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Acolyte

Magic Initiate (Cleric)

Insight · Religion

You have spent your life in the service of a temple to a specific god or pantheon of gods. You act as an intermediary between the realm of the holy and the mort...

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Apothecary

Healer Homebrew

Medicine · Nature

Mortars, tinctures, and careful measuring filled your days. You know which root soothes fever, which oil burns clean, and when a patient needs rest more than an...

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Archive Keeper

Skilled Homebrew

Investigation · Perception

Ledgers, letters, and sealed scrolls were your trade. You learned to find the one line that matters in a stack of parchment — and to notice when a record has be...

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Beast Handler

Tough Homebrew

Animal Handling · Athletics

You raised, broke, and calmed beasts for a living — warhorses, messenger hawks, or stranger creatures. Scars and patience taught you how living things think whe...

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Beastbane Hunter

Savage Attacker Homebrew

Perception · Survival

Villages paid you to track what stalked their livestock — wolves, wyverns, or worse. You learned to strike hard on the first chance, because monsters rarely giv...

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Blacklane Runner

Alert Homebrew

Deception · Stealth

You moved cargo that papers claimed did not exist. False manifests, night docks, and quiet bribes were tools as real as any crowbar.

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Bounty Binder

Alert Homebrew

Investigation · Intimidation

Wanted posters paid your rent. You hunt people, not monsters — reading patterns in a town, cornering marks, and knowing when to talk them down instead of draggi...

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Chartmaker

Skilled Homebrew

Nature · Survival

Blank parchment became coastlines and mountain passes under your hand. You measure the world so others do not have to learn it the hard way.

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Confidence Trickster

Skilled Homebrew

Deception · Sleight of Hand

You made a living on clever lies, false papers, and the trust of strangers. You know how to vanish into a crowd, invent a persona on the spot, and leave town be...

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Contemplative

Healer Homebrew

Medicine · Religion

You withdrew from busy life to study, pray, or simply listen. Solitude sharpened your patience and your care for others — when you return to the world, you brin...

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Court Attendant

Skilled Homebrew

History · Persuasion

You grew up among titles, etiquette, and quiet power struggles. Whether born to privilege or raised beside it, you learned how courts speak in half-truths — and...

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Criminal

Alert

Sleight of Hand · Stealth

You are an experienced criminal with a history of breaking the law. You have spent a lot of time among other criminals and still have contacts within the crimin...

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