Farmer

Alternatively: Crop Farmer, Farm Hand, Vegetable Gardener, Dairy Farmer, Pig Farmer, etc.

Farmers rise and set with the sun, following the seasonal rhythms as they try to pull nourishment out of the ground in a constant dance with nature. The particular work that farmers do depends largely on where they are from and what kinds of crop or livestock they are raising - it can range from coffee beans in Arathia to wheat in Haldoor, from rice in Yuyake to root vegetables in the Wild Steppe. They tend to grow as much as they need to provide for their family, and additionally what they are required to grow in order to pay the local taxes or contribute to their liege lord's granaries. As such, they work extremely hard in a few short periods of the year, and tend to spend other large stretches of the year relaxing and spending time with family.

          Farmers might look to a career of adventuring in order to escape the endless toil of subsistence farming, and find something bigger and better to contribute to. Their experience as a farmer should allow them to start with a knowledge of the land and how it works, as well as a keen insight for natural cycles.

          Farmer's Almanac: Your work as a farmer required you to have a good sense of weather cycles. You can roll a d6 at the end of the day before going to bed. On a 5 or 6, you can predict what the weather will look like for the next day. Additionally, you have a +2 to Nature checks to predict the weather changes coming within the next hour, and you have advantage on this check if the last time you predicted the weather was a success.

If you choose Farmer, you gain the following:

~Either a +1 to your Strength score or a +1 to your Constitution score~

~A Skill Proficiency in either Animal Handling or Nature~

~A Tool Proficiency in Cook's Utensils or Land Vehicles~

~The following items: An iron hoe or pitchfork, a trowel or shovel, 1d20+10 seeds of a plant of your choice, a wide brimmed hat, and a belt pouch with 5sp~

~Farmer's Almanac feat~

Mushroom Tender

Mushroom Tenders act as the subsistence farmers of underground or Underdark settlements, enabling food to be grown away from any presence of sunlight. In the stable climate under the earth, mushrooms can be grown year round, with inedible plant and sometimes animal matter being utilized to keep the fungi growing healthily. Tending to mushrooms can involve many hours of guarding the mushrooms from any thieves, and occasionally tending to them with moisture and trimming.

          Mushroom tenders have one of the most boring careers out there - so, when they are offered an opportunity to have exciting adventures in new places, it is not surprising that they take it. Mushroom tenders have great patience, and this enables them to calmly tackle obstacles without panicking. They also have a great knack for navigating underground pathways, so are keen to adventure in dungeons.

          Fungal Friend: Fungi have a tendency to grow on you. Any fungal based creatures, such as Myconids, treat you as friendly unless you give them a reason not to. In addition, you can, once per long rest, as an action, sense the greatest concentration of fungi within 5 miles of your current location. You do this through smelling fungal spores in the air.

If you choose Mushroom Tender, you gain the following:

~Either a +1 to your Wisdom score or a +1 to your Dexterity score~

~A Skill Proficiency in either Nature or Perception~

~Vegepygmy as a Language~

~The following items: A 5lb bag of soil germinated with fungal spores of your choice, a paring knife, soft leather booties, an apron with ample pockets, and a belt pouch with 5sp~

~Fungal Friend feat~

Shepherd

Alternatively: Animal Herder

Shepherds need to be patient, caring, and most of all, vigilant. They guide herds of animals like sheep, goats, and llamas into grazing areas, constantly moving their grazing throughout the year to ensure the grass is never completely gobbled up by the animals. While doing so, they must watch them and keep away any wandering predators, or in some cases, monsters even. Wolves, foxes, and coyotes frequently try to get an easy meal from a herd of domesticated herbivores, and so shepherds serve an important function in protecting community resources.

          Shepherds are supposed to scare away any predators that might come near the herd, and in most circumstances, this works. However, in the rare occurrences when predators don't get scarred off, shepherds must fight to save the flock. Enough of these chance encounters, and soon enough, you have an adventurer, more than capable of tussling with goblins and kobolds alike. Shepherds are watchmen by trade and by nature, and are likely to always keep their wits about them, even when it seems like things are safe enough.

