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Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
you owe allegiance to.
Skill Proficiencies: Persuasion, plus one from among Arcana, History, Nature, and Religion, as appropriate for your order
Tool Proficiencies: One type of gaming set or musical
again in ruins, Dove Falconhand decided to reform the group with the primary goal of building alliances and friendship between the civilized races of the world and goodly people in order to combat evil
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Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
Golgari, no fear of death or taboo about the dead, just a fierce affirmation of the cycle.
Skill Proficiencies: Nature, Survival
Tool Proficiencies: Poisoner’s kit
Languages
the moss-covered building where I took part in my first reclamation mission.
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I found something in the sewer that must never come to light.
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I am forever grateful to the reclaimer who
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Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
underbelly of civilization, and you have survived up to this point by flouting the rules and regulations of society.
Skill Proficiencies: Deception, Stealth
Tool Proficiencies: One
Guild took over your family business, ran it into the ground, and burned the building for insurance money. You were driven into crime yourself, but you’ll never work for the Guild. You take
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Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
laboratories. The Izzet are obsessive, brilliant, inspired, and an unpredictable force of chaos in Ravnica, and you epitomize all of those qualities.
Skill Proficiencies: Arcana, Investigation
basic knowledge of the structure of buildings, including the stuff behind the walls. You can also find blueprints of a specific building in order to learn the details of its construction. Such
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Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
against the schemes and ambitions of the other guilds, so much the better.
Skill Proficiencies: Arcana, Medicine
Languages: Two of your choice
Equipment: A Simic insignia, a set of
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I helped create a krasis that I love like a pet and would carry with me everywhere … except it’s the size of a building, and it might eat me.
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In my laboratory, I
Giff
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Monsters
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
brighter the flash, and the thicker the smoke it produces, the more giff love a weapon. Their skill with gunpowder is another reason for their popularity as mercenaries. Giff revel in the challenge of
building a bomb big enough to level a fortification. They gladly accept payment in kegs of gunpowder in preference to gold, gems, or other currency.
No Honor in Magic. Some giff become wizards
Kenku
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
at the burned-out building, a sudden cacophony erupted around us. Birds squawked, cats hissed, and dogs growled. Lidda hustled us back to the city’s safer avenues. Only when we were back within
their ingenuity and skill had turned toward scheming against their patron, the spark of creativity was torn from their souls. Finally, to ensure that the kenku could never divulge any secrets, their
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ancient forest Fey in a riddle contest, or rolled dice with the fabled Mister Crossroads.
Feat: Fate Gambler
Skill Proficiencies: Deception,Insight
Tool Proficiencies:Choose one kind
of Gaming Set
Equipment:Choose A or B: (A) Gaming Set (same as above), Caltrops, Fine Clothes, Fine Wine (bottle),23 GP; or (B) 50 GP
Building a Crossroads Gambler
Characters who
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to you, and you don’t suffer their meddling in the rest of your charges.
Feat: Grave Keeper
Skill Proficiencies: Religion, Survival
Tool Proficiency: Mason's Tools
Equipment: Choose A or B: (A) Mason’s Tools, Hooded Lantern, Oil (3 flasks), Shovel, Soap, Traveler’s Clothes (with thick gloves and dark-colored hood), 10 GP; or (B) 50 GP
Building a Rest
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death. You may have learned from a detailed treatise that you’ve put into practice, daring to become versed in the forbidden arts.
Feat: Crimson Ritualist
Skill Proficiencies: Arcana
, Medicine
Tool Proficiencies:Herbalism Kit
Equipment:Choose A or B: (A) Herbalism Kit, Dagger, Fine Clothes, Healer's Kit, VIAL;3 Vials, 10 GP; or (B) 50 GP
Building a Crimson Aspirant
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, and your would-be killer will have its own destruction in turn.
Feat: Hunter of Hunters
Skill Proficiencies: Stealth, and one other of your choice from the following list: Arcana
), Traveler’s Clothes, 8 GP; or (B) 50 GP
Building a Night Stalker
Consider how you joined the hunt against the creatures of the night. Did you lose someone close to you or survive an attack
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injury, some traumatic experience, or the magical workings of a spell or curse could be the culprit behind your amnesia.
Feat: Memory Starved
Skill Proficiencies: Choose two (see Scattered
You don’t choose skill proficiencies or a tool proficiency when you select this background, and you don't determine the two languages that are part of your origin—these are parts of your
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altogether. The skills and culture of your home (summarized below) shape your knowledge and early experiences.
