Changeling warlock of a trickster god, thinks he's a cleric of the trickster god, goes around pretending to be a cleric of other gods.
Or, using the 2024 PHB rules, a human with the Origin Feat of Magic Initiate (Druid) and the background of Charlatan, plays as either an Archfey patron warlock or as an Great Old One warlock, with the idea to swindle rural folks out of their money.
August 19, 2025: I dropped the Charlatan / swindler idea because it was insufficiently heroic and I doubted my ability to pull it off.
A mind flayer artificer who was a gith and got transformed into a mind flayer. After learning magic they were banished, and eventually started adventuring. Also absolutely obsessed with learning everything about all cultures but hilariously failing. Only joined party to learn about various cultures but the only other members are a crazy goat and a human fighter with zero backstory and personality
Or, using the 2024 PHB rules, a human with the Origin Feat of Magic Initiate (Druid) and the background of Charlatan, plays as either an Archfey patron warlock or as an Great Old One warlock, with the idea to swindle rural folks out of their money.
August 19, 2025: I dropped the Charlatan / swindler idea because it was insufficiently heroic and I doubted my ability to pull it off.
A mind flayer artificer who was a gith and got transformed into a mind flayer. After learning magic they were banished, and eventually started adventuring. Also absolutely obsessed with learning everything about all cultures but hilariously failing. Only joined party to learn about various cultures but the only other members are a crazy goat and a human fighter with zero backstory and personality