Raised in the harsh dry winds surrounded by your semi-nomadic Clan for company you began your training as a young warrior early. Your day was strictly regimented every minute of every day. You were trained on weapons, helped pack and move camps, searched the local regions for danger or supplies, and did whatever else your Father or his Clan's men told you to do. Luckily, their requests are rarely more than you can handle as they are as logical as they are sometimes cold.
- Skill Proficiencies: Survival & Choose 1: Athletics, Stealth, Animal Handling
- Tool Proficiencies: Artisan's Tools (Stick & Poke Tattoo), Vehicle (Land)
- Equipment: set of common clothes, a token to remember your parent(s)/Clan, whetstone, tattoo supplies (5lbs), and a pouch containing 10 gp
Feature: Extended Family
If you are traveling alone or find yourself ill, injured, in need, or in trouble other Hobs or Half-Hobs will take you in and protect you no questions asked. You are treated as a cousin to the family and they will share what little they may have with you unless their Clan is actively at war with your Father's Clan or you bear the mark of the Ill-fated One.
Suggested Characteristics
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Personality Trait |
1
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Brother in Arms: I will stand by those I serve with as I would my Clan brother. To protect, to recover, and to aid.
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2
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Hedonist: Life should be about enjoyment and freedom. I want to try everything, do everything, and feel everything to excess. To hell with self-control and order.
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3
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Strong, Silent Type: I prefer to speak in grunts and short meaningful sentences. I have an intimating manner that even makes some of my own kind nervous. I’m not a bad person, just introspective.
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4
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Sunlord in the Making: I will fight anyone if it means I can prove I am faster, stronger, harder, or more stubborn. Everyone should submit to me.
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5
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Tactician: I would have made an amazing Blaze if they had let me because I am constantly planning 10 moves ahead, not just for me but for my party as well.
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6
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Respectful: I hold my tongue and bow my head to those in positions of authority higher than my own. I also believe in honoring those with greater experience, for you never know what they may teach you if you listen.
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7
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Non-Combatant: While I was given basic training, fighting has never been my strength. I was born to work with my hands in a trade, merchant, or find other meaning in life. While it gives less honor it is also necessary to keep things running.
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8
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Art Lover: I like to take time to see the beauty of the world when I can. Cooking also builds army morale. Painting teaches you to see the terrain more clearly. Sculpting builds your upper body strength. No skill is wasted, only a love of life increases.
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d6 |
Ideal |
1
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Survivalist: There is nothing I can not overcome. The desert has shaped me to be more cunning and hardier. (Neutral)
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2
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Power: I have trained myself from dawn until dusk in the shifting sands to be unrelenting in the face of all odds. (Neutral)
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3
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Freedom: I don’t need someone to tell me how to spend my day. (Chaotic)
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4
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Army: I am a single grain of sand within the sandstorm. (Lawful)
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5
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Proud: I am not ashamed of my heritage. I come from a race of honorable people. (Lawful)
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6
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Not the Enemy: I just want to make those around me see that I am not their enemy. Once you get past the claws and fangs, I’m a ride-or-die friend. (Good)
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d6 |
Bond |
1
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My human parent died. It is my duty to return a token of my parent’s belonging to their family.
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2
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I have the ability to walk where my Clan cannot and gather information for the coming war.
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3
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I am tired of all my accomplishments being credited to another, when I accomplish something, I should be the one to earn the renown.
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4
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I want to see more of the world and enjoy the richness of life outside of where I grew up.
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5
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I must seek out stronger foes to prove myself against or I will become complacent in my skills.
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6
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My human parent was a prisoner of war, even if that’s not how they see themselves, and I will fight against Hob-kind to prevent more of my kind from being born as slaves.
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d6 |
Flaw |
1
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When no one is looking I steal and horde food and supplies that I might need later.
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2
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Even when I am trying to be kind, I end up being intimidating.
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3
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I follow the letter of the law over the spirit of the law, this includes from my own personal code of conduct.
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4
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When there is a lack of leadership due to others’ weakness or spinelessness, I take it upon myself to correct the problem by becoming a leader.
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5
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My day must be strictly structured. I do not handle unplanned changes well and become belligerent or moody until I’ve rested and re-planned.
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6
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I do everything I consider worth doing to excess without a voice of authority telling me when to stop.
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Please note that this race is designed for a Homebrew world so the places or facts mentioned may not match DnD lore.
There is also a connected Racial Page for this Background: Half-Hob
If you like this background please check out my other homebrew background(s):
V'lirn: Forest Born