Court Astrologer
You read the stars for a duke. He stopped listening.
Class: wizardClass: bardFaction: free citiesFaction: arcane order
The Story
You served the Duke of Saltmoor for nine years as his star-reader and night-counsel. He took your advice five times, ignored it eleven, and stopped requesting it altogether in the tenth year. You left with two trunks of charts, one telescope, and the particular weariness of a person who watched a powerful man make decisions you knew would not work. The stars are still there. You can still read them.
What This Means in Play
Each trait below will be rolled when you choose this background. The numbers below are the RANGE — the specific value is decided on your roll. Once committed, the values are yours for the life of the character. (Items, spells, and earned reputations can modify them later.)
Star-Read Arcana
You see omens others miss. (+(rolled) Arcana)
Roll 1d3+1 · Range +2–4
Practical Skepticism
Nine years of watching power ignore data. (+(rolled) Wisdom)
Roll 1d3 · Range +1–3
Indoor Years
The observatory had no stairs. (-(rolled) Endurance)
Roll 1d3 · Range -1–3
Bored at Court
Lawful courts ring hollow now. (-(rolled) Charisma in cities)
Roll 1d2 · Range -1–2
The Telescope
A heavy brass thing in a leather case. Reads stars and approaching weather.
Guaranteed (no roll)
You will roll the dice in the creation flow. Nothing is set until then.