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phb_1190 | phb | 128 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] orshipers into the presence of the divine. Vou are not necessarily a cleric-performing sacred rites is not the same thing aS channeling divine power. Choose a god, a pantheon of gods, or some other quasi-divine being from among... |
phb_1191 | phb | 128 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] vine being from among those listed in appendix B or those specified by your DM, and work with your DM to detail the nature of your religious service. Were you a lesser functionary in a temple, raised from childhood to assist th... |
phb_1192 | phb | 128 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] ere the leader of a small cult outside of any established tem pIe structure, or even an occult group that served a fiendish master that you now deny. Skill Proficiencies: Insight, Religion Languages: Two of your choice Equiprne... |
phb_1193 | phb | 128 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] TER OF THE FAITHFUL As an acolyte, you command the respect of those who share your faith, and you can perform the religious ceremonies of your deity. You and your adventuring companions can expect to receive free healing and ca... |
phb_1194 | phb | 128 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] ough you must provide any material components needed for spells. Those who share your religion will support you (but only you) at a modest lifestyle. Vou might also have ties to a specific tem pIe dedicated to your chosen deity... |
phb_1195 | phb | 128 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] you can call upon the priests for assistance. provided the assistance you ask for is not hazardous and you remain in good standing with your temple. SUGGESTED CHARACTERISTICS Acolytes are shaped by their experience in temples o... |
phb_1196 | phb | 128 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] ierarchies affect their mannerisms and ideaIs. Their flaws might be some hidden hypocrisy or heretical idea, or an ideal or bond taken to an extreme. d8 Personality Trail 1 I idolize a parlicular hero of my faith, and conslanll... |
phb_1197 | phb | 128 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] o uso we jusl need lo lislen 4 NOlhing can shake my oplimislic altilude. S I quole (or misquole) sacred lexls and proverbs in almost every situation. 6 I am loleranl (or inloleranl) of olher failhs and respecl (or condemn) lhe ... |
phb_1198 | phb | 128 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] people in the outside world. d6 Ideal 1 Tradilion. lhe aneient traditions of worship and sacrifice must be preserved and upheld. (Lawful) 2 Charily. I always try to help those in need, no matter what the personal cosI. (Good) C... |
phb_1199 | phb | 128 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] erarchy. (Lawful) S Failh. I trust that my deity will guide my aclions. I have faith that if I work hard, things will go well. (Lawful) 6 Aspiralion. I seek lo prove myself worthy of my god's favor by matching my actions agains... |
phb_1200 | phb | 128 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] e priest who took me in when my parenls died. 4 Everylhing I do is for the common people. S I will do anylhing lo prolect the tem pie where I served. 6 I seek to preserve a sacred text that my enemies consider heretical and see... |
phb_1201 | phb | 128 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] me lo blindly Irusllhose that profess failh in my god. 4 Iam inflexible in my Ihinking. 5 I am suspicious af strangers and expect the worst cf them. 6 Once I pick a goal, I become obsessed wilh it to the detriment of everylhing... |
phb_1202 | phb | 129 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] se out their hearts' desires after a few minutes of conversation, and with a few leading questions you can read them like they were children's books. !t's a useful talent, and one that you're perfectly willing to use for your a... |
phb_1203 | phb | 129 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] r. Common sense should steer people away from things that sound toa good to be true, but common sense seems to be in short supply when you're around. The bottle of pink-colored liquid will surely cure that unseemly rash, this o... |
phb_1204 | phb | 129 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] vigor, and there's a bridge in the city thatjust happens to be for sale. These marvels sound implausible, but you make them sound like the real dea!. Skill Proficiencies: Deception, Sleight of Hand Too! Proficiencies: Disguise ... |
phb_1205 | phb | 129 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] of an imaginary duke). and a belt pouch containing 15 gp FAVORITE SCHEMES Every charlatan has an angle he or she uses in preference to other schemes. Choose a favorite scam or roll on the table below. d6 Scam 1 I cheat at games... |
phb_1206 | phb | 129 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] ew identities like clothes. S I run sleight-of.hand cons on street corners. 6 I convince people that worthless junk is worth their hard.earned money. FEATURE: FALSE IDENTITY Vou have created a second identity that includes docu... |
