Archeologist

Following many years of education and workplace experience, digging up and researching ancient cultures and societies, you've made connections with various organizations; selling artifacts and historical research to nobles, governments, and collectors hoping to honor the past. Your own moral compass dictates whom you're willing to do business with, but there always seems to be interested buyers and benefactors when you're around people with money.

Years in the field have taught you how to identify how old and how valuable (or worthless) these finds might be. And while this might make you some money, and gain you some notoriety, it's also likely to put you on a dangerous path from time to time. Many of your finds are in long-forgotten, trap-filled areas, and sometimes, legends - true or not - will put others on the same path as you.

* **Ability Scores:** +2 Intelligence, +1 Wisdom
* **Skill Proficiencies:** History, Investigation
* **Tool Proficiencies:** Cartographer's Tools or Navigator's Tools
* **Feat:** Linguist *or* Observant
* **Languages:** You can read Hieroglyphics
* **Equipment:** Notepad w/ Charcoal Pencil, Map/Scroll Case, Lantern & flask of oil, Empty Lockbox, 2 Empty Vials, a keepsake from an early dig-site (ex: small animal skeleton, ancient arrowhead, centuries-old silverware, etc), a Set of Common Clothes, and three Canned Food and two Bottles of water.

### **Historical Focus**

Roll a d6 to determine which area of the field you specialize in:

 **6** | Lost Civilizations

### **Feature: Sixth Sense**

You seem able to sense if you're close to discovering something special on an expedition, which gives you some insight or whether a dig is worth your time within the first hours, rather than wasting days, if not years on fruitless digs as some other do.

### **Alternate Feature: Fence Connections**

While you might not be the greatest salesmen, over the years you've made connections with intermediaries in your field that can usually find a buyer for whatever it is you're trying to unload. You'll have to pay a percentage, but it usually works out in your favor overall.

### **Suggested Characteristics**

Few archeologists 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 lost civilizations. Some archeologists 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, archeologists combine the qualities of a scrappy historian with the self-made heroism of a treasure-hunting scoundrel.

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remembered in a world full of so much loss.
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the secret of the past, and it should be
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can and enjoy your finds (Any)

teacher, he was a good man whom I will honor
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gone, I know that I have someone back
home who awaits my return, and I take
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is generally at ease, as I draw a line from gold
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them (be it a delusional misremembrance or
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With it, the next find is always just a matter of
when and where.

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so long as no one is around that knows more
than me.