Military has been your life for as long as you care to remember. You trained as a youth, studied the use of weapons and armor, learned basic survival techniques, including how to stay alive on the battlefield and covert operations. You are apart of the Blackfoot Military either stationed in Fort Blackfoot or a city as an assassin/scout.
When you choose this background, you have either grown up in a military family, recruited into the military or apart of the family.
- Skill Proficiencies: Acrobatics, Stealth
- Tool Proficiencies: One type of gaming set, thieves tools
- Languages: Blackfoot Sign Language. Trough training you can talk via sign language to other Blackfoot Clan members.
- Equipment: An insignia of rank, a Blackfoot Access Card (shows identification Name, Rank, Serial Number) and allows access to Fort Blackfoot/Blackfoot safehouses, a set of bone dice or deck of cards, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 10 gp
During your time as a soldier, you had a specific role to play in your unit or army. Roll a d8 or choose from the options in the table below to determine your role:
| d8 | Specialty |
|---|---|
| 1 | Officer |
| 2 | Scout |
| 3 | Infantry |
| 4 | Assassin |
| 5 | Healer |
| 6 | Recruiter |
| 7 | Support staff / Quartermaster (cook, blacksmith, or the like) |
| 8 | The Family |
You have a military rank from your career as a Blackfoot soldier. You have access to information from contacts in you various safehouses in the major cities. You can use your contacts for intel gathering, and you can use your rank/standing in the organization to acquire standard equipment and various magical supplies (DM discretion).
Suggested Characteristics
The horrors of war combined with the rigid discipline of military service leave their mark on all soldiers, shaping their ideals, creating strong bonds, and often leaving them scarred and vulnerable to fear, shame, and hatred.
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | I’m always polite and respectful. |
| 2 | I’m haunted by memories of war. I can’t get the images of violence out of my mind. |
| 3 | I’ve lost too many friends, and I’m slow to make new ones. |
| 4 | I’m full of inspiring and cautionary tales from my military experience relevant to almost every combat situation. |
| 5 | I can stare down a hell hound without flinching. |
| 6 | I enjoy being strong and like breaking things. |
| 7 | I have a crude sense of humor. |
| 8 | I face problems head-on. A simple, direct solution is the best path to success. |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Greater Good. Our lot is to lay down our lives in defense of others. (Good) |
| 2 | Responsibility. I do what I must and obey just authority. (Lawful) |
| 3 | Independence. When people follow orders blindly, they embrace a kind of tyranny. (Chaotic) |
| 4 | Might. In life as in war, the stronger force wins. (Evil) |
| 5 | Live and Let Live. Ideals aren’t worth killing over or going to war for. (Neutral) |
| 6 | Nation. My city, nation, or people are all that matter. (Any) |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | I would still lay down my life for the people I served with. |
| 2 | Someone saved my life on the battlefield. To this day, I will never leave a friend behind. |
| 3 | My honor is my life. |
| 4 | I’ll never forget the crushing defeat my company suffered or the enemies who dealt it. |
| 5 | Those who fight beside me are those worth dying for. |
| 6 | I fight for those who cannot fight for themselves. |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | The monstrous enemy we faced in battle still leaves me quivering with fear. |
| 2 | I have little respect for anyone who is not a proven warrior. |
| 3 | I made a terrible mistake in battle that cost many lives—and I would do anything to keep that mistake secret. |
| 4 | My hatred of my enemies is blind and unreasoning. |
| 5 | I obey the law, even if the law causes misery. |
| 6 | I’d rather eat my armor than admit when I’m wrong. |
Contacts
You know people who know people. You have access to contacts from various safe houses and blackfoots disguised as beggar children.
| d1 | Contact |
|---|---|
| 1 | You know people who know people, you have contact from various safe houses and scouts disguised as beggar children. |
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