View table: 5e_Background
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This table has 49 rows altogether.
Page | Name | Sort Text | Skills | Skills Alt | Tools | Languages | Equipment | Specialty Name | Feature Name | Feature Desc | Characteristics | Summary |
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5e:Athlete Background | Athlete | Athlete Background | Acrobatics •Athletics |
Vehicles (land) |
One of your choice |
Favored Event |
Echoes of Victory | Famous Athlete |
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5e:Charlatan | Charlatan | Charlatan | Deception •Sleight of Hand |
Disguise Kit •Forgery Kit |
Favorite Schemes |
False Identity | Con man, someone who pretends to be someone else. |
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5e:City Watch Background | City Watch | City Watch | Athletics •Insight |
Two of your choice |
Watcher's Eye | Duly ordaned keeper of the peace |
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5e:Clan Crafter | Clan Crafter | Clan Crafter | History •Insight |
One type of Artisan's Tools |
Dwarvish or one of your choice if you already know it. |
Respect of the Stout Folk | Apprentice of a Dwarven Master Artisan |
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5e:Cloistered Scholar | Cloistered Scholar | Cloistered Scholar | History, plus your choice of one from among Arcana, Nature, and Religion |
Two of your choice |
Library Access | Librarian |
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5e:Courtier | Courtier | Courtier | Insight •Persuasion |
Two of your choice |
Court Functionary | Court of Nobles Bureaucrat |
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5e:Criminal | Criminal | Criminal | Deception •Stealth |
One type of Gaming Set • |
Criminal Specialty |
Criminal Contact | Thief, thug, hired killer, con-man |
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5e:Drow Scarred | Drow Scarred | Drow Scarred | Stealth •Deception |
Cooking •Mining or Cleaning |
Undercommon |
Shiv •ragged clothing |
A fitting sacrifice | former slave of the drow |
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5e:Entertainer | Entertainer | Entertainer | Acrobatics •Performance |
• one type of musical instrument |
Entertainer Routines |
By Popular Demand | Actor, dancer, musician, poet |
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5e:Faction Agent | Faction Agent | Faction Agent | Insight and one Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma skill of your choice, as appropriate to your faction. |
Two of your choice |
Factions of the Sword Coast |
Save Haven | You belong to an ideological organization and sought to advance its goals |
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5e:Far Traveler | Far Traveler | Far Traveler | Insight •Perception |
One of your choice |
One set of traveler's clothes •any one musical instrument or gaming set you are proficient with •poorly wrought maps from your homeland that depict where you are in Faerun •a small piece of jewelry worth 10 gp in the style ofyour homeland's craftsmanship •and a pouch containing 5 gp |
Why you are Here |
All Eyes on You | You hail from a place far, far away |
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5e:Feylost | Feylost | Feylost | Deception •Survival |
One type of musical instrument. |
One of your choice of Elvish • • •or Sylvan |
A musical instrument (one of your choice) •a set of traveler's clothes •three trinkets (each determined by rolling on the Feywild Trinkets table) • |
Feywild Visitor |
Feywild Connection | You have lived in the Feywild. |
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5e:Folk Hero | Folk Hero | Folk Hero | Animal Handling •Survival |
One type of Artisan's Tools •Vehicles (Land) |
Defining Event |
Rustic Hospitality | Local Hero |
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5e:Gate Warden | Gate Warden | Gate Warden | • | Two of your choice (Abyssal • •or Infernal recommended) |
A ring of keys to unknown locks •a blank book •an ink pen or quill •a bottle of black ink •a set of traveler’s clothes •and a pouch containing 10 gp |
Planar Infusion | Your background includes significant time near a gate to another plane. |
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5e:Giant Foundling | Giant Foundling | Giant Foundling | • | Two of your choice |
A backpack •a set of traveler’s clothes •a small stone or sprig that reminds you of home •and a pouch containing 10 gp |
Origin Stories |
Strike of the Giants | You were adopted by giants. |
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5e:Gladiator Background | Gladiator | Gladiator | Acrobatics •Performance |
• one type of musical instrument |
By Popular Demand | You fight for an audience |
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5e:Gothic Investigator | Gothic Investigator | Investigator Gothic | Choose one of Insight, Investigation, or Perception |
• | A magnifying glass •evidence from a past case (choose one or roll for a trinket from the Horror Trinkets table) •a set of common clothes •and 10 gp. |
Path to Mystery |
