(Note: This background fits better in campaigns where machines and magic coexist)

The hammer has found it's way into the ethereal, in the dawn of an advanced civilization, some blacksmiths began to perceive interest in the art of the arcane, searching knowledge of it and blend both minerals and magic properties into their forges.
You are one of the first apprentices of this new school of smithing, the limitations of the steel are now unknown, and you are willing to master the technique. Your future shall be bright becoming a contemporany bastion of the forge, putting an end to the barrier that divides magical knowledge and steel force. Or will you succumb to the temptation of such a powerful technique and hide your advances from the rest, waiting for the moment to shock the world with unexpected forces. Or perhaps you seek to control the means of production, empowering your own instruments over your competition, advertising your creations for profit?

Years of study and natural talent granted you the strenght to fulfill your goal, the result lays in your ability with the hammer.

Skill Proficiencies: Arcana, Chose between Investigation or Insight

Tool Proficiencies: Smith's Tools and 1 Artisan's Tool of your choice

Languages: Chose one between Dwarvish or Elvish

Equipment: Explorer´s Pack or an Arcane Medallion that acts as an magic enhacer (can be used for Spellcasting Focus) worth 5gp that loses it's powers when removed from the user
An Artisan's Tool of your choice
Components Pouch

Suggested Characteristics

The tools are on the table, the knowledge is prepared, your ambitions are on the run. Your personality determines how your goal may differ and what you search in your adventure.

d6	Personality Trait
1	I want to become a master of the arcane smithing
2	I want to become wealthy out of my creations
3	I want to help the world with my inventions
4	I want to use my inventions to gain superiority over my enemies
5	I want to empower my city and companions with my inventions
6	The possibilities of fusing both magic and materials are limitless... it's so exciting!

d6	Ideal
1	(Lawful) My abilities will help society progress and become more efficient
2	(Evil) Possess the yet unkwown power to dominate the weak
3	(Chaotic) Experimentation is so fun, so many possibilities
4	(Good) My creations will aid people making their lives simpler and easier
5	(Neutral) If I'm spending my resources, I should get a compensation for them
6	(Any) Experience makes me wiser and stronger

d6	Bond
1	I'll be remembered in history, generations after generations will be grateful of my work
2	If i can't succeed my goal, i'll make sure no one else will
3	If i can't succeed my goal, i'll train people interested in it
4	Enhace mortal properties to strong machinery, life will never be the same
5	Such technology may change the world as we know, is the future as near as we believe?
6	Destroying the barrier that divides us could form peace between cultures

d6	Flaw
1	I might not be strong enough to succeed, i'm doubting of my capabilities
2	If my inventions fall in the wrong hands, this could potentially cause a disaster
3	As i become more focused on my creations, am i becoming a creation of myself?
4	Magic users could try to sabotage me, or something even worse
5	Is this the right thing to do? Am i interfering with the course of nature?
6	There could be someone else more skilled than me, who could try achieve a different goal than mine