phb_1207 | phb | 129 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] ncluding official papers and personal letters, as long as you have seen an example of the kind of document or the handwriting you are trying to copy. SUGGESTED CHARACTERISTICS Charlatans are colorful characters who conceal thei... |
phb_1208 | phb | 129 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] believe, and how they scc the world. But their true sclves are sometimes plagued by an uneasy conscience, a n old enemy, or deep-seated trust issues. PART 1 I PERSONALlTY ANO BACKGROUNO d8 Personality Trait 1 I fali in and out ... |
phb_1209 | phb | 129 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] nt, 4 I'm a born gambler who can't resist taking a risk for a potential payoff. S I lie about almost everything. even when there's no good reason to. 6 Sarcasm and insults are my weapons of choice. 7 I keep multiple holy symbol... |
phb_1210 | phb | 129 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] s. I never target people who can't afford to lose a few coins. (Lawful) 3 Charity. I distribute the money I acquire to the people who really need it. (Good) 4 Creativity. I never run the same con twice. ((haotic) S Friendship. ... |
phb_1211 | phb | 129 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] vidual never crosses paths with me or those I care about. 2 I owe everything to my mentor-a horrible person who's probably rotting in jail somewhere. 3 Somewhere out there, I have a child who doesn't know me. I'm making the wor... |
phb_1212 | phb | 129 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] 11have my revenge. 6 I swindled and ruined a person who didn't deserve il. I seek to atone for my misdeeds but might never be able to forgive myself. d6 Flaw 1 I can't resist a pretty face. 2 I'm always in debt. I spend my ill.... |
phb_1213 | phb | 129 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] m too greedy for my own good. I can'! resist taking a risk ifthere's money involved. S I can'! resist swindling people who are more powerful than me. 6 I hate to admit it and will hate myself for it, but 1'11run and preserve my... |
phb_1214 | phb | 130 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] riminal wilh a hislory of breaking lhe law. Vou have spenl a 101of lime among olher criminais and still have conlacls wilhin lhe criminal underworld. You're far closer lhan mosl people lo lhe world of murder, lhefl, and violenc... |
phb_1215 | phb | 130 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] , and violence lhal pervades lhe underbelly of civilizalion, and you have survived up lo lhis poinl by f10uling lhe rules and regulalions of sociely. Skill Proficiencies: Deceplion, Slealth Tool Proficiencies: One lype of gamin... |
phb_1216 | phb | 130 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] ALTY There are many kinds of criminais, and wilhin a lhieves' guild or similar criminal organizalion, individual members have particular speciallies. Even criminais who operale oulside of such organizalions have slrong preferen... |
phb_1217 | phb | 130 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] zalions have slrong preferences for cerlain kinds of crimes over olhers. Choose lhe role you played in your criminallife, or roll on lhe lable below. d8 Specialty d8 Specialty 1 Blaekmailer 5 Highway robber 2 Burglar 6 Hired ki... |
phb_1218 | phb | 130 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] et 4 Fenee 8 Smuggler FEATURE: CRIMINAL CONTACT Vou have a reliable and lruslworlhy conlacl who acls as your liaison lo a network of olher criminais. Vou know how lo gel messages lo and from your conlacl, even over greal dislan... |
phb_1219 | phb | 130 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] ike villains on lhe surface, and many of lhem are villainous lO lhe core. Sut some have an abundance of endearing, if nol redeeming, characlerislics. There mighl be honor among lhieves, bul criminais rarely show any respecl for... |
phb_1220 | phb | 130 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] let my emotions control me. 3 The firsl thing I do in a new plaee is note the loeations of everything valuable-or where sueh things eould be hidden. 4 I would rather make a new friend than a new enemy. 5 I am ineredibly slow to... |
phb_1221 | phb | 130 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] thing is to tell me I ean't do it. 8 I blow up at the slightest insult. d6 Ideal 1 Honor. I don't steal from others in the trade. (Lawful) 2 Freedom. (hains are meant to be broken, as are those who would forge them. ((haotie) 3... |
phb_1222 | phb | 130 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] ends, not to any ideais, and everyone else ean lake a trip down the Styx for ali I eare. (Neutral) 6 Redemption. There's a spark of good in everyone. (Good) d6 Bond 1 I'm trying to pay of!' an old debt I owe to a generous benef... |
