You spent time learning to work with various wood, either native or imported, or perhaps a combination of both. You know which trees produce the best wood for different projects including buildings, furniture, tools, and other wood items.
- Skill Proficiencies: Athletics, Nature
- Tool Proficiencies: Carpenter's Tools
- Languages: One of your choice. Choose from a common clientele, a mentor, or supplier language.
Your experience working with various wood has given you an insight into the different properties. You notice the workmanship of carpenters and can learn from them.
You can add your proficiency bonus to any check used to recall information about carpentry and wood.
You can reduce the building time for woodworking projects by 1d4 hours for every 12 hours required by the project.
Suggested Characteristics
When choosing this background consider where you learned your trade. Was it a family business, a guild, or a single mentor?
| d1 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | Use the characteristics from the Guild Artisan background if needed. |
Contacts
A mentor or member of a guild where you learned your craft.
| d4 | Contact |
|---|---|
| 1 | A mentor or guild member from where you learned the trade. |
| 2 | A friendly rival in the town or city where you work. |
| 3 | Another person who works with wood, such as an Elven bowyer, an Orc tool smith, or a Gnome tinkerer. |
| 4 | A local lord or other influential person who has used your work and know you by its quality. |
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