Feat: Choose One Origin Feat
Skill Proficiencies:Survival, choose one
;(Province Affinity table skill recommended)
Tool Proficiencies:Choose one (Province Affinity table tool recommended)
Equipment:Choose A or B: (A) Artisan's Tools (same as above), Map (Druskenvald's
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
proficiencies, and some of your skill and tool proficiencies. (Skills are described in chapter 7, "Using Ability Scores", and tools in chapter 5, "Equipment.") Your background gives you additional skill
. BUILDING BRUENOR, STEP 2
Bob imagines Bruenor charging into battle with an axe, one horn on his helmet broken off. He makes Bruenor a fighter and notes the fighter’s proficiencies and 1st-level class
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of mockery and merriment is a mad creature who demands sacrifice.
Feat: Reveling Fool
Skill Proficiencies: Performance, Stealth
Language Proficiencies: Choose one
character with a laughing mask), Hunting Trap, Manacles, 3 Torch;Torches (for juggling), Traveler's Clothes, 10 GP; or (B) 50 GP
Building a Reveler
The simultaneous beauty and uncomfortable
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
proficiencies, and some of your skill and tool proficiencies. (Skills are described in chapter 7, "Using Ability Scores", and tools in chapter 5, "Equipment.") Your background gives you additional skill
. BUILDING BRUENOR, STEP 2
Bob imagines Bruenor charging into battle with an axe, one horn on his helmet broken off. He makes Bruenor a fighter and notes the fighter’s proficiencies and 1st-level class
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more comfortable with the dead than the living.
Feat: Ghostlight Medium
Skill Proficiencies: Insight, Persuasion
Tool Proficiencies: Smith's Tools
Equipment: Choose A or B: (A) Smith's Tools
, Bullseye Lantern, Fine Clothes, Oil (3 flasks), 5 GP; or (B) 50 GP
Building a Ghostlight Passenger
Every person in Druskenvald travels the Ghostlight Express at least once, but very few form
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misfortune and ward away evil. They could just as likely invite gloom and the ire of the old spirits.
Feat: Charm Twister
Skill Proficiencies: Insight, Nature
Language: Sylvan
Tool Proficiencies
: Weaver's Tools
Equipment:Choose A or B: (A) Quarterstaff, Weaver's Tools, Basket (with dry reeds ready to weave), Book (druidic lore), Iron Pot, Traveler's Clothes, 19 GP; or (B) 50 GP
Building a
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or ill—though you’ve never met them before, and you can’t help but wonder if they met the other you.
Feat: Unreflected
Skill Proficiencies: Deception, Investigation
Tool Proficiency: Disguise Kit
Equipment: Choose A or B: (A) Disguise Kit, Mirror, Traveler's Clothes, 16 GP; or (B) 50 GP
Building a Reflected Wanderer
Any character can be a reflected wanderer
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bonded and dedicated people who pursue a common, if esoteric, goal.
Feat: Cult Intiate
Skill Proficiencies: Arcana, choose one (Cultist Affinity table skill recommended)
Language: Choose one
), Traveler's Clothes, 10 GP; or (B) 50 GP
Cultist Affinities
Cult Patron
Skill
Language
Aberration
Perception
Deep Speech
Celestial
Religion
Celestial
Fiend (Demon
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
wherever you go. Skill Proficiencies: Arcana, the skill associated with your faction (see the Sigil Faction Affinities table) or one skill of your choice Languages: Two of your choice Equipment: A
worth of coins from different worlds and planes Sigil Faction Affinities Faction Skill Athar Religion Bleak Cabal Insight Doomguard Nature Fated Intimidation Fraternity of Order History Hands of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
wherever you go. Skill Proficiencies: Arcana, the skill associated with your faction (see the Sigil Faction Affinities table) or one skill of your choice Languages: Two of your choice Equipment: A
worth of coins from different worlds and planes Sigil Faction Affinities Faction Skill Athar Religion Bleak Cabal Insight Doomguard Nature Fated Intimidation Fraternity of Order History Hands of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
strive to defend the weak and oppose evil. Your honor is as important to you as your life. Skill Proficiencies: Athletics, Survival Languages: Two of your choice Equipment: An insignia of rank, a
Solamnia provide you free, modest lodging and food at any of their fortresses or encampments.
