Witcher - Guild of the Dragon - Backgrounds - Homebrew

As an orphan, you have spent your childhood and youth in the service of a Guild, trained to become skilled in killing monsters, proficient arcane wielder, and equally professional hunter. The Guild of the Dragon's training peaks with the Trial of Taming, in which the whole Guild attempts to capture and tame a Dragon to better understand their nature. Very few trainees survive this stage of the training and those who do become members and are awarded magically imbued medallions as an insignia of the Guild.

You act as a specialist for hire, lending a hand for anyone who requires the expertise in solving unusual problems. You are neither a soldier nor a scholar but you benefit from expertise in both combat and knowledge of the arcane as well as nature.

When you choose this background, work with your DM to establish the possible limitations of the medallion, the extent of the content of the bestiary book, the knowledge of the world, and the lands you traveled to before.

Skill Proficiencies: Arcana and one of the following: Athletics, Acrobatics, Nature or Perception
Tool Proficiencies: Herbalism Kit
Languages: Elvish and Draconic.
Equipment: An Arcane Medalion (a gift to you having finished your guild training - see feature), a Witcher Guild Pack (longsword or rapier, 3 flasks of oil, 3 vials of basic poison, an incomplete book with broad information about monsters, a trophy head on a hook), vestments, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 10 gp.

Feature: Professional Monster Hunter Extraordinaire

To be Feared and Respected

You are a monster specialist for hire, you deal with unusual problems that require either expertise or combat experience to resolve.

Due to years of training, combat and always being on the road, the apparel of a witcher often bears marks of grievous wounds or bodily mutations that enhance their abilities. These aspects make them seen as freaks. Adding into consideration the nature of their trade, most of the time people avoid having contact with them but also respect them out of fear. Despite the negative views people never fail to seek their help especially since they deal with problems no one else knows how or wants to. Blacksmiths knowing their needs, sometimes offer to trade with them items that are out of the ordinary.

Being a skillful weapon master and keenly focused arcane caster alongside the experience of years of fighting monsters, you are the necessary solution the world needs and fear for their most terrifying problems.

The Amulet of the Dragon Guild

A silver amulet in the shape of a dragon's head with ruby eyes. The amulet hums and its eyes glow when in proximity (10ft) from a magical place or item.

Suggested Characteristics

Witchers are shaped by their experience within the Guild and first-hand combat around the world. Their study of the arcane, and the misuse of magic, as well as the Naural Order, affect their mannerisms and ideals. Their flaws are usually related to their time spent away from civilization, or an ideal or bond taken to an extreme.

d8	Personality Trait
1	I have spent too much time away from society that I rarely speak, preferring gestures and the occasional grunts.
2	I always keep my composure when fights ensue, no matter how powerful is the adversary.
3	The common folk fear or feel intimidated by my presence. Twisted tall tales about my kind brought a bad reputation about my Guild.
4	I spent a lot of time traveling and I cannot stay for too long in one place.
5	In the process of our training our kin becomes infertile, it is a burden and I have no hopes or intention to build a family.
6	I am tolerant (or intolerant) of others' reasoning or intention and respect (or condemn) their actions.
7	I feel more like myself in nature, on the road and fighting rather than being trapped in cities between walls.
8	I face problems with preparation. I always seek knowledge to better understand situations before acting to resolve.

d6	Ideal
1	Responsibility. It is my duty to preserve balance in the world. (Lawful)
2	Greater Good. My Guild stand is to lay down our lives in defense of the helpless. (Good)
3	Adaptability. When the problems are not simple one must make use of any necessary means to resolve. (Chaotic)
4	Natural Order. There is a purpose and order in everything, sometimes it is best not to interfere. (Neutral)
5	Live and Let Live. Ideals aren’t worth killing over or going to war for. (Neutral)
6	Reputation. I seek to prove myself worthy of my Guild and change the negative conceptions the world has about it (Any)

d6	Bond
1	My Guild is the most important thing in my life, even when they are far from me.
2	I will always come to aid those in need who cannot help themselves.
3	I will bring terrible wrath down on the evildoers who use power or magic for the wrong purpose.
4	I am one of the few left of my Guild, and it is up to me to ensure their names enter legend.
5	I suffer awful visions of a coming disaster and will do anything to prevent it.
6	I seek to find special and magical weapons that would prey on the weaknesses of my enemies.

d6	Flaw
1	I am lustful and have a compelling habit of flirting with both attractive females and males of any race.
2	I put too much value in my trade and have a tendency to haggle every contract or request to gain coin or rewards.
3	I am cynical and lack faith in humanity. My views on the world are often nihilistic.
4	I have difficulties in handling and expressing feelings, when I get too close to someone I sometimes try to shut them down.
5	I hide behind a "code" (of trying not to get involved in matters that doesn't concern me) in order to avoid conflicts I don't know how to solve.
6	When situations conflict my morality I am ill mannered and I have a tendency to antagonize my adversaries.

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