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Jack Of All Trades in Dungeons & Dragons 5e

Jack Of All Trades

You're a quick learner and you can pick up the trades that other people practice with a degree of ease. Over the years you have honed your practical skills in many areas. You like to try out new tasks and want to know how things work. You keep your mind open for new things or ideas. In some way you're lazy but curious, hence you try to find new ways to ease your life and maybe others. You seem to enjoy and show interest in any trade that there is. You find any work almost anywhere. With your broad knowledge and flexibility with almost any tools or instruments, people want to hire you without a doubt. You're not reluctant to do any work even how mundane or complicated it is, and you perform admirable well. You're an all-rounder that can survive either ways in the civilization or in the wild.
How did you grow this adaptability and skill to perform so many jobs? Did you grow up doing odd jobs to make ends meet? Were you always in a state of transient life, never being able to settle down? Do you want to eventually settle down? What drives your constantly shifting expertise? Keep in mind that jack of trades are no experts. They simply have shallow knowledge in a variety of fields, but never mastery. Consider what this makes your character. Are they whimsical and noncommittal? Do they change their minds often?

Skill Proficiencies Performance, Persuasion
Tool Proficiencies Two artisan's tools or musical instruments of your choice
Equipment A set of artisan’s tools of your choice, a scroll case with several parchments of technical drawings and manuals, a set of traveler’s clothes, and a belt pouch containing 15 gp.

Features

Knack for Success You've been doing a lot of different things for a lot of different reasons for a very long time, and have a knack at succeeding at things you have never even attempted before, so long as it isn't too expertly technical. You attract people from all sources for odd jobs, and things that aren't in most people's repertoire.

Suggested Characteristics

You're curiosity and flexibility over the years has given you insight in many fields of trade. You have either seen or worked with these tools before, as an apprentice or day laborer. You can even perform simple melodies on an instrument without making a fool of yourself. You have ridden different mounts before. You know how to stir a cart or a boat. You have the mind of a tinker or leather worker. You spend hours in pubs gambling or watching bards perform. Your impressive sleight of hand make you a skilled worker in almost any field.

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Bond

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