Are you a child? Are you an adult? A human? An awakened beast? It doesn't matter! You're a guard now! You were surprise adopted by guards of some kind! Who are they? Guards! What are they? Family! You're one of them now too, for better or for worse.
- Skill Proficiencies: Intimidation and Perception
- Tool Proficiencies: Proficient in shields, medium armor, and martial weapons.
- Languages: One language of your choice, someone someguard somewhere knows it so you do too!
- Equipment: You start with the following equipment, in addition to the equipment granted by your background:
(a) chain mail or (b) leather, hand crossbow, and 20 bolts
(a) a martial weapon and a shield or (b) two martial weapons
(a) a light crossbow and 20 bolts or (b) a club and a dagger
(a) dungeoneer's pack or (b) explorer's pack
Starting at 1st level, your hard life before being adopted has strengthened your resolve. Your time as a guard has only honed this thug like mentality. You gain the following benefits:
Thick Skin
Whenever you take damage from an attack, you can use a reaction to reduce the damage by 1d6.
Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a short or a long rest.
Fight Back
When you make an attack with unarmed strikes or simple bludgeoning weapons, you roll a d12, if the normal damage for that weapon is lower. In addition, you can use either Strength or Constitution for those attacks.
Suggested Characteristics
| d6 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | Stiff upper lip type, stoic and hard to shock |
| 2 | Super friendly, like aggressively friendly |
| 3 | Loyal and kind hearted |
| 4 | Steady and hard working |
| 5 | Helpful and generous |
| 6 | Easily amused |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | JUSTICE |
| 2 | Equality or Equity among the people |
| 3 | Peace for the common people |
| 4 | A world free of crime and cruelty |
| 5 | Comradery, Loyalty, and Bravery are all you need to be a family |
| 6 | Adoption is a viable way to accumulate many children that you cherish and love equally |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | Your current or previous family of guards |
| 2 | The people or place or thing you guard |
| 3 | One or several guards you were particularly close with, especially within your age group |
| 4 | A person or thing you once guarded but failed, and now seek to right the wrong you allowed to happen |
| 5 | Someone from your life before being surprise adopted, especially someone your guard family disapproves of |
| 6 | A figure of power or wealth that you once saved their life during a bold adventure, and now are as close as childhood friends |
| d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | Distrustful of those outside of your community, you have a deep respect and/or loyalty to those in your adoptive family's field. |
| 2 | You assume criminals are guilty until proven otherwise |
| 3 | You assume the worst of criminals and mischief makers |
| 4 | You crave stability above justice |
| 5 | You often are paranoid and distrustful of anyone outside of your chosen "group" of people |
| 6 | You often are paranoid and distrustful of anyone outside of your chosen "group" of people |
Contacts
In any town, if they have guards, you have advantage on charisma checks. You speak their sub cultural language and know their colloquial phrases. You also can seek lodgings only for yourself as long as you are not caught betraying them or their foresworn duties.
| d6 | Contact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Any and all guards will naturally trust you as you speak their language and social intricacies, you can seek shelter from them as long as you haven't betrayed them or the thing they guard |
| 2 | A rich benefactor whose life you once saved |
| 3 | Your guard buddies who may or may not know information about local guards |
| 4 | Your old family prior to the surprise guard adoption, does not grant any additional backgrounds |
| 5 | An old boss or commanding officer who has a soft spot for you |
| 6 | A religious organization that you once protected or rendered aid to |
| d6 | Non-contact |
|---|---|
| 1 | A rich or noble fling who is still obsessed with you but social status prevents the marriage of |
| 2 | Your prior family to being surprise adopted by guards |
| 3 | A religious organization you barred from something, one, or people you once guarded |
| 4 | A political or affluent figure who you barred from somewhere, one, or thing you guarded |
| 5 | A faction you barred from access to someone, thing, or place you once guarded |
| 6 | An ex guard you rightfully turned in for corruption who now has amassed a small amount of power or wealth |
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