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, History, Insight, Investigation, Medicine, Nature, or Religion
Weapon Proficiencies
Simple weapons
Armor Training
None
Starting Equipment
Choose A or B: (A) 2 Dagger;Daggers, Staff
used across the multiverse.
The closest a Wizard is likely to come to an ordinary life is working as a sage or lecturer. Other Wizards sell their services as advisers, serve in military forces, or
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
pirates are adult neogi that serve as crew members aboard nightspider;nightspiders (see the Astral Adventurer’s Guide) and other neogi-controlled vessels.
Neogi society makes no distinction between
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
priests draw their strength from the pantheon of elven gods and oversee religious practices in astral elf society. It’s common for them to serve aboard spelljamming ships, not only as emissaries
. The elves sculpt these substances in various configurations to create star moth;star moths (see the Astral Adventurer’s Guide) and other vessels. The elves also reshape the petrified bodies of
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
organization, but who serve as its hands, head, and heart.
As a prelude to your adventuring career (and in preparation for it), you served as an agent of a particular faction in Faerûn. You might have
operated openly or secretly, depending on the faction and its goals, as well as how those goals mesh with your own. Becoming an adventurer doesn’t necessarily require you to relinquish membership
Monsters
Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
they serve.
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Svirfneblin hire the characters to deliver tribute to their deep dragon neighbor.
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A disguised deep dragon offers access to rare artifacts—to a party who is willing to
deep dragon refuses to leave the cave where the dragon’s best friend—an adventurer who won the dragon’s respect and affection—lingers as a ghost.
Poison, Psychic
Aarakocra
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exceptional circumstance for an aarakocra to leave his or her tribe and undertake the adventurer’s life. Neither treasure nor glory is enough to lure them from their tribes; a dire threat to their people
, a mission of vengeance, or a catastrophe typically lies at the heart of the aarakocra adventurer’s chosen path.
Two other circumstances might call an aarakocra to adventure. First, aarakocra
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and death or who possess the strength to dig graves beneath moonlit skies and tend the bone orchards where the dead sleep are called to serve as rest wardens.
Suggested Story Threads. The Rest Warden
their final rest.
Rest Warden Trinkets. When you make your character, you can roll once on the Rest Warden Trinkets table instead of on the normal starting Trinkets table.
Rest Warden Trinkets
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You have been inducted into a secret society that venerates or pursues power from some otherworldly source. The cultists might serve as minions of an entity they worship, or they may seek to
understand and claim its might for their own. Depending on the malevolence of the cult’s patron or the malefic purposes they may serve, cultists could be a force of wickedness or a group of closely
Monk
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serve as spies or assassins at the command of their leader, a noble patron, or some other mortal or divine power. The majority of monks don’t shun their neighbors, making frequent visits to
adventurer means leaving a structured, communal lifestyle to become a wanderer. This can be a harsh transition, and monks don’t undertake it lightly. Those who leave their cloisters take their work
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character may not remember them. Work with the GM to create some leading events or people that can serve as constants to trace a path through the void of the character’s past, especially if the
in the mountains.
Amnesiac Trinkets. When you make your character, you can roll once on the Amnesiac Trinkets table instead of on the normal starting Trinkets table.
Amnesiac Trinkets
1d6
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Starting Point: Clifftop Sharn is a city with an appetite for adventure. It’s the gateway to Xen’drik, a land filled with mystery and danger. Eccentric nobles and dragonmarked barons alike need
adventurer with a reputation established, and you’re always ready for the next challenge. When you live in Clifftop every day brings a new thrilling challenge—a new chance to put your life on the line in pursuit of fame and fortune.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Starting Point: Clifftop Sharn is a city with an appetite for adventure. It’s the gateway to Xen’drik, a land filled with mystery and danger. Eccentric nobles and dragonmarked barons alike need
adventurer with a reputation established, and you’re always ready for the next challenge. When you live in Clifftop every day brings a new thrilling challenge—a new chance to put your life on the line in pursuit of fame and fortune.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
the characters off at a higher level than usual. With the DM’s approval, use the following rules to create a Clifftop adventurer. You begin at 5th level. You start with 600 gp in addition to your
normal starting equipment. You have two common magic items and two uncommon magic items. All magic items are subject to the approval of the DM, and the DM may choose whether to assign these items or to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
, an ambassador, or something else? Work with the player to determine how the character ended up as an adventurer. The character’s bond is a great starting point to consider for this question. How did
rivalries with humans, elves, and dwarves. A hobgoblin kingdom might serve as a buffer between a human kingdom and a blighted region overrun by the spawn of Kyuss. Kobolds might be city builders, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Starting the Adventure “The House of Lament” serves as an introduction to the Domains of Dread and can serve as the first adventure in a longer horror campaign. As players make characters, use the following details to encourage them along the path leading into the Mists.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Starting the Adventure “The House of Lament” serves as an introduction to the Domains of Dread and can serve as the first adventure in a longer horror campaign. As players make characters, use the following details to encourage them along the path leading into the Mists.
