[Types]

Burglar

Who would’ve thought that you’d one day be capably sneaking through goblin warrens and escaping dragons? Certainly not you. But necessity is the best teacher, and you’ve learned that shadows are your friends when you need somewhere to hide, sneaking is more than its own reward if you need to accomplish something quickly when no one’s watching, and escaping a foe is almost always the right choice, even if it’s so you can circle around and attack them by surprise.

You prefer letting someone else in your group begin conflicts, allowing you to slip past unnoticed, possibly so you can avoid the combat altogether. When danger isn’t imminent, you’re among the best suited to carefully examine a new location and, when possible, steal whatever isn’t spiked down.

To know what the details in an ability description mean, see see Understanding Character Abilities

Background Options

• Raised in a small village, you learned to hide as a way to stay alive when orcs, goblins, and evil men started to appear.
• Your former company of six disbanded a month ago after another member disappeared.
• You recently burgled a group of trolls, though you’ve already run through most of the gold.
• A map of a nearby barrow’s surprisingly large interior found its way to you two weeks ago.
• Your parents were sick and lame, so you learned to supplement the household with quick hands. Then, one terrible day, they paid the price for your pilfering.
• You won a drinking contest at a nearby inn and now get one free drink a night if you wish.
• Everything was taken from you. Now you seek to reclaim your stolen heritage, one pilfered valuable at a time.
• A keepsake and good luck charm you found on your very first adventure was stolen last week.

Burglar Abilities

You gain all of the following benefits:

• Able to take two more minor wounds and one more moderate wound
• Add +2 to Speed Pool
• Add +2 to Intellect Pool
• Add +1 Edge in Pool of your choice
• Freely use light weapons
• Freely use light armor Gain one weapon of your choice
• At tier 3 and tier 6, choose an ability from the Fantasy Genre Abilities list

Burgle (2 Speed) Enabler

When you succeed on a stealth task, you can also undertake one of following tasks as an extra action on your turn, even if the task is usually a Last action: attempt to pick a lock, grab a loose object up to a fifth of your size and conceal it on your person, move up to a long distance, or attack a target in immediate range with a light weapon.

Escape (2+ Speed) Action

When you roll to escape (such as slipping your restraints, squeezing through the bars, breaking the grip of a creature holding you, or pulling free from sucking quicksand) and your roll is less than a 9, treat the roll as a 9. (This means you don’t get a GM Intrusion if you roll a 1.)

Effort: Increase the minimum number rolled for this ability by 3.

At tier 3, the minimum number rolled for this ability increases to 12.

Slip Into Shadow Enabler

Even if in full view of a creature, your successful stealth task allows you to slip away from that creature and hide from view in a nearby shadow, behind a tree or furnishing, or in the next room as your action.

Effort: Attempt to slip away from one additional target looking directly at you (attempt a separate stealth task against each).

At tier 3, you can attempt to hide from two additional creatures, whether or not you use Effort.

Burglar Equipment Bundle

Choose the following equipment bundle to quickly outfit your character, or assemble your own starting equipment

Two daggers, appropriate clothing, a bag of light tools (including lockpicks), a backpack, a bedroll, 50 feet (16 m) of rope, a pipe and tobacco pouch, three torches, rations and water for three days, a tinderbox, and enough extra currency to buy a moderately priced item.