Courier (Character Kit)

:This was originally published in Dragon Magazine #233
==Courier==
The courier is often dismissed as nothing more than a glorified messenger, but such a description belittles the commitment and training required to fulfill the difficult duties of these avariel. Couriers may be rogues, fighters, or multiclassed.
Role: The courier has been trained for many miles of uninterrupted flight to deliver messages (or even rare packages) between various avariel communities and has learned to endure hours of flight, which may be otherwise painful to most avariel, including through foul weather. Couriers are hardly mere messengers; they are often individualists, rugged and unique, able to survive — and enjoy — days of solitary travel. Most couriers belong to their own guild, which ensures training as well as fair payment policies.
Requirements: Constitution 13.
Secondary skills: Scribe.
Weapon proficiencies: Wing sword, short sword, dagger, spear, crossbow: weapons that are either easy to carry or useful in survival conditions.
Nonweapon proficiencies:
* Bonus: Endurance.
* Required: Reading/writing avariel elvish.
* Recommended: Direction sense; reading/writing, grey elvish, common; local history; navigation; survival (mountains, forests).
Armor/Equipment: Couriers learn to travel light, so each item that one carries either has multiple purposes or is absolutely necessary.
Special Benefits: In times of great need, Couriers make their livelihood by travel, and they have learned to overcome the painful limitations of flight. When traveling, they can travel for four hours before making a Constitution check, and need only rest a half-hour for every two hours traveled when such a check is failed. If speed is an issue, then they can travel at faster speeds (Movement 24), but every two hours they must make a Constitution check according to standard rules.
Special hindrances: Couriers are loners and do not often interact well in groups. Although they are able to cooperate with others, they find it hard to listen to any authority other than their own experience. Furthermore, as members of an active guild, couriers must be prepared to be sent on missions at any time, regardless of their own current activities.
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