phb_1223 | phb | 131 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] 'm guilty of a lerrible crime. I hope I ean redeem myself for it. 6 Someone I loved died beeause of I mistake I made. Thal will never happen again. . d6 Flaw 1 When I see something valuable, I can't think about anything but how... |
phb_1224 | phb | 131 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] eveals when I'm Iying. S I tum tail and run when things look bad. 6 An innocent person is in prison for a crime that I committed. I'm okay with that. VARIANT CRIMINAL: Spy Although your capabilities are not much different from ... |
phb_1225 | phb | 131 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] ncovered to the highest bidder. ENTERTAINER Vou thrive in front of an audience. Vou know how to entrance them, entertain them, and even inspire them. Your poetics can stir the hearts of those who hear you, awakening grief or jo... |
phb_1226 | phb | 131 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] their spirits or captures their sorrow. Your dance steps captivate, your humor cuts to the quick. Whatever techniques you use, your art is your life. Skill Proficiencies: Acrobatics, Performance Tool Proficiencies: Disguise kit... |
phb_1227 | phb | 131 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] belt pouch containing 15 gp ENTERTAINER ROUTINES A good entertainer is versatile, spicing up every performance with a variety of different routines. Choose one to three routines or roll on the table below to define your experti... |
phb_1228 | phb | 131 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] ULAR DEMAND Vou can always find a place to perform, usually in an inn or tavern but possibly with a circus, at a theater, or even in a noble's court. At such a place, you receive free lodging and food of a modest or comfortable... |
phb_1229 | phb | 131 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] formance makes you something of a local figure. When strangers recognize you in a town where you have performed, they typically take a liking to you. SUGGESTED CHARACTERISTICS Successful entertainers have to be able to capture ... |
phb_1230 | phb | 131 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] igh-minded ideaIs about the practice of art and the appreciation of beauty. d8 Personality Trait 1 I know a story relevant to almost every situation. 2 Whenever I come to a new place, I collect local rumors and spread gossip. 3... |
phb_1231 | phb | 131 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] n. S I love a good insult, even one directed at me. 6 I get bitter if I'm not the center of attention. 7 1'11settle for nothing less than perfection. 8 I change my mood or my mind as quickly as I change key in a song. . d6 Idea... |
phb_1232 | phb | 132 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] (Lawful) 3 Creativily. lhe world is in need of new ideas and bold action. (Chaotic) 4 Greed. I'm only in it for the money and fame. (Evil) 5 People. I like seeing the smiles on people's faces when I perform. lha!'s ali that mat... |
phb_1233 | phb | 132 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] , and it reminds me of someone I love. 2 Someone slole my precious instrumenl, and someday 1'11get il back. 3 I wanl to be famous, whatever it takes. 4 I idolize a hero of the old tales and measure my deeds against lhal person'... |
phb_1234 | phb | 132 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] A scandal prevents me from ever going home again. lhat kind of trouble seems to follow me around. 4 I once satirized a noble who still wants my head. It was a mistake lhat I willlikely repeal. 5 I have trouble keeping my true f... |
phb_1235 | phb | 132 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] R A gladiator is as much an entertainer as any minstrel or circus performer, trained to make the arts of combat into a spectacle the crawd can enjoy. This kind of flashy combat is your entertainer routine, though you might also... |
phb_1236 | phb | 132 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] eature, you can find a place to perform in any place that features combat for entertainment-perhaps a gladiatorial arena or secret pit fighting club. Vou can replace the musical instrument in your equipment package with an inex... |
phb_1237 | phb | 132 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] village regard you as their champion, and your destiny calls you to stand against the tyrants and monsters that threaten the common folk everywhere. Ski1l Proficiencies: Animal Handling, Survival Tool Proficiencies: One type of... |
phb_1238 | phb | 132 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] NING EVENT Vou previously pursued a simple prafession among the peasantry, perhaps as a farmer, miner, servant, shepherd, woodcutter, ar gravedigger. But something happened that set you on a different path and marked you for gr... |
phb_1239 | phb | 132 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] ter. 3 I stood alone against a terrible monster. 4 I stole from a corrupt merchant to help the poor. 5 I led a militia to fight off an invading army. 6 I broke into a tyran!'s castle and stole weapons to arm the people. 7 I tra... |
