it says "Already the people of your home village regard you as their champion," but my characters backstory does not really have him being the hero of his home town,and l dont want to mess with the backstory too much,ie adding some superficial/forced in thing to make this work,so would it be possable to make it so,rather then be the folk hero of the home town,l can be the folk hero of some other town where after l get kicked out of my home village,l go to some other village and clear a goblin problem,and become their hero? like what defines a folk hero anyways?
(wikipidia says:A folk hero or national hero is a type of hero – real, fictional or mythological – with their name, personality and deeds embedded in the popular consciousness of a people, mentioned frequently in folk songs, folk tales and other folklore; and with modern trope status in literature, art and films Although some folk heroes are historical public figures, many are not. The lives of folk heroes are generally fictional, their characteristics and deeds often exaggerated to mythic proportions.)
well other then the songs and stuff,my gold dragonborn sorcerer who was raised in a orphanage and found out they were a sorcerer by making a minor illusion dragon and was somewhat feared in his home town,so other then being sung about and being considered a "hero", l think that the people of the village would talk about him even after leaving and they might have some myths about him (though they would likely be negative) so going to another town and becoming their hero would likely be necessary
all this said,could this background (folk hero) be possable/work,or should l chose something else. (i thought of haunted one,but that does not really fit,l am not a soldier,or religious,so none of the base backgrounds work for me,and l want to avoid the custom background,though l will lf necessary)
Background descriptions are more suggestions than hard-and-fast rules. As long as the proficiencies and abilities granted by the background still make sense for your character then it's all good.
Also, maybe he was shunned in his home village, left in disgrace, and suddenly the problems he held at bay are now loose. So they look back with fondness for him, and he doesn't even know.
The vast majority of situations like that in D&D can be compared to “The Pirates’ Code” in the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie. “They’re more of a guideline.”
There’s a fairly large chunk of the DMG devoted to crafting custom backgrounds for characters. The default pre-built backgrounds are just for convenience. Just keep the “mechanical” benefits of the background and change the fluff as needed.
it says "Already the people of your home village regard you as their champion," but my characters backstory does not really have him being the hero of his home town,and l dont want to mess with the backstory too much,ie adding some superficial/forced in thing to make this work,so would it be possable to make it so,rather then be the folk hero of the home town,l can be the folk hero of some other town where after l get kicked out of my home village,l go to some other village and clear a goblin problem,and become their hero? like what defines a folk hero anyways?
(wikipidia says:A folk hero or national hero is a type of hero – real, fictional or mythological – with their name, personality and deeds embedded in the popular consciousness of a people, mentioned frequently in folk songs, folk tales and other folklore; and with modern trope status in literature, art and films Although some folk heroes are historical public figures, many are not. The lives of folk heroes are generally fictional, their characteristics and deeds often exaggerated to mythic proportions.)
well other then the songs and stuff,my gold dragonborn sorcerer who was raised in a orphanage and found out they were a sorcerer by making a minor illusion dragon and was somewhat feared in his home town,so other then being sung about and being considered a "hero", l think that the people of the village would talk about him even after leaving and they might have some myths about him (though they would likely be negative) so going to another town and becoming their hero would likely be necessary
all this said,could this background (folk hero) be possable/work,or should l chose something else. (i thought of haunted one,but that does not really fit,l am not a soldier,or religious,so none of the base backgrounds work for me,and l want to avoid the custom background,though l will lf necessary)
I think you're reading too much into it, home village could just mean 'where you live'. Go for it.
Background descriptions are more suggestions than hard-and-fast rules. As long as the proficiencies and abilities granted by the background still make sense for your character then it's all good.
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Also, maybe he was shunned in his home village, left in disgrace, and suddenly the problems he held at bay are now loose. So they look back with fondness for him, and he doesn't even know.
The vast majority of situations like that in D&D can be compared to “The Pirates’ Code” in the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie. “They’re more of a guideline.”
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There’s a fairly large chunk of the DMG devoted to crafting custom backgrounds for characters. The default pre-built backgrounds are just for convenience. Just keep the “mechanical” benefits of the background and change the fluff as needed.
If you want, you can make a “custom background” that uses the Folk Hero bonuses and then you can fill in any description you like.
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