Your formative years were spent as an exile, banished from society or driven into the punishing wild. Having survived against the unforgiving laws of nature and constant peril, you possess an unparalleled degree of self-reliance and distrust. You know that weakness invites destruction, and you view the soft comforts and ineffective laws of civilization with deep contempt.

Ability Scores: ​"Your scores reflect the harsh reality of life in the raw wilderness. Only those with deep Wisdom to read the terrain and incredible Constitution to endure the unrelenting mountain solitude can survive a forced exile."

Feat: ​"This background does not grant an additional Feat. All proficiencies and features are granted through the 'Exiled Survivor' background feature."

 

Skill Proficiencies:  

​Survival:  Necessary for tracking, hunting, finding the path, and avoiding getting lost in the harsh mountains.

​Athletics: Needed for climbing, wrestling, moving her heavy armor, and enduring long treks.

 

Tool Proficiencies: Herbalism Kit

You can use this kit to turn foraging finds into potent (or toxic) compounds for herself and the party.

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Languages:  Sylvan

This is the language of Fey and many powerful, ancient nature spirits. It fits her connection to the Elder Forest and her current role as a voice for the dark, chaotic wild.

Equipment: A Hunter's Trap (equivalent of a Set of Manacles or a Hunting Trap), necessary for surviving and protecting the camp.

​A traveler's cloak made of rough, dark hide (this is the base for a heavy hooded mantle).

​An Herbalism Kit (matching  tool proficiency).

​A pouch containing 10 gp (to start a life outside of the mountains).