Moradin Forgeheart Initiate

You have spent your life in the service of the Dwarf Father, Moradin and his dogma of creation. The Stout Folk are well known for their artisanship and the worth of their handiworks, and none are better trained in this art than the Moradin Forgeheart Initiate. For years you have studied, prayed, and labored under the tutelage of a dwarf High Crafter. Mastering religious tenants, the nuances of your chosen crafts, and honing your faith and resolve. You act as a bridge and liaison between your people and the divine inspiration granted to them by their creator. Relaying the holy edicts of the mighty Moradin Foehammer to his devoted as well as his wrath upon the enemies of the stout folk.

You are a dwarf and one of Moradin’s favored children. One of the most highly respected peoples of your clan. Work with your DM to determine where you fit into Moradin's Church hierarchy, and the roles you took during your formative apprenticeship.

Skill Proficiencies: Religion, Medicine, Athletics, History

Tool Proficiencies: Two types of artisan’s tools

Languages: Two of your choice

Equipment: Two sets of artisan’s tools with which you are proficient, a maker’s mark chisel used to mark your handiwork with the symbol of the Moradin Forgeheart Initiate's Order from who you learned your skills, a holy symbol (a gift to you when you entered the priesthood), a prayer book or prayer wheel, 5 sticks of incense, vestments, two sets of two sets of traveler’s clothes, and a pouch containing 15 gp and a gem worth 20 gp

Suggested Characteristics

Use the tables for the Moradin Forgeheart Initiate background below as the basis for your traits and motivations.

Your bond is almost certainly related to the High Crafter of your order or the clan that taught you, to the work that you produce, or else the tenants of your deep rooted faith. Your ideal might have to do with maintaining the high quality of your work or preserving the dwarven traditions of craftsmanship.

d8	Personality Trait
1	I'm full of witty aphorisms and have a proverb for every occasion.
2	I believe that anything worth doing is worth doing right. I can’t help it—I’m a perfectionist.
3	I see omens in every event and action. The gods try to speak to us, we just need to listen.
4	I always want to know how things work and what makes people tick.
5	I’m rude to people who lack my commitment to hard work, faith, and fair play.
6	I am tolerant (or intolerant) of other faiths and respect (or condemn) the worship of other gods.
7	I’m well known for my work, and I want to make sure everyone appreciates it. I’m always taken aback when people haven’t heard of me.
8	I’ve spent so long in the temple forge that I have little practical experience dealing with people in the outside world.

d6	Ideal
1	Tradition. The ancient traditions of worship and hard work must be preserved and upheld. (Lawful)
2	Aspiration. I work hard to be the best there is at my craft. (Any)
3	Generosity. My talents and gifts were given to me by the Dwarf Father so that I could use them to benefit the world. (Good)
4	Faith. I trust that Moradin will guide my actions. I have faith that if I work hard, things will go well. (Lawful)
5	Community. It is the duty of all civilized people to strengthen the bonds of community and the security of civilization. (Lawful)
6	Power. I hope to one day rise to the top of my faith’s religious hierarchy. (Lawful)

d6	Bond
1	The temple and forge where I learned my trade and beliefes is the most important place in the world to me.
2	I would die to recover an ancient relic of my faith that was lost long ago.
3	I created a great work for someone, and then found them unworthy to receive it. I’m still looking for someone worthy.
4	I owe my life to the priest who took me in when my parents died.
5	I will do anything to protect the temple of Moradin and the people I care about.
6	One day I will return to my home temple forge and prove that I am the greatest artisan of them all.

d6	Flaw
1	I judge others harshly, and myself even more severely.
2	I’m horribly jealous of anyone who can outshine my handiwork. Everywhere I go, I’m surrounded by rivals.
3	I put too much trust in those who wield power within my temple’s hierarchy.
4	I am inflexible in my thinking and beliefes.
5	I'm never satisfied with what I have― I always want more.
6	Once I pick a goal, I become obsessed with it to the detriment of everything else in my life.