Chapter 1 - Class - Character Kits - Other Kits
Peasant Hero
Note: This kit is taken from the book Skills and Powers.
A Peasant hero is the “local kid done good.” Whatever his class,
whatever his ambitions, this character always remembers that his roots are in the soil of
his home—be it a bustling village, a quiet hamlet, or a lone farm miles from the nearest
neighbors. He might leave his home and become a great general, a mighty wizard, a
noble priest, or a master thief—but his home will always be foremost in his heart. A
peasant hero might fight against tyrannical nobles who are oppressing the common
people, or he could simply yearn for the wealth of the nobles—so he can return to his
village and build homes, temples, schools, and more.
Social ranks: Peasant heroes come from the poorest of families. Roll 2d6 to
determine the hero’s social rank.
2d6 roll Rank
2–9 Lower Class
10–12 Lower Middle Class
Requirements: This kit is open to all classes and races. There are no abilty score
requirements.
Weapon proficiencies: Although a peasant hero can wield any weapon allowed by
his adventuring class, favored weapons include: dagger, short sword, quarterstaff, spear,
short bow, club, hand axe, knife, sickle, sling, and staff sling.
Recommended nonweapon proficiencies: Agriculture, fishing, animal handling,
animal lore, blacksmithing, carpentry, cooking, cobbling, fire-building, pottery,
stonemasonry, weaving.
Equipment: See “Wealth” below.
Traits: Animal empathy, empathy, immunities, climate sense.
Benefits: The disadvantaged often make it through the rough times by helping each
other. Therefore, in his homeland, a peasant hero always will be given shelter and any
other help his fellows can give. They will hide him and his friends from an evil ruler’s
troops, heal his wounds, and feed and clothe him. Of course, this is conditional—if the
peasant hero has given up his down-to-earth ways or mistreats his former friends, he’ll
find all doors in the village closed to him.
Hindrances: As he is viewed as something of a hero, a peasant hero will find the
people of his homeland coming to him for assistance. If livestock are disappearing from
the pens, or the village elder has been jailed for speaking against the nobles, or if another
peasant is accused of crime he didn’t commit, the peasant hero will be called upon to
help.
Wealth: Peasant heroes begin with half the starting maximum gold allowed for their
adventuring class.
