Looking for some help building a custom background for a Fairytale Knight. I want to have an idea of the background before presenting it to the dm. I was using the Knight background as a springboard
Basically the character concept I have is that a 12-13 year old kid has grown up sickly hearing his older brothers talk about a yearly tournament where they all get to watch the knights compete but he has never been able to go. He one day wishes on a shooting star/magic man comes to town/i don’t know but he is changed into a grown man and a knight in shining armor.
This kid is essentially playing pretend so I want to swap in Performance proficiency. I want his presence in town to make people in awe of him, like there’s something about him that people can’t help but stop and stare. I don’t know what else to include though or remove in terms of proficiencies.
Hello, my humble suggestion would be to use the rustic hospitality feature from the folk hero background as a guide for your background feature! It states the following:
Since you come from the ranks of the common folk, you fit in among them with ease. You can find a place to hide, rest, or recuperate among other commoners, unless you have shown yourself to be a danger to them. They will shield you from the law or anyone else searching for you, though they will not risk their lives for you.
I would say they may not shield you from the law and instead offer small discounts on goods so they can bring others who are enamored by your character to their stores.
Also Performance is a good choice! I would suggest the other skill proficiency be persuasion, but there are a few things that could work well with the idea!
You could use a mashup of the Knight, Folk Hero, Charlatan, and Noble backgrounds, something kinda like this:
You may come from a humble social rank, but you are destined for so much more. You’re destined to be a Knight! So *POOF* now you’re a Knight. Here’s a fancy ring, and a scroll that says so.
Thanks to your (supposed) noble birth, people are inclined to think the best of you. You are welcome in high society, and people assume you have the right to be wherever you are. The common folk make every effort to accommodate you and avoid your displeasure, and other people of high birth treat you as a member of the same social sphere. You can secure an audience with a local noble if you need to.
Suggested Characteristics
Use the tables for the charlatan background below as the basis for your traits and motivations, modifying the entries when appropriate to suit your identity as a “Knight.”
That’s just as an example of what I was thinking after reading your post.
Looking for some help building a custom background for a Fairytale Knight. I want to have an idea of the background before presenting it to the dm. I was using the Knight background as a springboard
Basically the character concept I have is that a 12-13 year old kid has grown up sickly hearing his older brothers talk about a yearly tournament where they all get to watch the knights compete but he has never been able to go. He one day wishes on a shooting star/magic man comes to town/i don’t know but he is changed into a grown man and a knight in shining armor.
This kid is essentially playing pretend so I want to swap in Performance proficiency. I want his presence in town to make people in awe of him, like there’s something about him that people can’t help but stop and stare. I don’t know what else to include though or remove in terms of proficiencies.
He’s going to be a Fighter Knight. Thoughts?
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Hello, my humble suggestion would be to use the rustic hospitality feature from the folk hero background as a guide for your background feature! It states the following:
Since you come from the ranks of the common folk, you fit in among them with ease. You can find a place to hide, rest, or recuperate among other commoners, unless you have shown yourself to be a danger to them. They will shield you from the law or anyone else searching for you, though they will not risk their lives for you.
I would say they may not shield you from the law and instead offer small discounts on goods so they can bring others who are enamored by your character to their stores.
Also Performance is a good choice! I would suggest the other skill proficiency be persuasion, but there are a few things that could work well with the idea!
I hope this helps!
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You could use a mashup of the Knight, Folk Hero, Charlatan, and Noble backgrounds, something kinda like this:
You may come from a humble social rank, but you are destined for so much more. You’re destined to be a Knight! So *POOF* now you’re a Knight. Here’s a fancy ring, and a scroll that says so.
Thanks to your (supposed) noble birth, people are inclined to think the best of you. You are welcome in high society, and people assume you have the right to be wherever you are. The common folk make every effort to accommodate you and avoid your displeasure, and other people of high birth treat you as a member of the same social sphere. You can secure an audience with a local noble if you need to.
Suggested Characteristics
Use the tables for the charlatan background below as the basis for your traits and motivations, modifying the entries when appropriate to suit your identity as a “Knight.”
That’s just as an example of what I was thinking after reading your post.
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