Executioner
“Mercy is for priests. I bring only the Emperor’s justice.”
– Gerhard Kessler, Imperial Executioner of Nuln
Executioners are grim figures, tasked with carrying out sentences of death or mutilation on behalf of their lords or cities. Feared and shunned, they walk the line between justice and cruelty. Many wear hoods or masks to hide their identity from vengeful kin of the condemned. In Tilea and Estalia, they may be flamboyant showmen, turning an execution into a spectacle, while in the Empire or Bretonnia, they are dour, professional servants of the law.
Some Executioners are respected as agents of divine justice, while others are whispered to be little more than state-sanctioned killers. Wherever law, vengeance, or fear rules, there too will be an executioner with a sharp blade, waiting to carry out the final judgment.
Tier: Silver
Origins: Human (Empire, Tilea, Bretonnia), Dwarf
Favoured Characteristics: Strength, Willpower, Fellowship
Skill Bonuses: +1 to four of the following: Melee, Brawnm, Toil, Awareness, Willpower
Lore: Law and Justice, Criminal Underworld, or Torture Practices
Trappings: Executioner’s sword or axe, black hood or mask, set of manacles, writ of authority or noble patron’s decree
Assets: Guild or magistrate’s patronage, access to a city prison or gallows
Contacts: The Great and the Good, The Common Folk, Priests of Morr
Career Talent: Headsman’s Stroke: Your blows are meant to end fights decisively. When you make a Melee Attack with an axe or two-handed sword and if the attack deals a Wound, you inflict the Staggered condition in addition to any damage. When you roll on the Wounds Table for a Target that has already the Staggered Condition you may reroll the lowest Wound Dice and take the better result.
If you roll Labourer or Boathand on the Standard Career Table, you may choose to roll on the Hard Workers Table where this Career is included.