Dungeons & Dragons 5e Background: Corporate Worker
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Corporate Worker
You have spent your life climbing the corporate ladder. You have been to the new oil and alchemy rigs of Kaga Island. You’ve been at the top of the tallest towers of Eridian. You’ve been to the greatest flappers performances, the best speakeasies, and the finest restaurants. All in hopes of making your next move, networking more folk, using your hard earned money, and living life the only way you know how. A little pizazz and a little cloak and dagger. Some say you're sleazy. They may be right or may be wrong. Maybe you enjoy the fame, the wealth, the power. Maybe it’s just a means to an end, worth it to try and make the world better somehow. Whatever the reason, you sip wine and champagne, you own Ivory, and you brush shoulders with the elite. Just remember, if you're on the lower end, you're nobody, better start climbing before you become a tool for someone who already has.
A set of artisan's tools (one of your choice), a letter of introduction from your company, a company symbol, a set of fine clothes, and a pouch containing 50gp
Features
Rubbing Shoulders
As an employee of the corporate office of your company, you always find yourself rubbing shoulders with people of importance. The wealthy and elite know you, and have either positive or negative opinions of you based on gossip they've heard. In some locations or in the presence of certain individuals, your status may be a boon or a bane, even if you don't know it yourself. Many envy you, adore you, hate you, love you, and so on, but only so many can get a slice of this pie.
If you are accused of a crime, your ties to corporate workers and those your company funds will support you if a good case can be made for your innocence or the crime is justifiable. You can also gain access to powerful political figures through the company, if you are a member in good standing. Such connections might require the donation of money or magic items to the guild's coffers, and this may draw quite a lot of attention to yourself, so caution may be wise.
Suggested Characteristics
Corporate workers are just like anybody else, they just want to make ends meet, though, even if the players are the same, the court is completely different. Corporate workers may be prone to average, excess, entitlement, and malice. Just the same, the opposite can be true to, though they may lose "The Game", so good intentions and boons may be more packaged and hidden from those who seek power, fame, wealth, and victory.
Personality Traits
| d8 | |
|---|---|
| 1 | I'm full of witty aphorisms and have a proverb for every occasion. |
| 2 | I believe that anything worth doing is worth doing right. I can't help it – I'm a perfectionist. |
| 3 | I always lay low. The less I'm noticed, the more work I can get done. |
| 4 | I always want to know how things work and what makes people tick. |
| 5 | I'm well known for my work, and I want to make sure everyone appreciates it. I'm always taken aback when people haven't heard of me. |
| 6 | Why NOT spend all this on cadillac, and Hooch?! I mean come on, live a little! |
| 7 | I don't part with my money easily and will haggle tirelessly to get the best deal possible. |
| 8 | I don't like to be interrupted. when I speak the lot of you better shut your piehole. |
Ideals
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Generosity. My talents were given to me so that I could use them to benefit the world. (Good) |
| 2 | Cog. The machine must run. our way of life depends on it.(Lawful) |
| 3 | Party! We all need more time to live a little! Let go, enjoy the flappers, try some cadillac, get waisted. Works dull enough.(Chaotic) |
| 4 | Moolah. I'm only in it for the money.(Evil) |
| 5 | Work. Work hard and you will get what you want eventually. Maybe it's money, security, prosperity, status. As long as you know what your fighting for, your work is what will get you there. (Neutral) |
| 6 | Aspiration. I work hard to be the best there is at my craft. (Any) |
Bonds
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | The towers of Eridian is my home. the view, the people, the sun rise. Unforgettable. |
| 2 | My great works and genius will be recognized, those two bit frauds up there will all see. I'm going to win in the end. |
| 3 | This company saved my life. Debt and divorce on the horizon, this job gave me the security I needed. |
| 4 | The alchemic factories and oil fields of Kaga Island is where I used to spend most my time. I was in charge long enough to get "The Weaze" from all the fumes. All my workers must have felt this way too. |
| 5 | My reputation was ruined by that bastard (or bitch)! I'll show them, they can't keep me down! |
| 6 | My factory workers and I worked together to try and unionize. We were all let go, when cheaper labor was brought in. I hate that old company. |
Flaws
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | Money is for spending... wait.... did I run out? |
| 2 | All my competitors will lose. I don't have to win, they just can't either. |
| 3 | Money makes the world go round. plain and simple. |
| 4 | I always agree with people above me, even if it's wrong. "Yes Ma'am" |
| 5 | I think I should just be in charge. Everyone else is doing it wrong. Maybe I'll run as mayor? |
| 6 | I was the mole. no one can know that I let all that insider information slip, or I'd be metaphorically hanged... maybe actually hanged! |
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