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Page Name Sort Text Skills Skills Alt Tools Languages Equipment Specialty Name Feature Name Feature Desc Characteristics Summary
5e:Athlete Background Athlete Athlete Background

Acrobatics

Athletics

Vehicles (land)

One of your choice

Favored Event

Echoes of Victory

Famous Athlete

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.

5e:City Watch Background City Watch City Watch

Athletics

Insight

Two of your choice

Watcher's Eye

Duly ordaned keeper of the peace

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

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

5e:Courtier Courtier Courtier

Insight

Persuasion

Two of your choice

Court Functionary

Court of Nobles Bureaucrat

5e:Criminal Criminal Criminal

Deception

Stealth

One type of Gaming Set

Thieves' Tools

Criminal Specialty

Criminal Contact

Thief, thug, hired killer, con-man

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

5e:Entertainer Entertainer Entertainer

Acrobatics

Performance

Disguise Kit

one type of musical instrument

Entertainer Routines

By Popular Demand

Actor, dancer, musician, poet

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

5e:Far Traveler Far Traveler Far Traveler

Insight

Perception

Musical Instrument

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

5e:Feylost Feylost Feylost

Deception

Survival

One type of musical instrument.

One of your choice of Elvish

Gnomish

Goblin

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)

and a pouch containing 8 gp.

Feywild Visitor

Feywild Connection

You have lived in the Feywild.

5e:Folk Hero Folk Hero Folk Hero

Animal Handling

Survival

One type of Artisan's Tools

Vehicles (Land)

Defining Event

Rustic Hospitality

Local Hero

5e:Gate Warden Gate Warden Gate Warden

persuasion

survival

Two of your choice (Abyssal

Celestial

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.

5e:Giant Foundling Giant Foundling Giant Foundling

intimidation

survival

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.

5e:Gladiator Background Gladiator Gladiator

Acrobatics

Performance

Disguise Kit

one type of musical instrument

By Popular Demand

You fight for an audience

5e:Gothic Investigator Gothic Investigator Investigator Gothic

Choose one of Insight, Investigation, or Perception

Disguise Kit

Thieves' Tools

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.

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

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

5e:Haunted One Haunted One Haunted One

Choose one of Arcana, Investigation, Religion, or Survival

Choose two

one must be (Abyssal

Celestial

Deep Speech

Draconic

Infernal

Primordial

Sylvan

or Undercommon)

Monster hunter's pack

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

5e:Hermit Hermit Hermit

Medicine

Religion

Herbalism Kit

One of your choice

Life of Seclusion

Discovery

You have separated yourself from others

5e:Inheritor Inheritor Inheritor

Survival, plus one from among Arcana, History, and Religion

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

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

5e:Knight Background Knight Knight Background

History

Persuasion

One type of Gaming Set

One of your Choice

Retainers

Background: Knight, lowest of nobility

5e:Knight of Solamnia Knight of Solamnia Knight of Solamnia

Athletics

Survival

Two of your choice

An insignia of rank

a deck of cards

a set of common clothes

and a pouch containing 10 gp.

Squire of Solamnia

Background — Honorable knight of Solamina

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

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

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Student of the Lorehold College

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

and a pouch containing 10 gp.

Initiate of High Sorcery

Background - a member of the Mages of High Sorcery

5e:Mercenary Veteran Mercenary Veteran Mercenary Veteran

Athletics

Persuasion

One type of gaming set

vehicles (land).

Mercenary Life

Soldier of Fortune

5e:Noble Noble Noble Background

History

Persuasion

One type of Gaming Set

One of your Choice

Position of Privilege

Background: Member of nobility

5e:Outlander Outlander Outlander

Athletics

Survival

One type of musical instrument.

One of your choice

Origin

Wanderer

You have lived outside civilization

5e:Pirate Background Pirate Pirate Background

Athletics

Perception

Navigator’s Tools

Vehicles (water)

Bad Reputation

You have served aboard a pirate ship

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.

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

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

5e:Rakdos Cultist Rakdos Cultist Rakdos Cultist

Acrobatics

Performance

Choose either Abyssal or Giant

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

a tinderbox

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.

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.

5e:Sage Sage Sage

Arcana

History

Two of your choice

Specialty

Reseacher

You have studied lore.

5e:Sailor Sailor Sailor

Athletics

Perception

Navigator’s Tools

Vehicles (water)

Ship's Passage

You have earned a living onboard a ship

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.

5e:Soldier Soldier Soldier

Athletics

Intimidation

One type of gaming set

vehicles (land).

Specialty

Military Rank

Enlisted Soldier

5e:Spy Background Spy Spy Background

Deception

Stealth

One type of Gaming Set

Thieves' Tools

Criminal Specialty

Criminal Contact

Infiltrator, private investigator, spy

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

musical instrument

and thieves' tools

Ear to the Ground

Bounty Hunter of cities and towns

5e:Urchin Urchin Urchin

Sleight of Hand

Stealth

Disguise Kit

thieves' tools

City Secrets

You grew up on the streets

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

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

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)

and a pouch containing 8 sp

Carnival Companion

Carnival Fixture

You have been a part of the Witchlight Carnival

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.

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