Begging

1 slot, Charisma, special modifiers.

Required: Beggar.

Recommended: Assassin, Bounty Hunter, Burglar, Cutpurse, Spy.

This proficiency serves two functions. First, it allows the character to pose convincingly as a beggar; success is automatic, so no proficiency check needs to be made. This function is used most by Assassins, Bounty Hunters and Spies in the pursuit of their assignments.

A character can also use begging to procure a very minimal daily income. (Many Cutpurses are in fact beggars who aren't getting enough—and vice versa.) Success requires first that there be people to beg from—people with money to give. A character in an abandoned castle or a recently pillaged village are virtually assured of failure.

The following modifiers are suggested to the DM as guidelines. They do not consider the wealth of a locale, just the population density. Impoverished regions might have greater negative modifiers—but then, so might affluent areas with traditions of stinginess.

Table 2: SUGGESTED BEGGING MODIFIERS

Locale	Modifier
Uninhabited/
Wilderness	Automatic Failure
Countryside	-7
Hamlet, Village	-5
Town	-2
City	0

If a proficiency check is successful, then a character is able to panhandle enough money, goods or services that day to meet his basic needs (a little food and drink, a place to sleep).

The DM may also use the proficiency check for specific single actions—e.g., a character in disguise as a beggar accosts a specific NPC.

The begging proficiency may not be used to force player characters to give money away; players are always free to decide if and how generous their characters are in response to supplications.

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