Barber

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Barber

So you cut hair for a living. You handle the tools and such, possibly within your own shop. Hitting the road, you no longer have that established security. Maybe you left to go find more clients. Perhaps some bank closed you out of business. Whatever the reason, you retain your craft with dignity on the road and work where you can find it.
Skill Proficiencies: Perception, Sleight of Hand
Tool Proficiencies: Barber's Tools
Languages: Any one of your choice
Equipment: Barber's tools, a set of common clothes, a thin blanket, 3 fastener pins, and a pouch containing 5 gp.

Feature: Rumor Mill

People really do talk often to their barbers and stylists. It's too awkward otherwise to just sit as you get trimmed and prettied up. Different types of gossip float around different barbers.

Suggested Characteristics

Personality Traits (d8)

1I like to just throw myself into work.
2I prefer to listen rather than talk.
3I am an easy-going laborer.
4I like everything done only my way.
5I prefer that everyone keep their hands to themselves and their own belongings.
6If you can't pay in full, don't even ask.
7I often appear deep in thought as I work.
8I always know the latest trends and am sporting the latest hairstyle.

Ideals (d6)

1Career. A job is fulfillment. (Any)
2Happiness. If my customer leaves happy, I'm happy. (Good)
3Conversation. Is it a bad thing to live for gossip? (Neutral)
4Demon Barber. I like to cut things... (Evil)
5Payment. I'm expecting compensation; no more, no less, than the service I rendered. (Lawful)
6Prankster. I can make you look bad or good as I please! (Chaotic)

Bonds (d6)

1I treat all my customers like family.
2There is one client I hope to get close to...
3Patrons are to be treated in a professional manner at all times.
4People seem to me sometimes as just mounds of hair and fleshy bags of blood that can scream.
5Everyone is essentially a medium for me to express my art through!
6My reputation must never be besmirched.

Flaws (d6)

1I am far too invested in my work to care about anything else...
2WHAT CAN I SAY EXCEPT YOU'RE WELCOME~
3I take a secret joy in "accidentally" knicking customers, especially rude ones.
4I have a tendency to spill secrets at the worst times
5I am such a chatterbox.
6Because I'm so used to gossip, sometimes I pry too deeply into others' personal affairs


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