Leech Harvester Background
by AozAmong the stagnant waters and mist-choked marshes, you carved out a living harvesting leeches—uncanny little creatures sought by healers, alchemists, and those with less noble intentions. You’ve spent countless hours knee-deep in muck, prying leeches from rotting wood, catching them in murky shallows, and carefully cultivating them for trade.
Their value is undeniable—living leeches can be sold to apothecaries, herbalists, and doctors who use them for bloodletting and remedies. Some may even be sought by poisoners and cultists for more sinister purposes. You’ve built a reputation for providing fresh, writhing specimens to those who need them.
Over time, you’ve grown accustomed to the patience and persistence of these creatures, learning to approach life with the same quiet inevitability. You wait, you watch, and when the moment is right, you act—draining your enemies of advantage just as the leeches do.
Skill Proficiencies:
Survival, Medicine
Tool Proficiencies:
Herbalism Kit
Equipment:
A jar of live medicinal leeches (worth 10 dc per jar)
Tattered, water-resistant boots
A small leather-bound tome detailing swamp flora and fauna
A rusty dagger
Feature: Swamp’s Bounty
You have an uncanny ability to locate valuable natural resources within swamps and wetlands, including rare herbs, poisons, and medicinal creatures. Additionally, you can harvest and cultivate live leeches for resale, offering them to healers, potion-makers, or less scrupulous buyers in need of fresh specimens for their work.
Suggested Characteristics
Your life among writhing creatures has given you a calm and calculating nature, perhaps even an eerie demeanor. You may see leeches as symbols of patience and inevitability, or you may regard them simply as a means to survive. Either way, your understanding of life’s cycles sets you apart from others—whether as a quiet observer or a relentless opportunist.
Leech Income
Gather a jar of leeches in about a week (including recovery time) worth 10 dc. However, most sell for 5 dc.