible action, speak or be spoken to, or otherwise have attention drawn to you for at least 1 minute, creatures nearby have trouble remembering you are even in the room. Until you speak, perform a visible action, or have someone draw attention to you, creatures must succeed on a Wisdom (Perception) check (DC equal to 8 + your Charisma modifier + your proficiency bonus) to notice you. Otherwise, they conduct themselves as though you aren't present until either attention is drawn to you or one of their actions would take them into or within 5 feet of the space you occupy.
Suggested Characteristics
Overview
| d8 | Personality Trait | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unless I must speak, I hold my breath while serving others. | |
| 2 | It takes all my effort not to show the effusive emotions I feel when I help others. Best to quietly serve. | |
| 3 | It's getting harder to tolerate the prejudices of those I serve daily. | |
| 4 | Though the old ways are hard to give up, I want to be my own boss. I'll decide my path. | |
| 5 | Serving my family and friends is the only thing I truly care about. | |
| 6 | City life is killing my soul. I long for the old courtly ways. | |
| 7 | It's time for my fellows to wake up and be taken advantage of no longer. | |
| 8 | It's the small things that make it all worthwhile. I try to be present in every moment. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 |