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Hermit Legacy

Backgrounds Player’s Handbook (2014)

You lived in seclusion—either in a sheltered community such as a monastery, or entirely alone—for a formative part of your life. In your time apart from the clamor of society, you found

case stuffed full of notes from your studies or prayers, a winter blanket, a set of common clothes, an herbalism kit, and 5 gp Life of Seclusion What was the reason for your isolation, and what

Hermit - Baldur's Gate

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

number of personal choices or ill-fated circumstances might have led you to turn away from society. You may, if you wish, choose or roll an origin event from the Hermit Origins table. d8 Life

souls who manage to find isolation amid its tumult. You lived in seclusion — either in a sheltered community such as a monastery, or entirely alone—for a formative part of your life. In your

Genasi Legacy

Species Elemental Evil Player's Companion

violence from people who mistake them for fiends. Facing a hard life, these genasi seek isolation in the wilds, making their homes in mountains or forests, near lakes, or underground. Most air and fire

favored element. When they emerge from their caves, they might roam the hills and mountains or lay claim to old ruins. Appropriate backgrounds for earth genasi include hermit, outlander, and soldier

Monk

classes Basic Rules (2014)

landscapes of the worlds of D&D, tiny refuges from the flow of ordinary life, where time seems to stand still. The monks who live there seek personal perfection through contemplation and rigorous

enter this secluded life to hide from a crime you committed? Or did you choose the monastic life for yourself? Consider why you left. Did the head of your monastery choose you for a particularly

Hermit

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

Hermit As a hermit, you spent a considerable time in seclusion before making a discovery that drew you back to the world. Were you isolated in Sharn, or did you discover something that’s drawn you to

the City of Towers? 1d4 Hermit 1 You spent the last ten years meditating on a pillar on one of the highest points in Sharn. A recent revelation has brought you down from your perch; what

Faceless

Backgrounds Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus

; literally or otherwise — as they adventure. This persona might be dramatic or subtle. In a way, though, many characters have such larger than life personalities. Therefore, this background largely

part of them expressed to an extreme. To define a persona, feel free to choose characteristics from other backgrounds, particularly folk hero, hermit, or noble. For the person behind the persona, the

Characters from the Wastes

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

Ghaash’kala are orcs or half-orcs. They’re deeply devoted to their faith and might be paladins (Vengeance or Devotion), clerics (Life, Light, or War) or Zealot barbarians. Hermit and outlander are logical

life battling fiends. Why have you left your post? Have you had a vision from Kalok Shash? Are you pursuing a rogue demon? Have you been given a quest by the leader of your tribe? Most of the

Aarakocra Legacy

Species Elemental Evil Player's Companion

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

, the hermit, and the sage. The small colonies of aarakocra are insular and remote, and few aarakocra live away from their roosts. In the Star Mounts of the High Forest in the Forgotten Realms, no more

Commoner

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual

magical talents, extraordinary training, or a life of adventure. Some are generous, helpful sorts, while others are more cautious in sharing what they have. Use the following list of jobs and roles to

Gossip Hermit Hooligan Hunter Innkeeper Laborer Lamplighter Mason Merchant Miner Mud lark Patient Pilgrim Resurrectionist Rioter Scribe Servant Shepherd Student Tailor

Creating a Monk

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

monastery’s threshold? Did your parents promise you to the monastery in gratitude for a service performed by the monks? Did you enter this secluded life to hide from a crime you committed? Or did you

choose the monastic life for yourself? Consider why you left. Did the head of your monastery choose you for a particularly important mission beyond the cloister? Perhaps you were cast out because of

Sorcerer

classes Basic Rules (2014)

otherworldly influence, or exposure to unknown cosmic forces. One can’t study sorcery as one learns a language, any more than one can learn to live a legendary life. No one chooses sorcery; the power

world, and it’s unusual to find a sorcerer who is not involved in the adventuring life in some way. People with magical power seething in their veins soon discover that the power doesn’t

Talentan Characters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

folk hero, entertainer, or charlatan. You could even be an urchin who was stranded in a great city and adapted to life there. Surrounded by Spirits. Fey, fiends, and the ghosts of ancestors, these are

Guide to Everything). Hermit and outlander are natural backgrounds, but you could be an acolyte or a sage who consults spirits instead of books. Warriors and shamans both wear masks to present a

