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Work

When all else fails, an adventurer can turn to an honest trade to earn a living. This activity represents a character’s attempt to find temporary work, the quality and wages of which are difficult to predict.Resources.

Performing a job requires one workweek of effort.Resolution.

To determine how much money a character earns, the character makes an ability check: Strength $Athletics$, Dexterity $Acrobatics$, Intelligence using a set of tools, Charisma $Performance$, or Charisma using a musical instrument. Consult the Wages table to see how much money is generated according to the total of the check.

Wages
Check Total	Earnings
9 or lower	Poor lifestyle for the week
10—14	Modest lifestyle for the week
15—20	Comfortable lifestyle for the week
21+	Comfortable lifestyle for the week + 25 gp

Complications.

Ordinary work is rarely filled with significant complications. Still, the Work Complications table can add some difficulties to a worker’s life. Each workweek of activity brings a 10 percent chance that a character encounters a complication.

Work Complications

d6
1	A difficult customer or a fight with a coworker reduces the wages you earn by one category.*
2	Your employer’s financial difficulties result in your not being paid.*
3	A coworker with ties to an important family in town takes a dislike to you.*
4	Your employer is involved with a dark cult or a criminal enterprise.
5	A crime ring targets your business for extortion.*
6	You gain a reputation for laziness $unjustified or not, as you choose$, giving you disadvantage on checks made for this downtime activity for the next six workweeks you devote to it.*
	*Might involve a rival