Skill Proficiencies: Sleight of Hand, Stealth How did you come by that money? What allowed you to break free of your desperate circumstances and embark on a better life? You begin your adventuring career with enough money to live modestly but securely for at least ten days. You've survived despite all odds, and did so through cunning, strength, speed, or some combination of each. You slept on rooftops and in alleyways, exposed to the elements, and endured sickness without the advantage of medicine or a place to recuperate. You fought fiercely over food and kept a constant watch out for other desperate souls who might steal from you.

You grew up on the streets alone, orphaned, and poor, You had no one to watch over you or to provide for you, so you learned to provide for yourself.