You have a poor background , living either on the streets or a shared apartment area with no actual walls inside , just curtains , but you had to spend a lot of your time in the dumps. You had no or very little money and had to do what it took to survive the harsh streets. But one day , your life changed dramatically. That day , you found or stole a musical instrument , playbook or music sheet and discovered your talent in the musical world , teaching your self how to use or play that musical piece. You don’t perform in special places like a nobel’s court , but in parks , on the streets and the occasional inn - nothing fancy and only a few steps after begging but it usually gets you enough coin to live modestly for ten days ( if you lived in a poor shared house , your lifestyle is Poor ) .
Thanks to running at first on the streets , you know everything about where you grew up and the best places that make you the most money from you “job”. You also know when it’s busiest , the fastest route their , and if you get into trouble with the law , how to hide and make them forget about your offence .
Sometimes when your performing , you might have an assistant who discreetly pickpockets your charmed crowd or a ask a member of the audience to help you with a trick which leaves their money bags lighter than when they arrived… Either pickpocketing or honest performing has given you a better life than at first and taught you either respect or bravery - or both .
But what drew you away from your profit of the streets? Did a bard see promise in you and take you to their college to master performing and teach you little magic? Or did a failed performance make your audience turn their backs on you?
- Skill Proficiencies: Performance and Sleight of Hand
- Tool Proficiencies: Two musical instruments of your choice and thieves’ tools
- Equipment: A small knife , a map of the city you grew up in , two musical instruments or a playbook / songbook , a set of common clothes , a token to remember your family and a pouch containing 10 gp
You excel at a single act - one thing you grew up doing. Choose or roll from the table below.
| d6 | Excelling Act |
|---|---|
| 1 | Actor |
| 2 | Dancer |
| 3 | Instrumentalist |
| 4 | Poet |
| 5 | Singer |
| 6 | Storyteller |
You know the secret patterns and flow to cities and can find secret routes and passages in the urban sprawl that others would miss. When you aren’t in combat , you and any companions you are leading can travel between any two locations in the city twice as fast as you could normally go.
Suggested Characteristics
Use the Urchin Background’s Characteristics. You can mix them with the Entertainer Background ones if you wish.
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