phb_1240 | phb | 132 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] use farm implements as weapons against a tyrant's soldiers. 8 A lord rescinded an unpopular decree after I led a symbolic act of protect against il. 9 A celestial, fey, or similar creature gave me a blessing or revealed my secr... |
phb_1241 | phb | 132 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] among them with ease. Vou can find a place to hide, rest, or recuperate among other commoners, unless you have shown yourself to be a danger to them. They will shield you from the law or anyone else searching for you, though th... |
phb_1242 | phb | 132 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] not a shortcoming, and their home communities remain very important to them. d8 Personalily Trail 1 I judge people by lheir aclions, nol lheir words. 2 If someone is in trouble, I'm always ready to lend help. 3 When I set my mi... |
phb_1243 | phb | 132 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] do what I can to instill confidence in others. 6 lhinking is for other people. I prefer action. 7 I misuse long words in an attempt to sound smarter. 8 I get bored easily. When am I going to get on wilh my desliny? PART I I PER... |
phb_1244 | phb | 133 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] (Lawful) 3 Freedom. lyrants must not be allowed to oppress the people. (Chaotic) 4 Might. If I beco me strong, I can take what I want- whatl deserve. (Evil) 5 Sincerity. lhere's no good in pretending to be something I'm not. (N... |
phb_1245 | phb | 133 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] , I love the land, and I will protect the land. 3 A proud noble once gave me a horrible beating, and I will take my revenge on any bully I encounter. 4 My tools are symbols of my pastlife, and I carry them 50 that I will never ... |
phb_1246 | phb | 133 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] s my land will stop at nothing to see me killed. 2 I'm convinced ofthe significance ofmy destiny, and blind to my shortcomings and the risk oHailure. 3 lhe people who knew me when I was young know my shameful secret, 50 I can n... |
phb_1247 | phb | 133 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] rusting in my allies. GUILD ARTISAN Vou are a member of an artisan's guild, skilled in a particular field and c10sely associated with other artisans. Vou are a well-established part of the mercantile world, freed by talent and ... |
phb_1248 | phb | 133 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] rder. Vou learned your skills as an apprentice to a master artisan, under the sponsorship of your guild, until you became a master in your own right. Skill Proficiencies: lnsight, Persuasion Tool Proficiencies: One type of arti... |
phb_1249 | phb | 133 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] a belt pouch containing 15 gp GUILD BUSINESS Guilds are generally found in cities large enough to support several artisans practicing the same trade. However, your guild might instead be a loose network of artisans who each wor... |
phb_1250 | phb | 133 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] er realm. Work with your DM to determine the nature of your guild. Vou can select your guild business from the Guild Business table or roll randomly. d20 Guild Business 1 Alchemists and apothecaries 2 Armorers, locksmiths, and ... |
phb_1251 | phb | 134 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] ths and metal-forgers 17 Tinkers, pewterers, and casters 18 Wagon-makers and wheelwrights 19 Weavers and dyers 20 Woodcarvers, coopers, and bowyers . As a member of your guild, you know the skills needed to creale finished item... |
phb_1252 | phb | 134 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] ess practices. The question now is whether you abandon your trade for adventure, or take on the extra effort to weave adventuring and trade together. FEATURE: GUILD MEMBERSHIP As an established and respected member of a guild, ... |
phb_1253 | phb | 134 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] guildhall offers a central place to meet other members of your profession, which can be a good place to meet potential patrons, allies, or hirelings. Guilds often wield tremendous political power. If you are accused of a crime,... |
phb_1254 | phb | 134 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] anding. Such connections might require the donation of money or magic items to the guild's coffers. Vou must pay dues of 5 gp per month to the guild. If you miss payments, you must make up back dues to remain in the guild's goo... |
phb_1255 | phb | 134 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] adventuring career. They understand the value of hard work and the importance of community, but they're vulnerable to sins of greed and covetousness. d8 Personality Trait 1 I believe that anything worth doing is worth doing rig... |
phb_1256 | phb | 134 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] a proverb for every occasion. S I'm rude to people who lack my commitment to hard work and fair play. 6 I like to talk at length about my profession. 7 I don't part with my money easily and will haggle tirelessly to get the bes... |
