Botanist (5e Background)

Botanist

A botanist, plant scientist, or phytologist is a scientist who specializes in this field. Botany originated in prehistory as herbalism with the efforts of early humans to identify – and later cultivate – edible, medicinal, and poisonous plants, making it one of the oldest branches of science. Medieval physic gardens, often attached to monasteries, contained plants of medical importance. When did you had begun to specialize in the study of plants? Do you talk to the plants? Do you feel like they talk to you back? What would you do if foes manage to harm flora?

Skill Proficiencies: Medicine, Nature.

Tool Proficiencies: Herbalism Kit

Languages: Sylvan.

Equipment: A plant in one pot, a book of plants, a belt pouch containing 15gp.

Feature: Plant Whisper

You are the one who feels that plants are indeed alive, you have absolute knowledge of every kind of plant without the need to do a Nature check, able to turn herbs into a medicine potion for allies or poison for foes, you also have advantage on checks against Plant-based monsters.

Suggested Characteristics

d8	Personality Trait
1	I am that type of person who interacts more with plants than people.
2	I often tell people to be kind to flora as one day Mother Nature will return the favor.
3	Somethimes I think I am made out of grass.
4	*Achoo!* Allergies don't matter, this little flower is nice!
5	I see that autumn and winter times are coming, I become sad.
6	Relax! There's nothing fine that a leafy buddy to chill with.
7	A person always has the first word to speak than a plant, I still have common sense.
8	Excuse me?! Did you just cut that leaf of that poor sprout?!

d6	Ideal
1	Bloom. I will bloom my skills to shine for others! (Good)
2	Poisonous. Plants shall rise as the superior race! (Evil)
3	Withered. Maybe there's hope and other fellas can water me back to life? (Any)
4	Ecology. Flora and fauna has to be perfectly balanced in order to coexist. (Lawful)
5	Rooted. I keep myself rooted neutrally when it comes to a meaty person and a bush. (Neutral)
6	Wicked Weed. People need to know the power of Mother Nature! (Chaotic)

d6	Bond
1	My garden, I would die to save my paradise of grassy friends!
2	Knowledge is power when it comes to teaching people about the many use of different herbs.
3	My beloved one, I want to give the finest roses to the most precious flower turned into a person.
4	Will there be a person like me who understands the wonderful world of trees?
5	My friends are like a forest. Burn them and I will chop and timber you down.
6	No! People won't understand me and my love for the leaves! I need to keep them out!

d6	Flaw
1	I put my plants over my friends too often.
2	I get distracted easily seeing a little sprout in the middle of nowhere.
3	Don't harm the flower, or I punish you with death. This is also addressed to my buddies.
4	I love blossoms even if I'm very *Sniff* allergic to them.
5	I once used to hate plants, if people find out, they will call me hypocrit.
6	I get jealous when I meet a smartguy that shows to be more expert on plants than me.

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