The thief cried “BUT I WANNA A FERRET” so I came up with this:

The thief cried “BUT I WANNA A FERRET” so I came up with this:

Hairy Accomplice

You are followed by a little ball of fur that shares your interest in theft and deception. Name it and choose its species:

ferret, parrot, monkey, mouse, magpie, cat, owl, spider, viper, bat

Choose a base:

Cunning +2, Skill +1, Malice +1, Humanity +1

Cunning +1, Skill +2, Malice +1, Humanity +1

Cunning +1, Skill +1, Malice +2, Humanity +1

Cunning +2, Skill +2, Malice +1, Humanity +2

Choose as many talents as its cunning:

quick, stealthy, cute, talking, camouflage, keen senses, tiny, agile, intelligent, threatening

Choose as many fields of competence as its skill plus 1:

pick locks, pick pockets, find traps, disarm traps, misdirect, juggle, lookout, investigate, secrete poison, spy, extortion

Choose as many flaws as its humanity:

greedy, coward, liar, naughty, clumsy, noisy, vain, annoying, garish, yucky

When you work with your hairy accomplice in one of its fields of competence…

…and you use your tricks of the trade, add its skill to your roll.

…and you act as a trap expert, add its cunning to your roll.

…and you make some doses of poison, you make as many extra doses as its malice.

…and you discern realities, add its cunning to your roll.

…and you parley, add its cunning to your roll.

…and you backstab, add its malice to your damage.

…and someone interferes with you, add its humanity to their roll.