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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->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->Dungeons & Dragons->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->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide
Backgrounds The following backgrounds are good choices for 1st-level characters who have ties to the Astral Plane. These backgrounds each give a feat. If a character takes a background from elsewhere
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->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
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->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->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
Backgrounds This section presents two backgrounds for 1st-level characters with strong ties to Sigil, the Outlands, or both: the Gate Warden and the Planar Philosopher. If you select either of these
backgrounds, you gain the feat specified in its description. If the background you choose doesn’t provide a feat, you gain a bonus feat of your choice from the options below (both described in the Player’s Handbook): Skilled Tough
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Forge of the Artificer
Backgrounds This section presents seventeen backgrounds using the same format as those in the Player’s Handbook. The fourteen that represent dragonmarked heirs offer Dragonmark feats rather than
Origin feats; the Dragonmark feats appear at the end of the chapter. Choosing one of these backgrounds is the only way to acquire a Dragonmark feat at level 1; characters who select a different background
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->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->Dungeons & Dragons->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->Dungeons & Dragons->Lorwyn: First Light
Backgrounds Characters from the realm of Lorwyn-Shadowmoor can select one of the following backgrounds. Origin feats are described in the “Feats” section.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
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.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
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
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->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->Dungeons & Dragons->Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Backgrounds This section presents backgrounds exploring origins suited to characters in horror adventures, using the same format presented in the Player’s Handbook. Two of the backgrounds, Mist
Wanderer and Spirit Medium, offer Dark Gift feats rather than Origin feats; these feats appear at the end of the chapter. The Haunted One and Investigator backgrounds provide a choice between an Origin
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Astarion's Book of Hungers
Character Backgrounds The backgrounds in this section are suitable for those whose past is intertwined with vampires or the company such creatures tend to keep. Each feat referenced is described in the “Feats” section later in this chapter. Backgrounds are further explained in the Player’s Handbook.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->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
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->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
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->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
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->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
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->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 & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Character Backgrounds Your character’s background is a collection of characteristics that represent the place and occupation that were most formative before your character embarked on a life of
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->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 & Dragons->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->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Character Backgrounds Your character’s background is a collection of characteristics that represent the place and occupation that were most formative before your character embarked on a life of
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Appendix A: Modifying Backgrounds This appendix provides alternative background features and bonds for player characters, with options that are strongly connected to the NPCs, themes, and events of this adventure.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->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.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->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
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->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.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->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.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
Backgrounds (p. 7) The following text was added to the end of the paragraph: “These backgrounds each give a feat. If a character takes a background from elsewhere and doesn’t get a feat from that
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->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->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
Appendix A: Backgrounds This appendix provides players with an easy way to create characters with compelling ties to the events of Tyranny of Dragons.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer
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->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Dragonmarks and Backgrounds Dragonmarks are bound to certain bloodlines, and by choosing a mark, you are establishing your character’s blood connection to one of the families in the dragonmarked