Militia

You have served the community where you grew up, standing as its first line of defense against crime. Maybe you were a soldier, directing your gaze outward at possible enemies. Maybe, instead, your service to your hometown was to help police its populace, protecting the citizenry from lawbreakers and malefactors of every stripe.

Even if you’re not city-born or city-bred, this background can describe your early years as a member a militia. Most settlements of any size have their own local militia, and even smaller communities have sheriffs and bailiffs who stand ready to protect their community.

Skill Boosts: Physicality (Strength) – Overpower, Movement (Dexterity) – Ride, Awareness (Cunning) – Insight

Equipment: A uniform in the style of your unit and indicative of your rank, a horn with which to summon help, a set of manacles, and a pouch containing 10 gp

Feature: Watcher’s Eye

Your experience in enforcing the law, and dealing with lawbreakers, gives you a feel for local laws and criminals. You can easily find the local outpost of the watch or a similar organization, and just as easily pick out the dens of criminal activity in a community, although you’re more likely to be welcome in the former locations rather than the latter.

Suggested Characteristics

Your bond is likely associated with your fellow watch members or the watch organization itself and almost certainly concerns your community. Your ideal probably involves the fostering of peace and safety.

Soldier

Militia Variant

War has been your life for as long as you care to remember. You trained as a youth, studied the use of weapons and armor, learned basic survival techniques, including how to stay alive on the battlefield. You might have been part of a standing national army or a mercenary company, or perhaps a member of a local militia who rose to prominence during a recent war.

Skill Boosts: Physicality (Endurance) – Fortitude, Movement (Endurance) – Exertion, Awareness (Acuity) – Perception

Equipment: An insignia of rank, a trophy taken from a fallen enemy (a dagger, broken blade, or piece of a banner), a set of bone dice or a deck of cards, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 10gp

Feature: Military Tactics

You are used to the rigors of military life, following orders or giving them. When in large scale combat encounters, you and your allies are able to use one class feature when part of a large combat unit.

Suggested Characteristics

The horrors of war combined with the rigid discipline of military service leave their mark on all soldiers, shaping their ideals, creating strong bonds, and often leaving them scarred and vulnerable to fear, shame, and hatred.

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