Chimney Sweeper (5e Background)
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Chimney Sweeper[edit]
A chimney sweep master bought you from your parents or workhouse at 4 years old. Your master and the other chimney boys are all you've really known.
Your life consists of climbing into and up chimneys, sweeping the dust and debris down. Sometimes you get stuck, sometimes you cough so hard and for so long that blood comes up. You and anyone in the industry fear one thing above all others, and that is soot wart. A deadly disease that kills people like you.
You make a lousy wage. The master chimney sweep takes the biggest cut. But, things aren't all bad. Sometimes the master chimney sweep gives you boys gin or other treats.
Intended Use: This background is best used in a steampunk/Victorian Era inspired setting.
Skill Proficiencies: Perception, Athletics.
Tool Proficiencies: One Artisan's Tools of your choice.
Languages: One of your choice.
Equipment: Wire chimney brush, brush, scraper, set of common clothes, pouch containing 5 copper pieces.
Feature: Smoke Trained Lungs:[edit]
Your life in climbing up tight spaces full of dust and smoke made your lungs able of handling smoke, dust and smog without choking or suffering from suffocation.
Suggested Characteristics[edit]
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I hide scraps of food and trinkets away in my pockets. |
| 2 | I dislike those who use their power to lord over the weak. |
| 3 | I protect fiercely anything or anyone I hold dear. |
| 4 | I will do anything for even a piece of bread, if I haven't eaten for days. |
| 5 | I sleep with my back to a wall or tree, with everything I own wrapped in a bundle in my arms. |
| 6 | Even with the money I get, I try to help others in need. |
| 7 | I must remain clean in any situation. |
| 8 | I eat like a pig and have bad manners. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | I use my low social position and connections to aid authority's investigations, for a price. (Lawful) |
| 2 | We have to take care of each other, because no one else is going to do it. (Lawful) |
| 3 | We all do what we must to survive this cruel world. (Neutral) |
| 4 | Laws that oppress the people are unjust and should be destroyed. (Chaotic) |
| 5 | The rich need to be shown what life and death are like in the gutters. (Evil) |
| 6 | I'm going to prove that I'm worthy of a better life. (Any) |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | No matter how much the chimney sweep master beats me, he is the only father figure I have, so I will protect him. |
| 2 | I owe a favor to a powerful crime lord. |
| 3 | My town or city is my home, and I'll fight to defend it. |
| 4 | The local gang owes me a favor for hiding them when they were on the run from a crime. |
| 5 | I have learned a dangerous secret and there are those who will kill me to keep it such. |
| 6 | I found my real family, but they don't know it yet. They have a new child (children). I'm their protector from the shadows. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I am penchant to gambling and rarely stop until I am in debt. |
| 2 | I'm addicted to alcohol or a drug. |
| 3 | It's not stealing if I need it more than someone else. |
| 4 | I always manage to insult or repulse people, perhaps through a lack of social awareness. |
| 5 | I'm naïve and despite having a good work ethic, people take advantage of me. |
| 6 | People who can't take care of themselves get what they deserve. |
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