You have been in the service of some more powerful being for most of your life. This may be something like a wizard, dragon, or chieftan. Whether or not you are still in service to this particular master, you learned how to survive the rigors of serving a superior being.
- Skill Proficiencies: Insight, and one of the following: Performance, Persuasion, Medicine
- Tool Proficiencies: One type of artisan's tools.
- Languages: One language of your choice.
- Equipment: A set of artisan's tools. Commoners clothes. A ring or other token to prove your representation of the master.
The powerful master that you served greatly influenced your life before or during your time as an adventurer. You should decide what type of master you served and in what role.
| d6 | We Live For The Overlord / Dungeon |
|---|---|
| 1 | Translator/Scribe of a Master |
| 2 | Assistant for a wizard, performing alchemy or other specialized tasks. |
| 3 | Servant for a lord or overlord, cooking, cleaning, bootlicking. |
| 4 | Jester to entertain a ruler. |
| 5 | Creature of a Long Emptied Dungeon |
| 6 | I was Removed from Service of a Dungeon/Master due to skill or incompetence. |
When a more powerful creature would exact some negative consequence from you for some failure on your part, you may grovel before the creature to lessen your penalty, though the creature will treat you with less respect in the future.
Suggested Characteristics
Here are some suggested ideas for this background:
| d4 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I talk too much and master/other minions always have to tell me to shut up. |
| 2 | I try to keep a low profile to avoid unpleasantness. |
| 3 | Even if I fail I'll keep trying. |
| 4 | I work hard in the hopes to get a way out. |
| d4 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | What the master doesn't know won't hurt him. |
| 2 | Loyalty will be rewarded in the end. |
| 3 | Fear is what keeps the weak in line. |
| 4 | Someday I'll be free and stand up for myself. |
| d4 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | I will do anything to fulfill my masters wishes. |
| 2 | I failed my master don't want to make the same mistake again. |
| 3 | I've had more than one master, and they all met untimely ends. I must be bad luck. |
| 4 | My master is the only one who keeps me safe. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I get the details of my tasks messed up. |
| 2 | I'm clumsy and break stuff while I work. |
| 3 | I am disrespectful of authority, right up until I get threatened. |
| 4 | I hate when people laugh at me. |
| 5 | Sometimes I bite people. I can't help it. |
| 6 | I'm always ready to blindly follow the newest most powerful master in the room. |
Contacts
Sometimes you've left a dungeon on bad terms or because it was destroyed. However sometimes you'll have an old master who still tolerates you, or old dungeon residents are still around happy to have you return when you can.
| d4 | Contact |
|---|---|
| 1 | No Contacts (Previously Deceased) |
| 2 | No Contacts (You Were Kicked Out) |
| 3 | A Previous Master |
| 4 | A Previous Dungeon's Resident |
You were born as the creature of a Dungeon's birth. As such you and all the creatures of the dungeon were magically tied together and to the core. When you left the dungeon (or were taken from it) that connection was severed. While this cut you off from your dungeon of birth you now have the ability to connect while within other dungeons.
You've been magically connected to dungeons your a part of. Because of this your are very skilled at navigating in dungeons and understanding their layouts. While in a dungeon you gain advantage on skill checks for Survival and Investigation.
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