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Players Guide 2

You once spent your days documenting the world around you, listening to others stories, and preserving the details of eventful moments in their lives for posterity.

Perhaps you worked for a local authority, keeping records of transactions or property as part of your work. Perhaps you investigated stories that seemed larger than life to determine what was truth and what was falsehood. Perhaps you tried to capture the feeling of daily life, whether in a city or a warzone. Whatever the content of your chronicles, you enjoyed capturing the truth of the world around you, as a way of understanding it, and recording it for others to know. 

Skill Proficiencies

Choose two from History, Investigation, Perception, or Persuasion.

Additional Proficiencies

Learn one additional language of your choice and gain proficiency in one of the following: artist tools, navigator tools, or provisioner tools.

Equipment

A set of tools you are proficient with from the above list, an ink pen and bottle of ink, 25 sheets of paper, a bedroll, a set of common clothes, and a coin purse containing 3 gp, broken into small denominations.

Talent

You were able to gain the trust of many different sources and faithfully share their experiences with others. Choose a talent from the following list to represent this experience: Learned Researcher, Polyglot*, or Spell Recall.

Adventuring Motivation

A chronicler is an observer, often more comfortable in documenting the actions of others than in engaging directly. As you begin your own adventures, consider why you decided to gain more first-hand experience.

Adventuring Motivation
d8 Adventuring Motivation
1 A chronicler I dont respect has switched to the adventuring life. I know I could do it better
2 I chronicled a story so upsetting that I knew I had to get involved in changing things.
3 I upset the wrong powerful person with a recent chronicle. I need to make myself scarce and come back ready to handle the threat.
4 I want to write a chronicle of my own life, but so far, it just isnt that interesting. Adventuring should add some spice.
5 Ive been accused of making up some of my chronicles. My adventures will prove that it could have happened exactly the way I said.
6 My client list has dried up, and no one is hiring. With a higher profile, I might find steady work again.
7 My writing isnt coming to life the way Id like. I need some real-life experience to do a better job of describing the adventuring lifestyle.
8 One of my most trusted sources disappeared. Im hoping that Ill figure out what happened to them during my journey.