While adventuring can be lucrative, it doesn't provide the job security some Pathfinders might wish for, nor does it provide a creative outlet for those with an artistic flair. As such, many Pathfinders own or operate small businesses on the side when not traveling the Inner Sea for the Society
A PC may purchase the same business more than once, with each purschase representing the endeavor's growth over time. Circumstance bonuses granted by the businesses stack, including for multiple instances of a given vanity. You can purchase more than one business, but this does not increase the number of times per session that you can make a Day Job check.
Your craft is your livelihood when you aren't excavating musty tombs or exploring uncharted lands. You sell your wares through an unassuming storefront in a well-trafficked mercantile district.
If you use ranks in any Craft skill to calculate your bonus on Day Job checks, having an artisan's shop grants you a +1 circumstance bonus on all such checks.
Additionally, you receive a 5% discount on all nonmagical merchandise in your area of expertise when purchasing it in the same city as your shop, rounded to the nearest gold piece.
Though musicians can typically play anywhere, you provide the community with a venue exclusively dedicated to music, drawing performers from across the region to put on solo and ensemble shows.
If you use ranks in Perform (any instrument or sing) to calculate your bonus on Day Job checks, your business grants you a +1 circumstance bonus all such checks.
You also gain a +1 circumstance bonus on Knowledge (history) checks regarding music.
When it comes to commerce, you dabble in wares of all sorts, selling the works of others as a general merchant.
If you use ranks in Profession (merchant) to calculate your bonus on Day Job checks, your business provides you with a +1 circumstance bonus on all such checks. In the city where you have your store, you may treat the gold limit for buying items as 5% greater than normal, because of the many inside connections you have within the region's markest and trade organizations.
You earn a living duplicating documents, taking dictation from the illiterate, and preparing formal writs in elegant calligraphy.
If you use ranks in Profession (scribe) to calculate your bonus on Day Job checks, your business provides you a +1 circumstance bonus on such checks.
Additionally, you may make a Linguistics check untrained to recognize a forgery or identify a foreign language (though not to translate it).
You provide alcohol, food, and even entertainment to your patrons, creating an environment where all can socialize and forget the stresses of the everyday.
If you use ranks in Profession (bartender) to calculate your bonus on Day Job checks, your tavern grans you a +1 circumstance bonus on such checks.
Additionally, when in the same city as your tavern, you receivec a +1 circumanstance bonus on Knowledge (local) checks or Diplomacy checks made to gather information as you overhear rumors among your patrons.
All the world's a stage, but you own a business that provides a literal stage for audiences to enjoy performances of a variety of types.
If you use ranks in Perform (act, comedy, dance or oratory) to calculate your bonus on Day Job checks, your business grants you a +1 circumstance bonus on such checks.
Additionally, your access to the theater's costume shop grants you a +1 circumstance bonus on Disguise checks when in the same city as your theater, as per a disguise kit.