Compendium
- 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
adventuring? Where did you get the money to purchase your starting gear, or, if you come from a wealthy background, why don’t you have more money? How did you learn the skills of your class? What
Compendium
- 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
adventuring? Where did you get the money to purchase your starting gear, or, if you come from a wealthy background, why don’t you have more money? How did you learn the skills of your class? What
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
, an ambassador, or something else? Work with the player to determine how the character ended up as an adventurer. The character’s bond is a great starting point to consider for this question. How did
rivalries with humans, elves, and dwarves. A hobgoblin kingdom might serve as a buffer between a human kingdom and a blighted region overrun by the spawn of Kyuss. Kobolds might be city builders, the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
baskets and practical swords. For an adventurer, the availability of armor, weapons, backpacks, rope, and similar goods is of paramount importance, since proper equipment can mean the difference between
. Starting Equipment When you create your character, you receive equipment based on a combination of your class and background. Alternatively, you can start with a number of gold pieces based on your
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
baskets and practical swords. For an adventurer, the availability of armor, weapons, backpacks, rope, and similar goods is of paramount importance, since proper equipment can mean the difference between
. Starting Equipment When you create your character, you receive equipment based on a combination of your class and background. Alternatively, you can start with a number of gold pieces based on your
Druid
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Basic Rules (2014)
of nature itself or from a nature deity. Many druids pursue a mystic spirituality of transcendent union with nature rather than devotion to a divine entity, while others serve gods of wild nature
becoming a druid was part of your character’s destiny.
Have you always been an adventurer as part of your druidic calling, or did you first spend time as a caretaker of a sacred grove or spring
Compendium
- 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
adventuring? Where did you get the money to purchase your starting gear, or, if you come from a wealthy background, why don’t you have more money? How did you learn the skills of your class? What
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide
Starting Location Begin your campaign in a location you can detail, such as a village, a neighborhood in a larger city, an outpost, or a roadside tavern. Be prepared to give players enough
information about that location to help them figure out what ties, if any, their characters have to it. Once you have this campaign hub fleshed out, create one or two local attractions that might serve as
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
wilderness and among barbarians and rangers, and many Scouts serve as the eyes and ears of war bands. Ambusher, spy, bounty hunter — these are just a few of the roles that Scouts assume as they range
the world. Scout Features Rogue Level Feature 3rd Skirmisher, Survivalist 9th Superior Mobility 13th Ambush Master 17th Sudden Strike Skirmisher Starting at 3rd level, you are difficult to pin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
wilderness and among barbarians and rangers, and many Scouts serve as the eyes and ears of war bands. Ambusher, spy, bounty hunter — these are just a few of the roles that Scouts assume as they range
the world. Scout Features Rogue Level Feature 3rd Skirmisher, Survivalist 9th Superior Mobility 13th Ambush Master 17th Sudden Strike Skirmisher Starting at 3rd level, you are difficult to pin
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
Starting Points Sharn holds the potential for endless adventures. The City of Towers can serve as the foundation of a single adventure or an entire campaign. Defining a starting point is a way to
performs twice a week and the barbarian has a huge bar tab to resolve. This section explores three different starting points. Callestan is in Lower Dura. It’s a dangerous district riddled with crime and
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
communities compete for the trade of the Dessarin Valley. The current lord protector is a good-natured Harper and ex-adventurer named Darathra Shendrel (female Tethyrian human knight), known for the
excellent wine she makes. Darathra enacts and modifies local laws (known as “The Lord’s Decree”), which are then enforced by “The Twelve,” a dozen mounted veterans drawn from the militia to serve in a tenday
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
, conflicts and successes, and encounters with the unusual. They can help to explain why your character became an adventurer, and some might still affect your life even after they are long over. The
older a character is, the greater the chance for multiple life events, as shown on the Life Events by Age table. If you have already chosen your character’s starting age, see the entry in the Life
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
you were destined to serve an evil purpose—perhaps even serving as an avatar for an imprisoned demon Overlord—and you are fleeing from that destiny. Other tieflings are shaped not by demonic powers
character could be an envoy, an exile, or simply an adventurer driven by a desire to see what lies beyond your magical kingdom.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
way others might change clothes. A casual shape — one created on the spur of the moment, with no depth or history — is called a mask. A mask can be used to express a mood or to serve a specific purpose
identity helps a changeling pinpoint a particular skill or emotion. A changeling adventurer might have personas for many situations, including negotiation, investigation, and combat. Personas can be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
way others might change clothes. A casual shape — one created on the spur of the moment, with no depth or history — is called a mask. A mask can be used to express a mood or to serve a specific purpose
identity helps a changeling pinpoint a particular skill or emotion. A changeling adventurer might have personas for many situations, including negotiation, investigation, and combat. Personas can be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
progress. Others are sworn to isolation, emerging only to serve as spies or assassins at the command of their leader, a noble patron, or some other mortal or divine power. The majority of monks don’t shun
monsters or tyrants. For a monk, becoming an adventurer means leaving a structured, communal lifestyle to become a wanderer. This can be a harsh transition, and monks don’t undertake it lightly. Those who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
progress. Others are sworn to isolation, emerging only to serve as spies or assassins at the command of their leader, a noble patron, or some other mortal or divine power. The majority of monks don’t shun
monsters or tyrants. For a monk, becoming an adventurer means leaving a structured, communal lifestyle to become a wanderer. This can be a harsh transition, and monks don’t undertake it lightly. Those who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
progress. Others are sworn to isolation, emerging only to serve as spies or assassins at the command of their leader, a noble patron, or some other mortal or divine power. The majority of monks don’t shun
monsters or tyrants. For a monk, becoming an adventurer means leaving a structured, communal lifestyle to become a wanderer. This can be a harsh transition, and monks don’t undertake it lightly. Those who