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- Sources->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Backgrounds This section describes two backgrounds available to characters who participate in this adventure: feylost and Witchlight hand.
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- Sources->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Backgrounds The following background features explore origins suited to characters in horror adventures. Optional features and characteristics for characters of any background suggest how portentous
forces might influence anyone’s life. Additionally, the haunted one and investigator backgrounds provide options for characters shaped by or determined to reveal the mysteries surrounding them. Finally, a selection of horror trinkets provide characters options to carry their own personal terrors.
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- Sources->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Backgrounds When you make a character for a Dragonlance campaign, choose one of the backgrounds in this section or select a background from the Player’s Handbook or another source. This section
presents two new backgrounds for characters from the world of Krynn: the Knight of Solamnia and the Mage of High Sorcery.
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- Sources->Sage Advice Compendium
Backgrounds Can you have more than one background? No. You can have only one background. It establishes key aspects of your life before you embarked on a life of adventure. If none of the backgrounds
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- Sources->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
Backgrounds This section presents two backgrounds that provide options linking characters to the ancient magic of giants. The giant foundling background represents a life spent around titanic
Compendium
- Sources->The Book of Many Things
Backgrounds This section presents the rewarded and the ruined backgrounds for characters whose lives have been upended by an event of great significance—whether by drawing from a Deck of Many Things or in some other transformative way.
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- Sources->Player's Handbook
Backgrounds Every story has a beginning. Your character’s background reveals where you came from, how you became an adventurer, and your place in the world. Your fighter might have been a courageous
sets you apart from ordinary people who share your background? The sample backgrounds in this chapter provide both concrete benefits (features, proficiencies, and languages) and roleplaying suggestions.
Compendium
- Sources->Acquisitions Incorporated
Backgrounds Countless people come from loving, nurturing homes. Through hard work, clean living, and wise decisions, they excel at what they do. They live prosperous, respectable lives, leaving the
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- Sources->Basic Rules
Backgrounds Every story has a beginning. Your character’s background reveals where you came from, how you became an adventurer, and your place in the world. Your fighter might have been a courageous
Compendium
- Sources->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Sharn Backgrounds The City of Towers draws people from across the world. What’s brought your character to Sharn? Do you have deep roots in the city, or have you just stepped off the lightning rail
? Backgrounds provide a strong foundation for building a story. If you’re a noble, are you tied to one of the founding families of Sharn, or are you a scion of another nation visiting the City of Towers
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons of Drakkenheim
Treasure Seeker Lost treasure and valuable relics brought you to Drakkenheim. Perhaps the prospect of earning more gold than you can spend in your lifetime is too tantalizing to pass up, or
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- Sources->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
Saltmarsh Backgrounds Part of the fun of a Saltmarsh campaign lies in playing characters who have ties to the town and the area around it. This section presents new backgrounds suitable for creating
such characters, along with notes on adapting characters who have backgrounds drawn from the Player’s Handbook. This material is meant to be a tool for DMs. Once players have decided on their
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- Sources->Dungeons of Drakkenheim
Continental Nobility Requirements: Any class except sorcerer, warlock, or wizard You are the scion of a noble household. Whether you hail from Caspia, Elyria, or Westemär, the fall of Drakkenheim has
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- Sources->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Character Backgrounds The Player’s Handbook contains character backgrounds that are well suited for this adventure. If your players are having trouble fleshing out their characters’ backgrounds with
details about the Sword Coast region, share the suggestions from the Character Hooks Tied to Backgrounds table with them. Character Hooks Tied to Backgrounds Background Character Acolyte The
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons of Drakkenheim
Variant: Last of the Line In the years following the destruction of Drakkenheim, calamity and misfortune wracked your house leaving you the sole surviving heir. Penniless and without land, you have
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- Sources->Dungeons of Drakkenheim
Mageborn Requirement: You must be a bard, sorcerer, warlock, or wizard You manifested arcane magical abilities at a young age, and were taken into the guardianship of the Amethyst Academy. You learned
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons of Drakkenheim
Variant Devoted Missionary: Stargazer You witnessed the meteor 15 years ago. Whether you believe it to be destiny, a magical or divine calling, or just curiosity of the secrets that need to be
