Hillsfar Merchant
Before becoming an adventurer, you were a successful merchant operating out of Hillsfar, the City of Trade. Your family operated warehouses, organized caravans, managed stores, or owned a ship, and has trade contacts throughout the Moonsea region, as well as up and down the length of the Sword Coast. Perhaps they import ore, uncut gems, untreated furs, or grain into the City of Trade, or they export fine cloth, faceted gems, fine furs, or Dragon's Breath, a brandy-like liquor. Regardless, you've largely given that life up for some reason and have chosen to seek adventure instead. Nevertheless, the training you received then, and perhaps the contacts you made, serve you well as an adventurer.
Source: State of Hillsfar
Proficiencies
Tools: You are proficient with land and water vehicles.
Skills: You are proficient in Insight and Persuasion.
Languages: None
Equipment
- - A set of fine clothes
- - A signet ring
- - A letter of introduction from your family's trading house
- - A belt pouch containing 25gp
Background Features
Factor
Although you’ve left the day-to-day life of a merchant behind, your family has assigned you the services of a loyal retainer from the business: a factor, husbanding agent, seafarer, caravan guard, or clerk. This individual is a commoner who can perform mundane tasks for you such as making purchases, delivering messages, and running errands. He or she will not fight for you and will not follow you into obviously dangerous areas (such as dungeons), and will leave if frequently endangered or abused. If he or she is killed, the family assigns you another within a few days.
Alternate Feature: Trade Contact
You and your family have trade contacts such as caravan masters, shopkeepers, sailors, artisans, and farmers throughout the Moonsea region and all along the Sword Coast. Once per game session, when adventuring in either of those areas, you can use those contacts to get information about the local area or to pass a message to someone in those areas, even across the great distance between the two areas.
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