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Changeling
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Species
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
with people around them. Does the character conceal their true changeling nature? Do they embrace it? Do they have connections to other changelings or are they alone and in search of companions
focused 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
Backgrounds
Acquisitions Incorporated
business acumen was weak, you lost everything.
With failure, however, comes experience. You’re free of that old life, having made some connections and learned your lessons. Prepared to pursue
the life of an adventurer, your insight into the world of commerce brought you into the sphere of Acquisitions Incorporated — and a franchise just might be in your future.
Skill Proficiencies
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
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Skill Proficiencies: Investigation, Persuasion
Tool Proficiency: One gaming set and thieves’ tools.
Equipment: A set of fine clothes, house signet ring, identification papers, and
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Negotiation
8
Covert Operations
Feature: House Connections
As an agent of your house, you can always get food and lodging for yourself and your friends at a house enclave. When
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
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Skill Proficiencies: Investigation, Persuasion
Tool Proficiency: Calligrapher’s tools and forgery kit.
Equipment: A set of fine clothes, house signet ring, identification papers
Exploration
7
Negotiation
8
Covert Operations
Feature: House Connections
As an agent of your house, you can always get food and lodging for yourself and your friends at a house enclave
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
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Skill Proficiencies: Investigation, Persuasion
Tool Proficiency: vehicles (land) and herbalism kit
Equipment: A set of fine clothes, house signet ring, identification papers, and a purse
Negotiation
8
Covert Operations
Feature: House Connections
As an agent of your house, you can always get food and lodging for yourself and your friends at a house enclave. When the
Backgrounds
Acquisitions Incorporated
use.
Skill Proficiencies: History, Investigation
Tool Proficiencies: One type of artisan’s tools
Languages: Any one of your choice
Equipment: One set of artisan’s tools, a ledger
from your previous employer containing a small piece of useful information, a set of fine clothes, and a belt pouch containing 10 gp
Feature: Inside Informant
You have connections to your previous
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
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Skill Proficiencies: Investigation, Persuasion
Tool Proficiency: Alchemist’s supplies and tinker’s tools.
Equipment: A set of fine clothes, house signet ring, identification
Exploration
7
Negotiation
8
Covert Operations
Feature: House Connections
As an agent of your house, you can always get food and lodging for yourself and your friends at a house
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
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Skill Proficiencies: Investigation, Persuasion
Tool Proficiency: Alchemist’s supplies and herbalism kit.
Equipment: A set of fine clothes, house signet ring, identification papers
Exploration
7
Negotiation
8
Covert Operations
Feature: House Connections
As an agent of your house, you can always get food and lodging for yourself and your friends at a house enclave
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
social order. You learned your skills as an apprentice to a master artisan, under the sponsorship of your guild, until you became a master in your own right.
Skill Proficiencies: Insight, Persuasion
innocence or the crime is justifiable. You can also gain access to powerful political figures through the guild, if you are a member in good standing. Such connections might require the donation of
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
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Skill Proficiencies: Investigation, Persuasion
Tool Proficiency: Brewer’s supplies and cook’s utensils.
Equipment: A set of fine clothes, house signet ring, identification
Exploration
7
Negotiation
8
Covert Operations
Feature: House Connections
As an agent of your house, you can always get food and lodging for yourself and your friends at a house
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
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Skill Proficiencies: Investigation, Persuasion
Tool Proficiency: Thieves’ tools and tinker’s tools.
Equipment: A set of fine clothes, house signet ring, identification papers
Exploration
7
Negotiation
8
Covert Operations
Feature: House Connections
As an agent of your house, you can always get food and lodging for yourself and your friends at a house enclave
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
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Skill Proficiencies: Investigation, Persuasion
Tool Proficiency: One gaming set and vehicles (land).
Equipment: A set of fine clothes, house signet ring, identification papers, and a
7
Negotiation
8
Covert Operations
Feature: House Connections
As an agent of your house, you can always get food and lodging for yourself and your friends at a house enclave. When the
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
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Skill Proficiencies: Investigation, Persuasion
Tool Proficiency: Disguise kit and one musical instrument.
Equipment: A set of fine clothes, house signet ring, identification papers, and
7
Negotiation
8
Covert Operations
Feature: House Connections
As an agent of your house, you can always get food and lodging for yourself and your friends at a house enclave. When
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
necessary.
Skill Proficiencies: Nature, Persuasion
Tool Proficiencies: One type of artisan’s tools or one musical instrument
Languages: Choose one of Elvish, Loxodon, or
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Contacts
The Selesnya Conclave is all about connections, so its members cultivate contacts throughout the guild. The guild also engages in energetic recruitment to draw converts from other
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
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Skill Proficiencies: Investigation, Persuasion
Tool Proficiency: One gaming set and vehicles (land).
Equipment: A set of fine clothes, house signet ring, identification papers, and a
7
Negotiation
8
Covert Operations
Feature: House Connections
As an agent of your house, you can always get food and lodging for yourself and your friends at a house enclave. When the
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
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Skill Proficiencies: Investigation, Persuasion
Tool Proficiency: Navigator’s tools and vehicles (air and sea).
Equipment: A set of fine clothes, house signet ring, identification
Exploration
7
Negotiation
8
Covert Operations
Feature: House Connections
As an agent of your house, you can always get food and lodging for yourself and your friends at a house
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
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Skill Proficiencies: Investigation, Persuasion
Tool Proficiency: Disguise kit and thieves’ tools.