Chapter 10: The Ruins of Berez

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd

returning. Berez has remained mostly abandoned since. The ruins of Berez are now home to Baba Lysaga (see appendix D), an almost mythic figure tied to Strahd’s ancient past. A hermit, she spends most of her

hut a semblance of life. I had nothing left to give but my own life’s blood, but it was hers to take. She would at last be my bride. — Strahd von Zarovich in I, Strahd: The Memoirs of a Vampire

Hermit

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)

Hermit You lived in seclusion — either in a sheltered community such as a monastery, or entirely alone — for a formative part of your life. In your time apart from the clamor of society, you found

stuffed full of notes from your studies or prayers, a winter blanket, a set of common clothes, an herbalism kit, and 5 gp Life of Seclusion What was the reason for your isolation, and what changed to

Druid

classes Basic Rules (2014)

; activities. Swinging a blade formed of pure fire, a half-elf charges into a mass of skeletal soldiers, sundering the unnatural magic that gives the foul creatures the mocking semblance of life

and animal life, and the need for people to live in harmony with nature, not in opposition to it. Druids accept that which is cruel in nature, and they hate that which is unnatural, including

Supplemental Tables

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

Supplemental Tables The supplemental tables below give you a way to randomly determine characteristics and other facts about individuals who are part of your character’s life. Use these tables when

, hermit, or refugee 39–43 Explorer or wanderer 44–55 Farmer or herder 56–60 Hunter or trapper 61–75 Laborer 76–80 Merchant 81–85 Politician or bureaucrat 86–90 Priest 91–95 Sailor 96–00 Soldier Race

Background

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything

resented authority in my younger days and saw a life of crime as the best way to fight against tyranny and oppression. 2 Necessity forced me to take up the life, since it was the only way I could survive

what was right and wrong from my family. 2 I was always enamored by tales of heroes and wished I could be something more than ordinary. 3 I hated my mundane life, so when it was time for someone to

Creating a Druid

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)

an adventurer as part of your druidic calling, or did you first spend time as a caretaker of a sacred grove or spring? Perhaps your homeland was befouled by evil, and you took up an adventuring life in

, choose the hermit background. Level Proficiency Bonus Features Cantrips Known — Spell Slots per Spell Level — 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th

Athreos's Champions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

Backgrounds: Hermit, sage, sailor, urchin Most worshipers of Athreos believe death is a natural part of life, to be neither rushed toward nor run from. They seek to do their part in fulfilling the

moment, you glimpsed the mists that surround Athreos’s skiff. Devotion to Athreos Servants of Athreos facilitate the passage from life into death. As a follower of Athreos, consider the possibilities

9. Quarters of the Kraken Priests

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising

failed to slay the kraken, it was so badly wounded in the fight that the rest of the sea life around it began to strike at it, taking advantage of its greatly weakened state. Just before passing away

, though, it transformed Fhenimore and Whymsee into kraken priests so they could protect its only offspring. Thankful for another chance at some kind of life, the two have embarked on this mission with

Magic in Your World

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)

whether they know characters who practice magic. Citizens of an isolated hamlet might not have seen true magic used for generations and speak in whispers of the strange powers of the old hermit living

practice that can drain life from the world. Much of Athas’s magic lies in the hands of evildoers. Conversely, in the world of Eberron, magic is as commonplace as any other commodity. Mercantile houses sell

Build Your Group

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

even hermit) who decided to put medical expertise to military use. Scout. Trained in navigating the wilderness and laying ambushes for enemy soldiers, the Scout melds the combat skill of a fighter

warforged characters have spent the years since the end of the Last War trying to find a new way of life. For some warforged, the answer is to continue fighting the war one way or another, often as part

Build Your Group

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

be a character with plenty of training and experience in the dangerous life of an adventurer. Sometimes called tomb raiders or grave robbers, such characters know that groundbreaking work requires

protects. Alternatively, they might live a dual life, shedding their academic persona as soon as they’re off campus grounds. The Scholar might also be a nonplayer character, or the role could be filled by a

Warnings

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

city’s walls. 9 A hermit who is a local legend comes to town and delivers a warning. 10 A dead angel falls from the sky in a fireball that strikes the earth, leaving a charred skeleton with

evil ways, turn aside from their self-destructive course, or send heroes to destroy the source of the disaster, the apocalypse is averted, and life can return to normal. Sometimes the coming disaster

