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Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos. Witherbloom Initiate. Nature, Survival. Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) Fifth Edition (5e) Character Backgrounds. A comprehensive list of all official character backgrounds for Fifth Edition.
- Haunted One
Whatever this thing is that haunts you can’t be slain with a...
- Noble
If your character has a noble background, you may select...
- Sage
Now you have a warlock writing his findings who won't share...
- Folk Hero
Since you come from the ranks of the common folk, you fit in...
- Charlatan
Everything a player needs to create heroic characters for...
- Archaeologist
Dare to defy death in this adventure for the world’s...
- Marine
A splendid treasure trove is yours for the taking in this...
- Inheritor
Get everything you need to adventure in the Forgotten Realms...
- Haunted One
Mar 8, 2024 · Choose Two Skills. Choose Two Tool or Language Proficiencies. Choose Equipment Package or Starting Wealth. Choose a Background Feature, or Create a Custom Background Feature with your GM. Choose your Personality Traits, Bonds, and Flaws. 1. Choose Skills.
- Acrobatics, Sleight of Hand, Stealth
- Athletics
Chaotic Good. (CG) creatures act as their conscience directs, with little regard for what others expect. Copper dragons and unicorns are typically chaotic good. Lawful Neutral. (LN) individuals act in accordance with law, tradition, or personal codes. Modrons and many wizards and monks are lawful neutral.
- Ask Before You Design
- Building A Background
- Go Make Stuff!
Before you sit down to design any new content, backgrounds or otherwise, ask yourself the following questions.
Whenever you create a new element of the game, think about its components. What are the story and mechanical pieces of a background? If you read lots of backgrounds, you learn the following elements make up each: 1. Story introduction 2. Two skill proficiencies 3. Two tool proficiencies, two languages, or one tool proficiency and one language 4. Eq...
There you have it! A step-by-step process for creating a D&D background. I can’t wait to see what people submit to the great D&D Beyond. If your design gets posted, please share a link with me on Twitter @JamesIntrocaso. Next time in the Design Workshop, I’ll show you how to make a new feat! James Introcasoblogs at World Builder Blog, podcasts at D...
This background tells the world you have spent your life essentially as a non magical priest, serving either a single god or an entire pantheon, and provides you with what you needed in your old life: Insight and Religion as your skills, two languages of your choice. Your former acolyte also gets a fitting parcel of belongings as they wave goodbye to the other members of their temple: a holy ...
Feb 22, 2023 · Creating a custom background in D&D 5e is relatively straightforward and described in Chapter 4 of the Basic Rules. Choose one feature from any existing background (ex. The Acolyte’s Shelter of the Faithful). Choose any two skill proficiencies. Choose a total of two tool proficiencies or languages.
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Aug 6, 2021 · Mike Bernier is the lead content writer and founder of Arcane Eye. He is a Adamantine best-selling author of Strixhaven: A Syllabus of Sorcery on DMs Guild and is a contributing author at D&D Beyond. Follow Mike on Twitter. DnD Backgrounds provide a way to express your character’s backstory through mechanical means, primarily through skill ...
