3.5 KiB
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| Book of Blades |
You serve the law, acting as judge, jury, and executioner in matters of trial by combat for your village, town, or city. Or perhaps you roam the realm, hearing cases and presiding over trials in more remote areas of the countryside where you act as the voice of the regime, meting out justice as you see fit. You’ve studied history and law as much as you’ve learned to wield your weapon, and you consider yourself the authority in such matters.
Additional responsibilities include protecting judges and court officials, detention and transport of prisoners, and delivering summons and warrants. Trials by combat, public f loggings, and even literal executions might also fall to you.
The court expects you to uphold your duties and act lawfully when you display or announce your position. Still, judicial champions face moral quandaries, such as upholding sentences they feel are unjust and criminals attempting to work the system through bribery and extortion.
Skill Proficiencies
Choose two from History, Intimidation, Perception, or Insight.
Additional Proficiencies
Choose any two tools or language proficiencies.
Equipment
A brooch identifying you as a judicial champion of the local court, a writ of authority from your government, a set of fine clothes, a set of manacles, a key to the local jail, and a pouch containing 15 gp.
Talent
Meting out justice through combat has been an excellent teacher. Choose a talent to represent this experience: Combat Casting, Scrutinous, or Weapon Option Specialist.
Adventuring Motivation
Judicial Champions may serve a crown, a parliament, or answer directly to the people. Their loyalties may lie with their ruler, the law, or themselves. Their motivations may differ, but all judicial champions hold the fate of multitudes in their hands. While some try to keep to the path of righteousness, others may fall to corruption and greed.
| ADVENTURING MOTIVATION | |
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| d8 | Adventuring Motivation |
| 1 | Law is the highest goal and honor, so I bring it to the lawless through adventuring. |
| 2 | Vengeance is outside the law, but adventuring gives me the opportunity to find it on the side. |
| 3 | Adventuring is a great excuse to bring “justice” to places that can share their gold with me. |
| 4 | Combat separates the righteous from the immoral. A time spent adventuring will weed out a few more of those immoral types. |
| 5 | I was wronged as a child by someone who remains at large. I’ll bring justice to that crime once I find them. |
| 6 | The common folk are the heart of every community. Adventuring is how I will bring them justice. |
| 7 | I will dispense law wherever adventuring takes me. |
| 8 | After a disagreement in legal interpretation led to my dismissal, adventuring is the way that I’ll regain my standing. |