Hunter (5e Background)

Hunter

You are a hunter. You've always spent your days in the woods, hunting game to sell in town. You have become adept at tracking, predicting, killing, and skinning your prey.

Skill Proficiencies: Nature and Survival

Tool Proficiencies: Leatherworker's tools, Herbalism kit or Cook's Utensils

Languages: One language of your choice, relevant to the town you sell your stock in.

Equipment: Leatherworker’s tools, Herbalism kit, or Cook's Utensils, Skinning knife, Hunter license, and a flint and steel kit

Specialization

d6	Specialization
1	Hunt for Survival: You hunt because you have nothing else. You've fallen on hard times and begun to hunt like you life depends on it.
2	Hunt for Entertainment: You find the Thrill of the Hunt exhilarating. You feel the blood pumping in your veins as you line up for your kill and it excites you.
3	Hunt for Pelts: Your home is not in need of meat, so much as they are in need of leathers with which to use and trade. You focus your hunting on animals with high bounty pelts, rather than based on edibility.
4	Hunt for Glory/Trophies: You prefer to hunt Big Game, aiming to bag the creatures that are spoken of in the Hunting Lodges with hushed tones.
5	Hunt for Money (Career hunter): You have grown into a skilled hunter, bagging game and selling it has made you enough money to live comfortably. For you, the hunt is your 9-5.
6	Hunt to Protect (Hunting a particularly dangerous animal) Your home is constantly besieged by dangerous creatures, travelers are always in danger, livestock constantly go missing. Your job is to clear the woods of the ferocious beasts terrorizing the town.

Hunter’s Lodging

You can get free shelter and ammunition with fellow hunters. While traveling the borders between tamed and untamed lands, you may come across the campsite of a fellow hunter, who can provide you with ammunition, food, stories, and company. A Hunter's Lodge may be found on rare occasions, providing a sturdy building in which to gather.

Suggested Characteristics

d6	Personality Trait
1	I try to find suitable camouflage whenever I am outdoor.
2	I have little respect for animals. To me, they are nothing more than prey.
3	I enjoy the company of animals more than the company of men.
4	I love to boast of my exploits and show off my trophies to everyone.
5	I have deep respect for a specific type of animal.
6	I have an unusually well-developed sense of smell.

d6	Ideal
1	Respect. I respect nature and take from it only what is needed. (Lawful)
2	Provider. I hunt to feed the poor in my community. (Good)
3	Profit. I hunt for profit and fame. (Evil)
4	Thrill of the Hunt. I live for the thrill of the hunt. (Chaotic)
5	Balance. Nature gives and nature takes away. It’s the circle of life. (Neutral)
6	Ambitious. I wish to move on to bigger, more dangerous game. (Any)

d6	Bond
1	I have a deep admiration and respect for nature.
2	The animals I kill are going to help me survive, and I thank them for there sacrifice.
3	I feel a brotherhood with fellow hunters.
4	I have become attached to my weapons, and do not want to part with them.
5	I find it hard to kill small, innocent animals such as squirrels and ferrets.
6	I believe nature is sacred, and only animals deserve the title of natural.

d6	Flaw
1	I don't understand why everyone doesn't hunt.
2	"Only the strong shall live in the wild"
3	I'm so use to eating what I kill, I might cook and eat a monster or even person I kill without even thinking about.
4	Having lived in the wilderness for most of my life, I have poor standards of hygiene.
5	I tend to underestimate the deadliness of my prey.
6	When bragging about my kills, I tend to lie or exaggerate".

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