phb_1257 | phb | 134 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] eal 1 Community. It is the duty of ali civilized people to strengthen the bonds of community and the security of civillzation. (Lawful) 2 Generosity. My talents were given to me so that I could use them to beneht the world. (Go... |
phb_1258 | phb | 134 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] ion. I work hard to be the best there is at my craft. d6 Bond 1 The workshop where I learned my trade is the most important place in the world to me. 2 I created a great work for someone, and then found them unworthy to receive... |
phb_1259 | phb | 134 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] rove that I am the greatest artisan of them alI. 6 I will get revenge on the evil forces that destroyed my place ofbusiness and ruined my Iivelihood. d6 Flaw 1 1'11do anything to get my hands on something rare or priceless. 2 I... |
phb_1260 | phb | 134 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] . S I would kill to acquire a noble title. 6 I'm horribly jealous of anyone who can outshine my handiwork. Everywhere I go, I'm surrounded by rivais. VARIANT GUILD ARTISAN: GUlLD MERCHANT Instead of an artisans' guild, you migh... |
phb_1261 | phb | 134 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] e raw materiaIs artisans need to practice lheir craft). Your guild might be a large merchant consortium (or family) with interests across the region. Perhaps you transported goods from one place to another, by ship, wagon, or c... |
phb_1262 | phb | 134 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] than the life of an artisan. Rather lhan proficiency with artisan's tools, you might be proficient with navigator's tools or an additional language. And instead of artisan's tools, you can start with a mule and a carl. PART I I... |
phb_1263 | phb | 135 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] ve part of your life. In your time apart from the clamor of society, you found quiet, solitude, and perhaps some of the answers you were looking for. Skill Proficiencies: Medicine, Religion Tool Proficiencies: Herbalism kit Lan... |
phb_1264 | phb | 135 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] your DM to determine the exact nature of your seclusion, or you can choose or roll on the table below to determine the reason behind your seclusion. d8 LifeofSeclusion 1 I was searehing for spiritual enlightenment. 2 I was part... |
phb_1265 | phb | 135 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] ifeofSeclusion 5 I needed a quiet plaee to work on my art, literature, music, ar manifesto. 6 I needed to eommune with nature, far from civilization. 7 I was the earetaker of an aneient ruin or relie. 8 I was a pilgrim in seare... |
phb_1266 | phb | 135 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] r extended hermitage gave you access to a unique and powerful discovery. The exact nature of this revelation depends on the nature of your seclusion. It might be a great truth about the cosmos, the deities, the powerful beings ... |
phb_1267 | phb | 135 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] history. It might be information that would be damaging to the peopJe who or consigned you to exile, and hence the reason for your return to society. Work with your DM to determine the details of your discovery and its impact o... |
phb_1268 | phb | 135 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] solitude or long to escape it, the solitary life shapes their attitudes and ideais. A few are driven slightly mad by their years apart from society. d8 Personality Trait 1 I've been isolated for so long that I rarely speak, pre... |
phb_1269 | phb | 135 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] empathy for ali who sulfer. 5 I'm oblivious to etiquette and soeial expeetations. 6 I eonneet everything that happens to me to a grand, eosmie plan. 7 I often get lost in my own thoughts and eontemplation, beeoming oblivious to... |
phb_1270 | phb | 135 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] d for my own benefit. (Good) 2 Logic. Emotions must not c10ud our sense of what is right and true, or our logieal thinking. (Lawful) 3 Free Thinking. Inquiry and euriosity are the pillars of progresso ((haotie) 4 Power. Solitud... |
phb_1271 | phb | 136 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] ow yourself, there's nothing left to know. (Any) . d6 Bond 1 Nothing is more important than the other members of my hermitage, order, or association. 2 Ientered sedusion to hide from the ones who might still be hunting me. I mu... |
phb_1272 | phb | 136 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] not have. 5 Should mydiscoverycome to Iight,itcould bring ruinto the world. 6 Myisolationgaveme great insightinto a great evilthat onlyIcan destroy. d6 Flaw 1 Nowthat I've returned to the world, Ienjoyits delights a little too ... |
phb_1273 | phb | 136 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] ts overshadow friendships and harmony. 5 I'd risktoo much to uncovera lost bit ofknowledge. 6 I likekeeping secrets and won't share them with anyone. OTHER HERMITS This hermit background assumes a contempla tive sort of seclusi... |