Official Inquiry | You relentlessly seek the truth. Perhaps you're motivated by belief in the law and a sense of universal justice, or maybe that very law has failed you and you seek to make things right. You could have witnessed something remarkable or terrible, and now you must know more about this hidden truth. Or maybe you're a detective for hire, uncovering secrets for well-paying clients. Whether the mysteries you're embroiled in are local crimes or realm-spanning conspiracies, you're driven by a personal need to hunt down even the most elusive clues and reveal what others would keep hidden in the shadows. |
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5e:Guild Artisan | Guild Artisan | Guild Artisan | Insight •Persuasion |
One type of Artisan's Tools |
One of your Choice |
Guild Business |
Guild Membership | Member of an artisan guild |
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5e:Guild Merchant | Guild Merchant | Guild Merchant | Insight •Persuasion |
One set of Navigator's Tools |
One of your Choice |
Guild Business |
Guild Membership | Seller of an artisan guild's goods |
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5e:Haunted One | Haunted One | Haunted One | Choose one of Arcana, Investigation, Religion, or Survival |
Choose two •one must be (Abyssal • • • • • • •or Undercommon) |
• one trinket of special significance (choose one or roll on the Gothic Trinkets table) •a set of common closthes •and 1 sp. |
Harrowing Event |
Heart of Darkness | Encountered the supernatural at a young age and survived |
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5e:Hermit | Hermit | Hermit | Medicine •Religion |
One of your choice |
Life of Seclusion |
Discovery | You have separated yourself from others |
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5e:Inheritor | Inheritor | Inheritor | Your choice of Gaming Set or a Musical Instrument |
Any one of your choice |
Your inheritance •a set of traveler's clothes •any items with which you are proficient •and a pouch containing 15 gp |
Inheritance | An item of legacy was entrusted to you |
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5e:Investigator | Investigator | Investigator | Insight •Investigation |
Two of your choice |
A uniform in the style of your unit and indicative of your rank •a horn with which to summon help •a set of manacles •and a pouch containing 10 gp |
Watcher's Eye | Police detective |
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5e:Knight Background | Knight | Knight Background | History •Persuasion |
One type of Gaming Set |
One of your Choice |
Retainers | Background: Knight, lowest of nobility |
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5e:Knight of Solamnia | Knight of Solamnia | Knight of Solamnia | Athletics •Survival |
Two of your choice |
An insignia of rank • •a set of common clothes • |
Squire of Solamnia | Background — Honorable knight of Solamina |
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5e:Knight of the Order | Knight of the Order | Knight of the Order | Persuasion, plus one from among Arcana, History, Nature, and Religion, as appropriate for your order. |
One type of gaming set or musical instrument. |
One of your Choice |
Knightly Regard | Background: Knight of the Order |
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5e:Lorehold Student | Lorehold Student | Lorehold Student | History •Religion |
Two of your choice |
A bottle of black ink •an ink pen •a hammer •a hooded lantern •a tinderbox •a tome of history •a school uniform •and a pouch containing 15 gp |
Lorehold Initiate | skip |
Student of the Lorehold College |
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5e:Mage of High Sorcery | Mage of High Sorcery | Mage of High Sorcery | Athletics •Survival |
Two of your choice |
A bottle of colored ink •an ink pen •a set of common clothes • |
Initiate of High Sorcery | Background - a member of the Mages of High Sorcery |
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5e:Mercenary Veteran | Mercenary Veteran | Mercenary Veteran | Athletics •Persuasion |
One type of gaming set •vehicles (land). |
Mercenary Life | Soldier of Fortune |
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5e:Noble | Noble | Noble Background | History •Persuasion |
One type of Gaming Set |
One of your Choice |
Position of Privilege | Background: Member of nobility |
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5e:Outlander | Outlander | Outlander | Athletics •Survival |
One type of musical instrument. |
One of your choice |
Origin |
Wanderer | You have lived outside civilization |
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5e:Pirate Background | Pirate | Pirate Background | Athletics •Perception |
• Vehicles (water) |
Bad Reputation | You have served aboard a pirate ship |
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5e:Planar Philosopher | Planar Philosopher | Planar Philosopher | Arcana •Persuasion |
Two of your choice |
A set of common clothes •and a pouch containing 10 gp comprised of coins from different worlds and planes |
Conviction | Your philosophy of the nature and working of the planes dominated your pre-adventurer life. |
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5e:Prismari Student | Prismari Student | Prismari Student | Acrobatics •Performance |
One type of musical instrument or artisan's tools |
