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 common folk. Though undertakers may be ridiculed and ignored, they are a necessary part of their communities.

Skill Proficiencies: Choose four from among Arcana, Investigation, Religion, Medicine, Insight, Nature or Persuasion

Tool Proficiencies: Undertakers Tools and one more from among Painter's Supplies, Carpenter's Tools, Disguise Kit

Languages: None

Equipment: A hammer, a shovel, a set of common clothes, an Undertakers Tools, a scroll case in which you carry your medical notes taken from your studies, and a belt pouch containing 15 gp.

Prior to becoming an adventurer, your path in life was defined by one dark moment, one fateful decision, or one tragedy. Now you feel a darkness threatening to consume you, and you fear there may be no hope of escape. Choose a harrowing event that haunts you, or roll one on the Harrowing Events table.

Personality Traits (d8)

1	This is a vile existence that I have been cursed into!
2	I am horribly awkward in social situations.
3	I often get lost in my work because it enthralls me so!
4	The dead are the only people I really like.
5	What some call morbid, I call a good day's work.
6	I've seen what death does to a person. A gloom hangs over me.
7	I enjoy the unease and discomfort others feel around me. That's true power!
8	I respect life and death. Both are beautiful in their own way.

Ideals (d6)

1	Kind. I take pride in helping a grieving family lay their loved one to rest in a respectful manner. (Good)
2	Manipulate. The body is a grand cathedral and I enjoy nothing more than exploring and manipulating it. (Evil)
3	Honor. Caring for those that have passed on is a sacred honor. (Lawful)
4	Due. It’s not pretty or glamorous but somebody has to do it. (Any)
5	Trust. The dead are the only people you can count on. (Neutral)
6	Peace. Death is just a new beginning and I help the deceased take the next step. (Good)

Bonds (d6)

1	The graveyard I've worked in most of my life is very special to me - it's very comforting.
2	I try to stay friendly to every family I've led funerals for.
3	My shovel is my greatest companion.
4	I pray to my god every night to help my clients find peace.
5	The local executioner is my best friend.
6	I've already dug my own grave back home. I hope to enter it later than sooner.

Flaws (d6)

1	My profession makes people uncomfortable around me.
2	The ways I've seen people die have made me superstitious about the strangest things.
3	My sense of humor can be described as depression, demoralizing, or just depraved.
4	I've woken up in empty graves that I've dug myself, and I'm not sure why.
5	I'm haunted by the time I saw a person I buried dig themselves out of their grave.
6	My sense of fashion is about on par with those that I bury.