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons of Drakkenheim
Survivor Not everyone left Drakkenheim after the meteor. Some stayed behind, searching the ruins for things they lost: friends and family, or just seeking out treasure and artefacts. You know what
Compendium
- Sources->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Character Backgrounds Players looking for background options beyond those described in the Player’s Handbook can find several appropriate ones in the Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide: City Watch
Compendium
- Sources->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Military Backgrounds The current year is 998 YK. The Last War lasted for over a century and only came to an end two years ago. As a player character in Eberron, you possess remarkable skills. Did you
, why didn’t you fight and what did you do instead? The following table provides ideas about how a background could reflect a connection to the Last War. Feel free to change the suggested backgrounds
Compendium
- Sources->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Character Backgrounds The Player’s Handbook contains character backgrounds that are well suited for this adventure. If your players are having trouble fleshing out their characters’ backgrounds with
details about Icewind Dale, share the suggestions from the Character Hooks Tied to Backgrounds table with them. Character Hooks Tied to Backgrounds Background Character Hook
Acolyte Auril
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- Sources->Dungeons of Drakkenheim
Feature: Noble Confidence During a short rest you can give an inspiring pep talk to a number of allies equal to your proficiency bonus. Once in the next 8 hours, each of those allies can roll 1d4 and
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- Sources->Dungeons of Drakkenheim
Feature: Bookworm Once per day after you finish a long rest, you can spend one hour to create a spell scroll. You need only paper and ink to do so, and the level of the spell you can create equals one
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- Sources->Dungeons of Drakkenheim
Feature: Guided by Faith A number of times per day equal to your proficiency bonus, you may ask the Game Master to reveal the DC of any ability check you make before rolling the dice. You may then
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- Sources->Dungeons of Drakkenheim
Feature: Makeshift Meals You know how to purify food and rations found in the ruins. When you take a short rest, you prepare a meal for a number of creatures equal to your proficiency bonus. Creatures
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons of Drakkenheim
Variant Survivor: Veteran of the Civil War You survived the civil war that ravaged Westemär, either as a soldier or fleeing refugee. The war took something from you and changed you. It may be that you
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons of Drakkenheim
Appendix F: Character Backgrounds Many types of Adventurers travel to the ruins of Drakkenheim in hopes of uncovering things once lost. Whatever their call to the city may be, there is a chance that
Compendium
- Sources->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Strixhaven Backgrounds This section presents five backgrounds that you can choose to reflect your character’s studies preparing to enter one of Strixhaven’s colleges. You aren’t limited to these
backgrounds in a Strixhaven campaign; they’re just one way you can choose to dive deeply into your character’s college affiliation. If you do choose one of these backgrounds, you can assume that your life
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- Sources->Tomb of Annihilation
Appendix A: Character Backgrounds During character creation, players can select the following backgrounds for their characters with your approval. These backgrounds are appropriate for any character or campaign associated with the discovery and exploration of exotic cultures and lost civilizations.
compendium
- Sources->Dungeons of Drakkenheim
Feature: Detail-Oriented You double your proficiency bonus when making any ability check to search the ruins of Drakkenheim. Treasure Hunters’ Secrets 1d8 Treasure Hunters’ Secrets 1 You keep a
Compendium
- Sources->Tyranny of Dragons
Appendix A: Backgrounds This appendix provides players with an easy way to create characters with compelling ties to the events of Tyranny of Dragons.
Compendium
- Sources->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Baldur’s Gate Character Backgrounds This section presents new backgrounds suitable for creating characters from Baldur’s Gate, along with notes on adapting characters who have backgrounds drawn from
the Player’s Handbook. This material is meant to be a tool for you, the DM. Once players have decided on their characters’ backgrounds, review the material here. Some backgrounds have at least one new
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- Sources->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
Appendix A: Backgrounds This appendix provides players with an easy way to create characters with compelling ties to the events of Tyranny of Dragons.
Compendium
- Sources->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
Chapter 5: Backgrounds The backgrounds described in the Player’s Handbook are all found in Faerûn’s various societies, in some form or another. This chapter offers additional backgrounds for
characters in a Forgotten Realms campaign, many of them specific to Faerûn or to the Sword Coast and the North in particular. As in the Player’s Handbook, each of the backgrounds presented here provides
Compendium
- Sources->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Dragonmarks and Backgrounds Dragonmarks are bound to certain bloodlines, and by choosing a mark you are establishing that your character has a blood connection to one of the families in the