Sage
You are a seeker of the world's truths and an expert in your chosen field, with esoteric knowledge at your fingertips, or at the farthest, in a book you vaguely remember.
Why have you left the confines of the library to explore the wider world? Do you seek ancient wisdom? Power? The answer to a specific question? Reinstatement in your former institution?
- Skill Proficiencies
- History, and either Arcana, Culture, Engineering, or Religion.
- Equipment
- Bottle of ink, pen, 50 sheets of parchment, common clothes.
Library Privileges
As a fellow or friend of several universities you have visiting access to the great libraries, most of which are off-limits to the general public. With enough time spent in a library, you can uncover most of the answers you seek (any question answerable with a DC 20 Arcana, Culture, Engineering, History, Nature, or Religion check).
Suggested Characteristics
Sage Mementos
- A letter from a colleague asking for research help.
- Your incomplete manuscript.
- An ancient scroll in a language that no magic can decipher.
- A copy of your highly unorthodox theoretical work that got you in so much trouble.
- A list of the forbidden books that may answer your equally forbidden question.
- A formula for a legendary magic item for which you have no ingredients.
- An ancient manuscript of a famous literary work believed to have been lost; only you believe that it is genuine.
- Your mentor's incomplete bestiary, encyclopedia, or other work that you vowed to complete.
- Your prize possession: a magic quill pen that takes dictation.
- The name of a book you need for your research that seems to be missing from every library you've visited.