You are a person or creature who after becoming an adventurer, never went back to a civilization or a town. Instead you lived off the land and fed from the flesh of animals, you mainly have learnt how to move around in those areas or terrains (Mainly a Ranger Class Background) and have been able to adopt, train, and hunt creatures.
- Skill Proficiencies: Choose two from among Stealth, Investigation, Acrobatics, or Survival
- Tool Proficiencies: Choose two from among [tool]Alchemist's Kit[/tool], [tool]Brewer's Kit[/tool], [tool]Cartographer's Kit[/tool], or [tool]Herbalism Kit[/tool]
- Languages: Choose one exotic language (Abyssal, Celestial, Deep Speech, Draconic, Infernal, Primordial, Sylvan, or Undercommon)
- Equipment: A monster hunter’s pack, a set of common clothes, and one trinket of special significance (choose one or roll on the Trinkets table after this background).
Wild Living
Prior to you staying away from natural civilization, you only go to one to sell items like Pelts or Meat. You are known by some vendor's but you don't have enough want to even learn their names. You just have the want to hunt, live free with animals and a quiet life.
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Wild Living |
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A monster that slaughtered dozens of innocent people spared your life, and you don’t know why.
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2
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You were born in the wilds, left to live on your own, with only your instincts to survive.
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3
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A monster gave you a wound that you see everyday, and you want to pay it back for it's mark on you.
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4
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A monster or beast took your sibling one cold, dark night, and you were unable to stop it.
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5
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You were cursed with lycanthropy and had killed your town and family, and live in the forest to never allow that form to take over again.
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6
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You always felt that your calling is to the trees and the wilds. Where the beasts lie low.
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7
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You lost your memories while traversing the woods and now are searching for your purpose in life.
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8
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You did terrible things to avenge the murder of someone you loved. You became a monster, and left the place you and your beloved once called home.
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Feature: Nature Master
When in trees and bushes with covering (from leaves) you are completely covered and require an investigation or perception check to figure out where you are, but it has to be as high as DC 13.
Suggested Characteristics
You have learned how to survive of the land and hunt. You learned how to search for, forage, and grow things like plants.
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Personality Trait |
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I don’t run from the hunt. It thrills me.
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2
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I memorize the movements and traits of any animal or creature that I have never seen before to learn how to hunt them down.
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3
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I don't believe in the will of protecting animals, the circle of life shall reach them one way or another.
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4
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I search for great pelts and meat.
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5
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I always feel free to tell others about how to hunt. It's fun to have successors.
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6
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I expect danger around every corner.
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7
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I keep a piece of a great beast that I slayed, and will never part with it.
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8
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I don't believe in God's other than the ones I've met face to face.
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Ideal |
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I try to help any animal I see with a wound, that I did not harm myself. (Good)
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2
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I’ll hunt down the beast that wounded me or die trying. (Any)
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3
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I kill monsters to make the world a safer place. (Good)
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4
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I do not care for the laws, what have they done to help me. (Chaotic)
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5
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I like to know my enemy’s capabilities and weaknesses before rushing into battle. (Lawful)
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6
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I’m a monster that destroys other monsters, and anything else that gets in my way. (Evil)
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Bond |
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1
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I keep a booklet of every creature I've faced, marking them down.
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2
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I would sacrifice my life and my soul for the hunt.
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3
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I trained and raised a beast that was injured when young, and yearn to find it again.
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4
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I hope to one day find a rare creature that has escaped me once before.
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5
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I have a feral nature that doesn't let me fit in with civilization.
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6
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A person I was training died that I could've saved, it haunts me to this day. I will kill the monster.
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Flaw |
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1
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I have certain things I must do everytime I enter a new terrain. Breaking it will throw me off.
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2
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I assume the worst in people.
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3
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People who torment animals are the worst, they have no respect for the wilds.
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4
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I'm easily distracted by the sounds of nature.
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5
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I am a guardian to the weak animals of the wilds, but it's easily been my downfall.
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6
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I always try to cover my tracks, which annoys the people who I work with.
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