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Lawyer

Background
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New in SW5eA brand-new SW5e trick: you know how courts and the letter of the law work, and you can usually track down the resources to learn local laws when you’re in unfamiliar jurisdictions—great for investigations and negotiations with officials.✨

Your duty is to uphold the law. Before becoming an adventurer you resided over a court or tribunal, managing proceedings and sentencing criminals to punishments fit for their crimes. Your job required a deep understanding of the law which you used to resolve conflicts both clear-cut and morally grey.

The legal system on the planet where you worked has a large effect on how you view the law. Was it a court system with a jury making the final verdict, or did you have absolute authority over determining guilt and sentencing? Was it a fair legal system with plenty of integrity, or was it rife with abuse and corruption? Did you work on criminal cases, civil law, or something even more specific? Perhaps instead of working for a government you were a judge in an internal tribunal for a temple or military organization.

Consider what compelled you to leave your old occupation behind and begin adventuring. Perhaps you seek to bring someone beyond the scope of law to justice, or maybe you have lost faith in the legal system altogether and have turned to a vigilante approach.

Feature: Legal Authority. You are familiar with the letter of the law and workings of courts, at least on the planet that you were a judge in. If you are in a foreign place where you are not familiar with their exact laws, you often will be able to track down the resources you need to learn them.

If you or your party gets into legal trouble, your experience may help you get out of it. If you can prove your credentials, you might be able to represent your party in a court of law without admonishment. You may know of legal loopholes that will help your case. If you are in the region where you originally worked, you might have past connections with many legal professionals there.

Skill Proficiencies. Choose two from Insight, Investigation, Performance, and Persuasion

A lawyer's career is centered on issues of right, wrong, and punishment, so they will approach adventuring through a similar lens. They are used to being respected and in control, leading many of them to struggle with wild, Any situations.