Charlatan

"I’m out to steal every last moment’s peace out of my mark, not just his coin. Naught but doubts nor despair shall fill the purses of my victims."
== Advanced ==
(Core) Charlatans are tricksters extraordinaire, cunning liars who can convince people of almost anything. With their glib tongues and ready wits they bilk the gullible out of their fortunes and escape with both the money and their lives. For a Charlatan, lying is like breathing. Common Charlatans are content to sell worthless miracle cures and trinkets that will supposedly ward off black magic whereas more skilled ones fake being other professions to collect consultation fees and sell off property that they don’t own. Legendary Charlatans run con schemes that try to take Nobles and rich Merchants for all they’re worth.
=== Main Profile ===
WS	BS	S	T	Ag	Int	WP	Fel
=== Secondary Profile ===
A	W	SB	TB	M	Mag	IP	FP
Skills: Blather, Charm, Common Knowledge (Bretonnia or Tilea), Disguise, Evaluate, Gamble, Gossip, Haggle, Perception, Secret Language (Thieves’ Tongue), Sleight of Hand, Speak Language (Breton or Tilean), Speak Language (Reikspiel)
Talents: Flee!, Mimic, Public Speaking, Schemer or Streetwise, Seasoned Traveller
Trappings: 6 sets of Common Clothes, 4 sets of Best Craftsmenship Clothes, Forged Document, 4 bottles of variously coloured water, 4 bottles of variously coloured powder
=== Career Entries ===
Agitator, Camp Follower, Courtier, Dilettante, Entertainer, Envoy, Ex-Convict, Fence, Hedge Wizard, Journeyman Wizard, Minstrel, Rapscallion, Rogue, Smuggler, Thief
=== Career Exits ===
Cat Burglar, Demagogue, Outlaw, Politician, Spy
== Thief of Hearts ==
“What’s the difference? Sir, you wound me, comparing me to a common thief or burglar. It’s truly an insult, it is. It’s all about where the focus lies. Thieves, burglars, and cutpurses only look for the pocket, the jewel. I aim for the heart first and foremost. I want to steal someone’s trust and love, not just their fence-able goods. I’ll steal dignity before diamonds…but I won’t forget the diamonds. You want someone embarrassed and impoverished, I’m the one to do it.”
== Synnaela Maruvaal ==
The young elf Maruviel Naesyllna grew bored with life as an envoy in Nuln, brokering trade deals among the witless and the greedy. Excitement rarely entered her negotiation-laden world, until she interrupted a dwarf thief at a noble’s manse as she sought refuge from an overly amorous trade partner. Seizing the opportunity, Maruviel offered an alliance with the thief in exchange for escape from the drudgery of her life.
Since that night three years ago, the two women mutually conspire to maintain their mutual thrills and profits. The dwarf became Karin Dellardar while they traveled from Nuln to Marienburg, and they established a false trading house through which both of them operate scams. Maruviel adopted the role of Synnaela Maruvaal, a temptress whose victims are too proud to admit they’d been swindled.
Synnaela’s richest mark was a Kislevite noble whom she fleeced of a magical dagger of unmelting ice (and most of his jewelry) in exchange for forged “letters of introduction” that led to exile rather than allowing him an extended audience with Emperor Karl Franz.