Character Backgrounds

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

Artisan You learned a useful trade in Neverwinter, but the city is home to too many artisans with that skill. Now, you’re heading to Phandalin, where you hope to start a lucrative business. Hermit You’ve

You spent your youth with a guardian who lived a simple life in the wilds outside Phandalin, but later you moved to the city. Now an adult, you’ve decided to return to the area where you feel most at

Character Backgrounds

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden

, businesses throughout Ten-Towns are suffering, yours included. To avoid hardship, you might need to supplement your income. Hermit You’ve never felt at ease in civilized society, and there’s no

Waterdeep’s politics. Outlander You’re a child of the icy wilderness, born and raised in one of the Reghed tribes. Imagine, after following herds of migrating reindeer your whole life, getting a taste

Adventures in Tepest

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

on their properties and claim it’s being spread by strange fungus-covered bipeds (myconids). 2 A hermit who once lived in the abandoned fortress on Cas Island hires the party to retrieve an

the characters to take their deceased loved one to the Cauldron, a pool said to restore life to a corpse bathed in its waters. The villager says nothing of the terrible price the pool’s magic exacts

Canyon Shrine

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

canyon and convince them to attack a gang of undead about to pass through on their way to attack a village. 4 Consult a hermit who lives in a hidden part of the canyon. 5 Retrieve an item

, then forces one person to choose which of the others should be devoured first. 8 The victims of the canyon’s inhabitants rise as wraiths determined to end all life in the area.

Religious Order

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

and permanently laying them to rest. 2 Devout Scholars. This federation prizes knowledge and texts pertaining to their god. They collect rare holy books and record the life stories of miracle-working

order and the backgrounds frequently associated with each role. Religious Order Member Roles Role Backgrounds Councilor Acolyte, Folk Hero, Hermit, Sage, Urchin Defender Acolyte, Criminal, Folk Hero

Pharika's Champions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

Pharika’s Champions Alignment: Usually neutral, often evil Suggested Classes: Cleric, druid, ranger, rogue, warlock, wizard Suggested Cleric Domains: Death, Knowledge, Life Suggested Backgrounds

: Criminal, guild artisan, hermit, outlander, sage Most champions of Pharika seek to uncover the world’s greatest secrets through science, alchemy, and magic. They are often enamored with the mysteries of

Monk

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

People Too 5 Oracles of the Future 6 The Sociable Hermit 7 The Enigma of Air 8 The Compendium of Limitless Space 9 The Organic Sun and Moon Cookbook 10 Life is

punching and kicking. And maybe a head-butt for good measure. Monks in an Acquisitions Incorporated campaign find a way to integrate a typical ascetic life with the grandeur, majesty, and over-the-top

Nylea's Champions

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

Nylea’s Champions Alignment: Usually neutral, often good Suggested Classes: Barbarian, cleric, druid, ranger Suggested Cleric Domains: Nature Suggested Backgrounds: Folk hero, hermit, outlander Most

champions of Nylea understand the cycles of nature—embracing life, death, and rebirth. They might commit violence when necessary but never revel in it, advocating for the proper treatment of animals

Faceless (New Background)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur’s Gate Gazetteer

— literally or otherwise — as they adventure. This persona might be dramatic or subtle. In a way, though, many characters have such larger than life personalities. Therefore, this background largely focuses

, particularly folk hero, hermit, or noble. For the person behind the persona, the one who truly strives to be faceless, consider a distinct set of faceless characteristics. As a result, those with

Military Force

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything

whether you believe you’re suited to such a life. The Military Force Envoy Roles table suggests a variety of military roles you could fill and the backgrounds frequently associated with each role

. Military Force Envoy Roles Role Backgrounds Combatant Criminal, Folk Hero, Outlander, Sailor, Soldier Tactician Acolyte, Folk Hero, Noble, Outlander, Sage, Soldier Medic Acolyte, Folk Hero, Hermit

Faceless (New Background)

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

— literally or otherwise — as they adventure. This persona might be dramatic or subtle. In a way, though, many characters have such larger than life personalities. Therefore, this background largely focuses

persona, feel free to choose characteristics from other backgrounds, particularly folk hero, hermit, or noble. For the person behind the persona, the one who truly strives to be faceless, consider a

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