phb_1274 | phb | 136 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] , look at the outlander background. On the other hand, if you want to go in a more religious direction, the acolyte might be what you're looking for. Or you could even be a charlatan, posing as a wise and holy person and lettin... |
phb_1275 | phb | 136 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] derstand wealth, power, and privilege. Vou carrya noble title, and your family owns land, collects taxes, and wields significant political influence. Vou might be a pampered aristocrat unfamiliar with work or discomfort, a form... |
phb_1276 | phb | 136 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] d be an honest, hard-working landowner who cares deeply about the people who live and work on your land, keenly aware of your responsibility to them. Work with your DM to come up with an appropriate title and determine how much... |
phb_1277 | phb | 136 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] hildren. Not only do you need to determine your noble title, but you should also work with the DM to describe your family and their influence on you. Is your family old and established, or was your title only recently bestowed?... |
phb_1278 | phb | 136 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] your line or even a spiritual member of the family? These details help establish your family and your title as features of the world of the campaign. Skill Proficiencies: History, Persuasion Toal Proficiencies: One type af gami... |
phb_1279 | phb | 136 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] le birth, people are inclined to think the best of you. Vou are welcome in high society, and people assume you have the right to be wherever you are. The common folk make every effort to accommodate you and avoid your displeasu... |
phb_1280 | phb | 136 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] TERISTICS Nobles are born and raised to a very different lifestyle than most people ever experience, and their personalities reflect that upbringing. A noble title comes with a plethora of bonds-responsibilities to family, to o... |
phb_1281 | phb | 136 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] attery makes everyone Italk to feel Iikethe most wonderful and important person in the world. 2 The common folkloveme for my kindness and generosity. 3 Noone could doubt bylookingat myregai bearing tha! Iam a cut abovethe unwas... |
phb_1282 | phb | 136 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] itable accommodations. 6 Despite my noble birth, Ido not place myselfabove other folk.Weali havethe same blood. 7 Myfavor,once lost, is lost forever. S Ifyoudo me an injury,Iwillcrush you, ruin your name, and salt your fields. ... |
phb_1283 | phb | 137 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] be a path to higher status. ]f you wish to be a knight, choose the Retainers feature (see the sidebar) instead of the Position of Privilege feature. One of your commoner retainers is replaced by a noble who serves as your squir... |
phb_1284 | phb | 137 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] uide 9 Hunter-gatherer 5 Exile or outcast 10 Tribal marauder Vou grew up in lhe wilds, far from civilization and the comforts of town and technology. You've witnessed the migration of herds larger than forests, survived weather... |
phb_1285 | phb | 137 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] use, a hunter-gatherer, or even a marauder. Even in places where you don'l know the specific features of the terrain, you know the ways of the wild. Skill Proficiencies: Athletics, Survival Tool Proficiencies: One type of music... |
phb_1286 | phb | 137 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] GGESTED CHARACTERISTICS Often considered rude and uncouth among civilized folk, outlanders have little respect for the niceties of life in the cHies. The ties of tribe, e1an, family, and the natural world of which they are a pa... |
phb_1287 | phb | 137 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] hood. Your two remaining retainers might inelude a groom to care for your horse and a servant who polishes your armor (and even helps you put it on). As an emblem of chivalry and the ideais of courtly love, you might inelude am... |
phb_1288 | phb | 137 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] to strange places and seen things that others cannot begin to fathom. Consider some of the distant lands you have visited, and how they impacted you. Vou can roll on the following table lo delermine your occupation during your ... |
phb_1289 | phb | 137 | [Path: Part 1 - Creating a Character > Chapter 4 - Personality and Background > Backgrounds] have an excellent memory for maps and geography, and you can always recall the generallayout of terrain, settlements, and other features around you. In addition, you can find food and fresh water for yourse]f and up to five oth... |
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