Building a Knight of Solamnia Character Any class that has martial prowess can be a good fit in the Knights
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;
Feat: Dread Speech
Skill Proficiencies: Arcana, Intimidation
Language: Choose one (Deep Speech recommended)
Tool Proficiency: Calligrapher's Supplies
Equipment: Choose A or B: (A
) Calligrapher's Supplies, Book (a topic of arcana), Ink, Ink Pen, Lamp, Oil (3 flasks), Paper (10 sheets), 2 GP; or (B) 50 GP
Building a Scholar of the Forbidden
Wizards and warlocks make the most
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
strive to defend the weak and oppose evil. Your honor is as important to you as your life. Skill Proficiencies: Athletics, Survival Languages: Two of your choice Equipment: An insignia of rank, a
Solamnia provide you free, modest lodging and food at any of their fortresses or encampments.
Building a Knight of Solamnia Character Any class that has martial prowess can be a good fit in the Knights
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Challenge A monster’s challenge rating tells you how great a threat the monster is, according to the encounter-building guidelines in chapter 3 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide. Those guidelines specify
a greater challenge than even a typical 20th-level party can handle. These monsters have a challenge rating of 21 or higher and are specifically designed to test player skill. Experience Points The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
among their ranks. Skill Proficiencies: Arcana, History Languages: Two of your choice Equipment: A bottle of colored ink, an ink pen, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 10 gp Feature
at any occupied Tower of High Sorcery and for one night at the home of an organization member. Building a Mage of High Sorcery Character Mages of High Sorcery are typically sorcerers, warlocks, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
Challenge A monster’s challenge rating tells you how great a threat the monster is, according to the encounter-building guidelines in chapter 3 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide. Those guidelines specify
a greater challenge than even a typical 20th-level party can handle. These monsters have a challenge rating of 21 or higher and are specifically designed to test player skill. Experience Points The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
among their ranks. Skill Proficiencies: Arcana, History Languages: Two of your choice Equipment: A bottle of colored ink, an ink pen, a set of common clothes, and a pouch containing 10 gp Feature
at any occupied Tower of High Sorcery and for one night at the home of an organization member. Building a Mage of High Sorcery Character Mages of High Sorcery are typically sorcerers, warlocks, or
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
characters. While an overly powerful ally is fine on rare occasion, the players should still feel like their characters are the true heroes of the story. If you’re building the ally as if it were a
powerful monster abilities, skill proficiencies, and spellcasting. Fill the Gaps One way to avoid overshadowing the characters is to create an ally who has skills and abilities that complement the party’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
if accosted. Drow Pickpocket This homeless drow commoner tries to pick the pockets of a random party member. The drow has a Sleight of Hand skill modifier of +2. Giant Wolf Spiders These spiders are
the gnome. If the characters follow the possessed gnome, they are led to a cramped cave under a dilapidated building. The cave is the secret lair of another 2d4 intellect devourers.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
words, both magical and otherwise. The metaphorical power of words to illuminate or conceal is joined with the literal ability of magic to do the same in your academic pursuits. Skill Proficiencies
effects of your spells often sound like amplified echoes of your own voice speaking the spells’ verbal components—even amid the crash of lightning or a fiery eruption. Building a Silverquill Character Many
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
words, both magical and otherwise. The metaphorical power of words to illuminate or conceal is joined with the literal ability of magic to do the same in your academic pursuits. Skill Proficiencies
effects of your spells often sound like amplified echoes of your own voice speaking the spells’ verbal components—even amid the crash of lightning or a fiery eruption. Building a Silverquill Character Many
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Witherbloom College. Skill Proficiencies: Nature, Survival Tool Proficiencies: Herbalism kit Languages: One of your choice Equipment: A bottle of black ink, an ink pen, a book about plant
of swamp animals or plants might form amid your spell effects. Building a Witherbloom Character Druids and warlocks make up most of Witherbloom’s student body. A few wizards (mostly those who study the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
perspective on life. Skill Proficiencies: Intimidation, Survival Languages: Giant and one other language of your choice Equipment: A backpack, a set of traveler’s clothes, a small stone or sprig that
stumbled into the castle of a cloud giant, who immediately adopted you. Feature: Strike of the Giants You gain the Strike of the Giants feat (described later in this chapter). Building a Giant