The Abandoned are the ones who have had a good life, they were a Soldier, or maybe a Noble. But the Abandoned have given up their life, have wandered, have had a purpose, who are seeking something, most Abandoned just wanted to be free, to have a life of adventure. But some have been kicked out, their old life turned against them.
- Skill Proficiencies: Choose 3 from Acrobatics, Animal Handling, Athletics, Arcana, Perception, Investigation, Intimidation, Deception, Stealth, Survival, and Sleight of Hand.
- Tool Proficiencies: You are proficient in 2 different tools of your choice.
- Languages: You can understand, write, and speak Draconic, Dwarvish, and 1 more language of your choice.
- Equipment: You star out with
(A) An Explorer's Pack or (B) A Dungeoner's Pack
(A) A Short bow or (B) Any Simple Weapon
(A) 50 Silver Pieces
You can talk to a creature within a 50 ft. radius that you can see. The creature must roll a dc 13 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, you can talk to that creature. You don't have to share a language to communicate. On a successful saving throw, the creature is frightened. You can also manipulate objects under 20 pounds. You must make a dc 10 Dexterity saving throw. On a successful save, you can lift an object, open a chest or door, ect. On a failed save, you can't use this ability until the next dawn.
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Abandoned usually choose any Chaotic alignment.
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Posted Nov 24, 2021Ok setting aside the fact that you get about twice as many skills as any other background as well as much better starting gear than normal characters, the feature makes absolutely no sense. So while every other background gets stuff like "you can sleep in a barn for free", this one gets telepathy. But it's a weird kind of telepathy that has a dex save (...does the target dodge your telepathy like they're Matrix bullets?), and the target gets a negative effect if they *succeed* on the save?! Oh, and a bonus Mage Hand effect for free, and for some bizarre reason it requires a dex save too.
You've never actually played DnD, have you?
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Posted Oct 25, 2022I don't think that they ever have heard of what an Abandoned person is either.
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Posted Dec 15, 2022Can I just say how much I love "You can sleep in a barn for free"?
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Posted Dec 28, 2022"The Abandoned are the ones who have had a good life, they were a Soldier, or maybe a Noble. But the Abandoned have given up their life, have wandered, have had a purpose, who are seeking something, most Abandoned just wanted to be free, to have a life of adventure."
Okay. So the abandoned have had a good life, and were--in fact-- in like something big, BUT they ALSO have been wandering to find something. Not to mention, the abandoned wanted to be free? If you're abandoned, it usually sets you pretty free man.
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Posted Apr 6, 2023And also telepathy
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Posted Mar 8, 2024I find it very funny that a target has to attempt to physically dodge your telepathic messages; and even if it does, it's still frightened for an indeterminate amount of time
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Posted May 28, 2024They don't even say what they're frightened of, they're just scared
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Posted Feb 1, 2026-abandoned
-looks inside
-breaks every rule of creating a background
-what did I expect searching low rated homebrew?