          Protect the Herd: You have a lot of experience with keeping an eye out for bad guys. When keeping watch over your campsite, you have advantage on perception checks to spot enemies, and when you do spot an enemy during your shift, you automatically scare them away if they have the same or less HD than you. If they have more HD than you, you may still attempt to scare them off with an Intimidation check, the DC being 10 + (# of Monster's HD higher than yours).

If you choose Shepherd, you gain the following:

~Either a +1 to your Dexterity score or a +1 to your Wisdom score~

~A Skill Proficiency in either Perception or Animal Handling~

~A Tool Proficiency with Any Instrument of your choice~

~The following items: A shepherd's crook, a wide-brimmed hat, an instrument of your choice (probably something like a horn or flute that carries over a long distance), a loyal sheepdog, and a belt pouch with 5sp~

~Protect the Herd feat~

Vintner

Alternatively: Wine Connoisseur or Methier. 

Vintners are the rock stars of the agricultural world, growing grapes, pressing them, fermenting them, and finally aging them until they become a fine vintage of wine. Vintners tend to be wealthier individuals, and usually answer directly to nobles who task them with the production of the county wine. They might also sometimes be apart of a monastery or other religious institution. The tasting and enjoying of wine is a basic point of entry into the aristocracy in some parts of Adra, and the expertise in this art is viewed as a kind of magic by those of high birth.

          Any vintner worth their salt will know of a great variety of good vintages of wine, and the kinds of places where great wine is grown. Hearing about these places is fine of course, but some hearing about them might gain a sort of wanderlust and find themselves called into action. Vintner characters are likely to use their knowledge of noble tastes to the party's advantage, particularly when dealing with nobles directly.

          Wine Connoisseur: Your experience making wine has made you an expert at identifying it. You are able to measure the approximate value of any bottle of wine (within 10% of the exact value) without making a check. Furthermore, you have advantage on Charisma checks to negotiate when buying or selling wine. Finally, you have a small but refined vineyard somewhere in the world (of your choosing) that other connoisseurs will gather, and a place you can return to when you want to congregate with the great and the good.

If you choose Vintner, you gain the following:

~Either a +1 to your Charisma score or a +1 to your Intelligence score~

~A Skill Proficiency in either Nature or Religion~

~A Tool Proficiency with Brewer's Supplies~

~The following items: A set of tasting goblets, a jug of your finest vintage, brewer's supplies, a silk handkerchief, and a purse with 15sp~

~Wine Connoisseur feat~

Yeoman

Alternatively: Freeman or Freeholder

While the vast majority of agricultural work in a feudal or classical system is done by serfs or wage laborers, there are some in both systems that own land of their own, working on it themselves and often employing and overseeing others working on it as well. Yeomen then oversee larger agricultural estates along with working the land themselves.

          A yeoman turned adventurer may see an adventuring career as an opportunity to bring back wealth to further improve their homestead, and to use their small independent income to fund this career to begin with. These characters will likely have a good sense for organizing others to accomplish a task, and as adventurers tend to lead by example.

          Freeholder: You own a small farming estate (around 10 acres or so) somewhere in the world. Discuss with your DM about where this estate lies, what is grown there, and why you are no longer there, at least for the time being. If your party ever stays there, they will have a comfortable place to stay for as long as they wish. Furthermore, your estate, so long as it is manned by your family, or serfs, or slaves, will continue to generate 50sp per season (though you will have to return to it in order to collect these funds). Alternatively, you could have a ruined farming estate, or one taken from you by a rival, in which case, you will have an interesting quest to take it back, with potential awards. If you take this option, taking back your estate will count as a Major Quest for the purposes of XP.

If you choose Yeoman, you gain the following:

~Either a +1 to your Charisma score or a +1 to your Strength score~

~A Skill Proficiency in either Nature or Animal Handling~

~A Tool Proficiency with a Herbalism Kit~

~The following items: Bossman Hat, a bullhorn or whistle, herbalism kit, deed to the estate, and a purse with 15sp~

~Freeholder feat~