I use humor to defuse tense situations - Laughter is always the cure. The devil is in the details - Without a good plan, you are destined for failure. My appearance is just a skin that I can shed at a moment's notice - I’m a snake in more ways than one. I can talk to anyone on any topic - I have all the good words. I have infinite patience so that I can complete my goals - Patience is a virtue, and you are virtuous. Like all the backgrounds, some people’s personality is of high moral standards while others are just in it for themselves. You can dress and act the part, even being able to learn the mark’s native language. Even if your knowledge of a specific item is limited, you speak with such confidence and wit that even a seasoned merchant can’t help but agree with you. Whether you need to be a roguish charmer so you can seduce the daughter of a noble, or a buttoned-down businessperson with knowledge of accounting, you can assume the role quickly and easily. Let’s take a look at the Grifter and see what con you can dream up to run with this background.įor those that are tired of reading already:įor best results in GM Binder, use a Chrome Browser Anyone can steal, but to do it where the victim doesn’t realize it until you are long gone is the trademark of a true grifter. Whatever the con, a detailed plan had to put into place, executed and then completed without the mark being any the wiser. How about convincing the mark to invest a foolproof opportunity that ends in them being separated from their riches. Maybe you were going to be the go-between for stolen art that never actually existed. The long con could take any number of forms. Once achieved, you were able to put the con into play. A scheme that targeted a wealthy and or powerful individual known as the mark, you learned how to develop a relationship over days or weeks to gain their confidence and trust. Realizing this, you practiced that art of the long con. You were never satisfied with rolling (loaded) dice in the alley or convincing some poor slob that the amulet you found in the trash has magical properties. You can dress, speak and act the part so naturally that no one is the wiser. You fit in with the nobility and wealthy. You are smooth and confident, not slick and shady looking. The grifter, on the other hand, is the con artist who has bigger dreams and aspirations. These short cons work on both the noble and commoner alike, but you going to work hard every day, and sure as hell aren’t going to get rich doing it. Just look at the favorite schemes for the charlatan - games of chance, street corner hustling, and shaving coins are low-level cons. They were someone who ran small cons and made little profit, doing whatever was necessary to get by. The charlatan always struck me like a snake oil salesman. The grifter background is not meant to be just a rehash of the charlatan, but the continuation of that background. It was a fun background to write, and I hope you enjoy it as much I do. I decided it wasn’t worth fighting it and started on the Grifter. I was going to do the next pack in the Equipment Packs series, but I kept coming back around to this throughout the week.
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