Equipment: A set of fine clothes, house signet ring, identification papers, and a
7
Negotiation
8
Covert Operations
Feature: House Connections
As an agent of your house, you can always get food and lodging for yourself and your friends at a house enclave. When
Backgrounds
Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
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Skill Proficiencies: Investigation, Persuasion
Tool Proficiency: One musical instrument and poisoner’s kit.
Equipment: A set of fine clothes, house signet ring, identification
Exploration
7
Negotiation
8
Covert Operations
Feature: House Connections
As an agent of your house, you can always get food and lodging for yourself and your friends at a house
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
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Skill Proficiencies: Intimidation, Religion
Languages: Two of your choice
Equipment: An Orzhov insignia, a foot-long chain made of ten gold coins, vestments, a set of fine clothes, and
.
Contacts
The Orzhov Syndicate operates according to a strict hierarchy built on a network of connections among old, wealthy families. Your family might provide important contacts, while your family’s
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
militia? Or it might have been a noble’s or merchant’s private army, or a mercenary company.
Skill Proficiencies: Athletics, Intimidation
Tool Proficiencies: One type of
instinct proves a useful starting point when determining who might take a bribe, who might turn a blind eye to a crime, or who might have criminal connections. You can also use this sense to get a
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
across Faerûn.
Skill Proficiencies: History, plus your choice of one from among Arcana, Nature, and ReligionLanguages: Two of your choiceEquipment: The scholar’s robes of
personnel and bureaucracy, and you know how to navigate those connections with some ease.
Additionally, you are likely to gain preferential treatment at other libraries across the Realms, as
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
circumstances and embark on a better life?
Skill Proficiencies: Sleight of Hand, StealthTool Proficiencies: Disguise kit, thieves’ toolsEquipment: A small knife, a map of the city you grew up
if they deal fairly with strangers, have Guild or government connections, or have either helped or denied the Gateguides in the past.
Suggested Characteristics
Urchins are shaped by lives
Backgrounds
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
meaningful connections with others.
Roll twice on the Golgari Contacts table (for an ally and a rival) and once on the Non-Golgari Contacts table.
Golgari Contacts
d8
Contact
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One
Backgrounds
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
FEATURE: CRIMINAL CONNECTIONS
In Baldur’s Gate, crime is just another business. As a result, you can arrange a meeting with a low-ranking operative of nearly any business, patriar family, crew
Backgrounds
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
abundant connections among the Simic. The guild members live in watery sinkholes called zonots, and their isolation shelters them from much contact with outsiders. Nonetheless, a fair number of Simic
Guild Artisan / Guild Merchant
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Player’s Handbook (2014)
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Skill Proficiencies: Insight, Persuasion
Tool Proficiencies: One type of artisan’s tools
Languages: One of your choice
Equipment: A set of artisan’s tools (one of your choice), a letter
connections might require the donation of money or magic items to the guild’s coffers.
You must pay dues of 5 gp per month to the guild. If you miss payments, you must make up back dues to remain
backgrounds
Ability Scores: Intelligence, Wisdom, Charisma
Feat: Insightful Collector
Skill Proficiencies: History and Persuasion
Tool Proficiencies: Forgery Kit
Equipment: Choose A or B: (A) Forgery Kit
ties for being too honest, too dishonest, or just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Whatever your connections, you have traveled more than most people in Etharis can ever dream of.
Compendium
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Transferring Colleges The loose association of minstrels and masters that was your bard college helps to define your knowledge and skills. Still, no matter what your original collegiate connections
of Whispers teaches a skill set that’s attractive in terms of its power, but which can be incredibly off-putting to anyone with any moral compass. Thankfully, that’ll never be a problem for you. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Transferring Colleges The loose association of minstrels and masters that was your bard college helps to define your knowledge and skills. Still, no matter what your original collegiate connections
of Whispers teaches a skill set that’s attractive in terms of its power, but which can be incredibly off-putting to anyone with any moral compass. Thankfully, that’ll never be a problem for you. The
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
likely respect Ispin. Players can elaborate on these connections however they’d like. Characters can use their relationship with Ispin to reinforce how they know one another. Meeting Ispin
a season with your family and taught you swordplay, sailing, a language, or another skill. 6 You and Ispin once competed for the same person’s affections, only to discover each other’s friendship.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
likely respect Ispin. Players can elaborate on these connections however they’d like. Characters can use their relationship with Ispin to reinforce how they know one another. Meeting Ispin
a season with your family and taught you swordplay, sailing, a language, or another skill. 6 You and Ispin once competed for the same person’s affections, only to discover each other’s friendship.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
simply because your business acumen was weak, you lost everything. With failure, however, comes experience. You’re free of that old life, having made some connections and learned your lessons. Prepared to
pursue the life of an adventurer, your insight into the world of commerce brought you into the sphere of Acquisitions Incorporated — and a franchise just might be in your future. Skill Proficiency
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
simply because your business acumen was weak, you lost everything. With failure, however, comes experience. You’re free of that old life, having made some connections and learned your lessons. Prepared to
pursue the life of an adventurer, your insight into the world of commerce brought you into the sphere of Acquisitions Incorporated — and a franchise just might be in your future. Skill Proficiency
backgrounds
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
eyes of your house. But you could be called upon at any time to act as a hand of the house. Such missions can be dangerous — but they’ll surely be lucrative. Skill Proficiencies: Investigation
Investigation
3 Research & Development
4 Security
5 Intimidation
6 Exploration
7 Negotiation
8 Covert Operations
Feature: House Connections As an agent of your house