Chapter 1 - Non-weapon Proficiencies
Begging Non-weapon Proficiency
This proficiency serves two functions. First, it allows the character to pose convincingly as a beggar; success is automatic, so no proficiency check needs to be made. This function is used most by Assassins, Bounty Hunters and Spies in the pursuit of their assignments.
A character can also use begging to procure a very minimal daily income. (Many Cutpurses are in fact beggars who aren't getting enough and vice versa.) Success requires first that there be people to beg from people with money to give. A character in an abandoned castle or a recently pillaged village are virtually assured of failure.
The following modifiers are suggested to the DM as guidelines. They do not consider the wealth of a locale, just the population density. Impoverished regions might have greater negative modifiers but then, so might affluent areas with traditions of stinginess.
Table 2: SUGGESTED BEGGING MODIFIERS
Locale - Modifier
Uninhabited/Wilderness - Automatic Failure
Countryside -7
Hamlet, Village -5
Town -2
City 0
If a proficiency check is successful, then a character is able to panhandle enough money, goods or services that day to meet his basic needs (a little food and drink, a place to sleep).
The DM may also use the proficiency check for specific single actions e.g., a character in disguise as a beggar accosts a specific NPC.
The begging proficiency may not be used to force player characters to give money away; players are always free to decide if and how generous their characters are in response to supplications.
