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Roustabout

Class
Roustabout
Writing and Design
Michael Putlack and Kelsey Dionne.

Art
Trade dress by Brandish Gilhelm. Layout by Kelsey
Dionne. Art by Yuri Perkowski-Domingos (Ink Potion
Studios), and some artwork copyright William McAusland,
used with permission.

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Types font © 2023 Manfred Klein. Fullteron font © 2023
Emyself Design. Montserrat font family © 2023 Julieta
Ulanovsky, Sol Matas, Juan Pablo del Peral, Jacques Le
Bailly.

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Not for resale or redistribution. Permission granted to
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Introduction
We've all been there before. Today we offer you the
solution: the Roustabout
It’s time to roll up a new class!
character, and as a strict
adherent to the Shadowdark This new optional class for
rules, you’re rolling 3d6 Shadowdark RPG allows
down-the-line. you to live out the lives of
those truly unsuited for
11, 9, 13, 8, 9, 5. adventuring (however brief
those lives may be).
“Welp,” you say, “no stats are
14, so I guess I’ll reroll.” Some small number of
Roustabouts may one day
But what happens to all of rise to greatness, but of
those unfinished, mediocre course, how far they go in
characters? the world is up to you...
Roustabout Class
Average laggards of no Knowaguy. You have advantage
particular talent. They wield on checks related to interacting
weapons and magic with the with commoners and sourcing
elegance of a hog-tied kobold. favors.
But if their back is against a wall,
a glint of bravery may, on rare Lucksmith. Whenever another
occasions, rise to the surface. player uses your luck token, they
have advantage on the new roll.
Weapons: Club, dagger,
hammer, staff Surprising Guts. When reduced
to half your HP or lower, make
Armor: Leather armor a DC 12 Wisdom check. If you
succeed, you have advantage on
Hit Points: 1d4 per level your next roll.

ROUSTABOUT TALENTS
2d6 Effect
2 +1 to any stat and roll another talent
3-6 Gain the ability to wield a new weapon or armor
7-9 +1 to any two stats (they can’t be the same)
10-11 Roll an extra hit points die this level
Learn any spell of a tier equal to half your level rounded
12
down (min. 1). Cast it using that class's spellcasting stat

“I knew I should have stayed home today!"


-Arnold, halfling roustabout

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