One of your choice |
A bottle of black ink •an ink pen •a set of artisan’s tools or a musical instrument (one of your choice) •a school uniform •and a pouch containing 10 gp |
Prismari Initiate | Student of the Prismari College |
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5e:Quandrix Student | Quandrix Student | Quandrix Student | Arcana •Nature |
One type of artisan's tools |
One of your choice |
One of your choice Equipment:A bottle of black ink •an ink pen •an abacus •a book of arcane theory •a school uniform •and a pouch containing 15 gp |
Quandrix Initiate | Strixhaven student of the Quandrix College |
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5e:Rakdos Cultist | Rakdos Cultist | Rakdos Cultist | Acrobatics •Performance |
A Rakdos insignia •a musical instrument (one of your choice) •a costume •a hooded lantern made of wrought iron •a 10-foot length of chain with sharply spiked links • •10 torches •a set of common clothes •a belt pouch containing 10 gp (a mix of Azorius and Boros 1-zino coins) •and a bottle of sweet •red juice |
A Flair for the Dramatic |
Fearsome Reputation | see GGtR p.80-81 |
You are or were a member of the Cult of Rakdos. |
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5e:Rune Carver | Rune Carver | Rune Carver | History •Perception |
Giant and one other language of your choice |
A set of artisan’s tools (one of your choice) •a small knife •a whetstone •a set of common clothes •and a pouch containing 10 gp |
Rune Styles |
Rune Carver Apprentice | You were a carver of runes. |
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5e:Sage | Sage | Sage | Arcana •History |
Two of your choice |
Specialty |
Reseacher | You have studied lore. |
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5e:Sailor | Sailor | Sailor | Athletics •Perception |
• Vehicles (water) |
Ship's Passage | You have earned a living onboard a ship |
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5e:Silverquill Student | Silverquill Student | Silverquill Student | Intimidation •Persuasion |
Two of your choice |
A bottle of black ink •an ink pen •a book of poetry •a school uniform •and a pouch containing 15 gp |
Silverquill Initiate | Strixhaven student of the Silverquill college. |
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5e:Soldier | Soldier | Soldier | Athletics •Intimidation |
One type of gaming set •vehicles (land). |
Specialty |
Military Rank | Enlisted Soldier |
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5e:Spy Background | Spy | Spy Background | Deception •Stealth |
One type of Gaming Set • |
Criminal Specialty |
Criminal Contact | Infiltrator, private investigator, spy |
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5e:Urban Bounty Hunter | Urban Bounty Hunter | Bounty Hunter Urban | Choose two from among Deception, Insight, Persuasion, and Stealth |
Choose two from among one type of gaming set • •and thieves' tools |
Ear to the Ground | Bounty Hunter of cities and towns |
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5e:Urchin | Urchin | Urchin | Sleight of Hand •Stealth |
• | City Secrets | You grew up on the streets |
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5e:Uthgardt Tribe Member | Uthdardt Tribe Member | Uthgardt Tribe Member | Athletics •Survival |
One type of Musical Instrument or Artisan Tools |
One of your choice |
Uthgardt Heritage | You grew up in a tribe of Uthgardt |
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5e:Waterdhavian Noble | Waterdhavian Noble | Noble Waterdhavian | History •Persuasion |
One type of Gaming Set or Musical Instrument |
One of your choice |
Kept in Style | You are the offspring of a noble of Waterdeep |
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5e:Witchlight Hand Background | Witchlight Hand | Witchlight Hand Background | Performance •Sleight of Hand |
Disguise kit or one type of musical instrument |
One of your choice |
A disguise kit or a musical instrument of your choice •a deck of cards •a carnival uniform or costume •one trinket (determined by rolling on the Feywild Trinkets table) • |
Carnival Companion |
Carnival Fixture | You have been a part of the Witchlight Carnival |
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5e:Witherbloom Student | Witherbloom Student | Witherbloom Student | Nature •Survival |
Herbalism Kit |
One of your choice |
A bottle of black ink •an ink pen •a book about plant identification •an iron pot •an herbalism kit •a school uniform •and a pouch containing 15 gp |
Witherbloom Initiate | Strixhaven student of the Witherbloom college. |
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SRD5:Acolyte | Acolyte | Acolyte | Insight •Religion |
Two of your choice |
A holy symbol (a gift to you when you entered the priesthood) •a prayer book or prayer wheel •5 sticks of incense •vestments •a set of common clothes •and a belt pouch containing 15 gp |
Shelter of the Faithful | Acolytes are shaped by their experience in temples or other religious communities. Their study of the history and tenets of their faith and their relationships to temples, shrines, or hierarchies affect their mannerisms and ideals. Their flaws might be some hidden hypocrisy or heretical idea, or an |
Person of the cloth |