I’m taking the Gambler background from Acquisitions’ Incorporated.
I used to be a pretty average person. (With a 10, 12, 9, 9, 8, 10 stat spread after the Human bump to all stats, lol). But I gambled a lot and always lost any money I ever made. Got drunk in a bar when I met someone named Sam. He offered me a drinking game. Bet me he could drink more than me. I accepted, of course! This was in Luskan.
I don’t remember much past the second or third swig, but when I woke up I was on a ship and it was pulling in to a port up near Ten Towns. They threw me off the ship, complaining about something I’d done to wreck something or other. I don’t remember but they sure did.
Found a note in my pocket from Sam. He said thanks for the great time, and as promised, I can have his hat, which was on a stint hanging from my neck. I just have to remember to keep my end of the bargain, the note said.
I put on the hat and my brain explodes. Not literally. But I suddenly have access to all kinds of info. Much of it magical, a lot of it historical, but it’s just oodles and oodles. I suddenly know magical tricks and short cuts that it takes Wizards decades to master.
Of course, knowledge and skill are two different things, but the more I practice, the better I get.
But that note is always in the back of my mind, because darned if I know what he promised, and what “my part of the bargain” means.
I used to be a pretty average person. (With a 10, 12, 9, 9, 8, 10 stat spread after the Human bump to all stats, lol). But I gambled a lot and always lost any money I ever made. Got drunk in a bar when I met someone named Sam. He offered me a drinking game. Bet me he could drink more than me. I accepted, of course! This was in Luskan.
I don’t remember much past the second or third swig, but when I woke up I was on a ship and it was pulling in to a port up near Ten Towns. They threw me off the ship, complaining about something I’d done to wreck something or other. I don’t remember but they sure did.
Found a note in my pocket from Sam. He said thanks for the great time, and as promised, I can have his hat, which was on a stint hanging from my neck. I just have to remember to keep my end of the bargain, the note said.
I put on the hat and my brain explodes. Not literally. But I suddenly have access to all kinds of info. Much of it magical, a lot of it historical, but it’s just oodles and oodles. I suddenly know magical tricks and short cuts that it takes Wizards decades to master.
Of course, knowledge and skill are two different things, but the more I practice, the better I get.
But that note is always in the back of my mind, because darned if I know what he promised, and what “my part of the bargain” means.
