You were once the familiar of a wizard or warlock but after your bond with them was severed either by their death or some other magical means you became independent from them.
- Skill Proficiencies: You gain 2 skills of your choice from intimidation, persuasion, stealth, deception, arcana, history
- Tool Proficiencies: You gain no tool proficiencies.
- Languages: You gain 2 languages of your choice.
- Equipment: You get a quill and a bottle of ink, an arcane focus or bag of spellcasting components, a trinket from your former master and pouch containing 15gp
You were once a familiar but something happened to free you chose what that event was or roll on the table below.
d4 severance event
- Your wizard or warlock died
- Your bond was severed via powerful magic
- Your wizard or warlock released you
- You were given to another wizard or warlock to be their new familiar
Since you where once a familiar magic is an innate part of as part of choosing this background pick 1 cantrip and 1 first level spell from the wizard and warlock spell lists. These spells don’t count against your known spells and you can cast them without using a spell slot once per short rest. At higher levels you can pick 1 third level spell from the warlock or wizard spell list once you reach level 5.
Suggested Characteristics
For suggested characteristics choose from or roll on the quandrix student table in strixhaven curriculum of chaos or the sage table in the PHB
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