Historian

A Historian learns about the long-lost and fallen cultures

of the past by studying their remains — their bones, their

ruins, their surviving masterworks, and their tombs. Those

who practice archaeology travel to the far corners of the world

to root through crumbled cities and lost ruins, digging in

search of artifacts that might tell the stories of heroes and

kings, wars and cataclysms.

Skill Proficiencies
History, Survival

Tool Proficiencies
Cartographer’s tools or navigator’s tools

Languages
One of your choice
 * Greek, Persian, Egyptian, Babylonian, Chthonic, Satyr, Nymph, Gorgon, Centaur,

Equipment
A wooden case containing a map to a ruin or

dungeon, a bullseye lantern, a miner’s pick, a set of traveler’s

clothes, a shovel, a two-person tent, a trinket recovered from a

dig site, and a pouch containing 25 gp

Dust Digger
Prior to becoming an adventurer, you spent most of your

young life crawling around in the dust, pilfering relics of

questionable value from crypts and ruins. Though you

managed to sell a few of your discoveries and earn enough

coin to buy proper adventuring gear, you have held onto an

item that has great emotional value to you. Roll on the

Signature Item table to see what you have, or choose an item

from the table.

HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE
When you enter a ruin or dungeon, you can correctly

ascertain its original purpose and determine its builders,

whether those were Athenians, Egyptians, Centaurs, Gorgons, or some

other known race. In addition, you can determine the

monetary value of art objects more than a century old.

Suggested Characteristics
Few archaeologists can resist the lure of an unexplored ruin or

dungeon, particularly if such a site is the source of legends or

is rumored to contain the treasures and relics of heroes,

warlords, or royalty. Some archaeologists plunder for wealth

or fame, while others consider it their calling to illuminate the

past or keep the world’s greatest treasures from falling into

the wrong hands. Whatever their motivations, archaeologists

combine the qualities of a scrappy historian with the self-made

heroism of a treasure-hunting scoundrel.