You have spent your life in service of preparing, interring, and protecting the dead. You tend to the dead, preparing corpses in a manner in keeping with your craft and preferred by the family of the deceased. The handling of the dead is taboo in many societies, so the undertaker's role is to do what others would not - many find themselves shunned by the people they serve. Though undertakers may be ridiculed and ignored, they are a necessary part of their communities.
Ability Scores: Strength, Dexterity, Wisdom
Feat: Unknown Cleric
Skill Proficiencies: Medicine, Performance
Tool Proficiencies: Herbalism Kit.
Equipment Choose A or B: (A) A holy symbol (a gift to you when you became an undertaker), a hammer, a set of fine clothes, a small knife, a vial of perfume, a needle, thread, and a belt pouch containing 15 gp., or (B) 50 gp
Suggested Characteristics
An undertaker is defined by the place held in their community and the expertise of their craft.
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I do not believe that all things in life are worth suffering for. |
| 2 | I pay no mind to others' status and wealth. |
| 3 | My trade is my art. Through my art I can provide warmth, sympathy and understanding from those of the deceased. |
| 4 | I am constantly aware of my own mortality, and it terrifies me. |
| 5 | I have internalized my community's scorn. |
| 6 | I prefer the company of the dead to the living. |
| 7 | The living are not so bad - it's the faces of the dead that haunt me. |
| 8 | I will not mourn for the dead, but celebrate the life they endured. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Tradition. The traditions and knowledge of my craft must be continued through myself and spread to others (Lawful) |
| 2 | Generosity. I will gladly pay out of my own pocket for the proper preparation and burial for those who can afford none. (Good) |
| 3 | Community. To those who die, and have none to attend, I will stand at their wake to lay their soul to rest. (Neutral) |
| 4 | Fairness. Before death, even the highest of elven lords and the lowest of peasants are judged equally. (Any) |
| 5 | Freedom. The nature of my trade lets me freely partake in the taboos of my craft. (Chaotic) |
| 6 | Power. The bones and bodies of my craft will continue to serve me in this life and into the next. (Evil) |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | I owe my training to my family, and the skill they gave to me will not pass from this world when it's my time to go. |
| 2 | My job has a complex importance in the world, and I know that I must put all dead that I encounter to rest. |
| 3 | It is my duty to protect the dead from mutilation, desecration, and defilement. |
| 4 | I feel compelled to work to preserve and improve the cemeteries that I come across in my travels. |
| 5 | I have an affinity for the dead, but I am sworn to hate the undead in all its forms. |
| 6 | I feel an intimate affinity with those that have lost, as I have also felt their pain. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I've spent so much time around death that I have no qualms with bringing it to others. |
| 2 | I am socially inept at interacting with the living. |
| 3 | I believe that bodies are, essentially, meat - even when they are living. |
| 4 | I steal from the dead - what good will money do them in the afterlife? |
| 5 | I overindulge in the delights of the world to make up for the dead who cannot. |
| 6 | I become irrationally angry at those who speak ill of the recently deceased. |