BACKGROUNDS

ACOLYTE

You are a devout to a god or idea, and you have spent your life secluded in a temple or monastery, serving under a priest or religious leader, who taught how to channel divine power.

Skill Mastery: Religion

ADVENTURER

Your life is one adventure after the other!

Skill Mastery: Choose one

ANTHROPOLOGIST

You have studied many of the cultural and social aspects of the various humanoid races, learning how to better interact with them.

Skill Mastery: Culture

ARCHAEOLOGIST

You have participated in dug sites excavating, studying, classifying, and preserving unearthed relics.

Skill Mastery: History or Investigation

ARTISAN

You have dedicated your skills to a particular type of craft and how to make money out of it.

Skill Mastery: Trade

ATHLETE

You have honed your body to its peak.

Skill Mastery: Athletics,

BAR KEEP

You have worked at a bar, salon or an inn serving the many travelers of the world.

Skill Mastery: Insight or Persuasion

BOUNTY HUNTER

You know the ins and outs of the bounty hunter life, looking for treasure and outlaws to make coin.

Skill Mastery: Investigation, Persuasion

CARTOGRAPHER

You have learned how to make maps and the many geographical characteristics of the world.

Skill Mastery: Cartography, Culture or History, Perception

CHARLATAN

You have a way with people, knowing how their minds work and how to provoke their desires with a few minutes of conversation.

Skill Mastery: Deception, Sleight of Hand

CHEF

You have worked as the cook for an inn, restaurant, or a traveling company.

Skill Mastery: Culture, Trade

CORDIAL TRAVELER

You are adored in many inns and taverns, and you can easily make friends from afar.

Skill Mastery: Performance, Persuasion

COURTIER

You have worked at a noble court or some sort of bureaucratic organization, dealing with the upper-class people.

Skill Mastery: Insight, Persuasion

CRIMINAL

You have broken the law in one or more ways, and perhaps even served time in prison.

Skill Mastery: Sleight of Hand, Stealth

CULTIST

You were or still are part of a cult that offer their efforts for a hidden, esoteric entity.

Skill Mastery: Arcana, Religion

DOCTOR

You have studied the physiology of humanoids and how to treat their illnesses.

Skill Mastery: Investigation, Medicine

ENTERTAINER

You know how to run a show and how to attract and even inspire the audience.

Skill Mastery: Acrobatics, Performance

FACTION AGENT

You are part of a known or unknown organization, either working in the shadows or by being an outspoken leader.

Skill Mastery: Insight, Perception

FALCONER

You are an experienced falconer, having learned to train falcons in your past. You understand the birds instinctively and know how powerful of an ally they can be. In addition to your raptor companion, you also start with the below.

Skill Mastery: Animal Handling, Survival

FAR TRAVELER

You have traveled far and wide, and seen much of the world.

Skill Mastery: Insight, Perception

FARMER

You know how to work a good tilled earth and to enjoy the fruits of your labor.

Skill Mastery: Animal Handling, Nature

FISHER

You have fished many fish, as many tales you have of them.

Skill Mastery: History, Survival

FOLK HERO

The people of your home village hold you in a higher regard for the great deeds you have (and perhaps still will) accomplished.

Skill Mastery: Persuasion, Survival

GLADIATOR

You have participated in brawls of entertainment and great shows in the gladiatorial pits.

Skill Mastery: Athletics, Performance

GUARD

You have worked as a guard, protecting a town and enforcing its law.

Skill Mastery: Athletics, Perception

GUIDE

You know shortcuts and the best roads to travel like the back of your hand.

Skill Mastery: Stealth, Survival

HAUNTED

You are cursed by something or someone that you dare not to speak of.

Skill Mastery: Arcana, Religion

HERMIT

You have lived in seclusion, enjoying the merits of a quiet, solitude life.

Skill Mastery: Medicine, Religion

INVESTIGATOR

You have witnessed the underworld of towns and cities when the law failed, seeking the truth above all.

Skill Mastery: Insight, and Investigation or Perception

KNIGHT

You belong to an order of knights who have sworn oaths to achieve a common goal.

Skill Mastery: History, Persuasion

LABORER

You know the worth of your brawn.

Skill Mastery: Athletics, Survival

MARINE

You have trained in the high seas and in the sandy beaches.

Skill Mastery: Athletics, Survival

MERCENARY

You are a sell-sword, seeking wealth and glamour.

Skill Mastery: Athletics, Persuasion

MERCHANT

You travel the world selling goods and meeting traders.

Skill Mastery: Logic, Trade

NOBLE

You are part of the upper-class of society, who owns land, collect taxes, and participate in the greater political sphere of influence.

Skill Mastery: History, Persuasion

OUTLANDER

You are a child of the wilderness, living far from civilization and its comforts.

Skill Mastery: Athletics, Survival

PILGRIM

You have walked thousands of miles of roads along with like-minded folk.

Skill Mastery: Religion, Survival

RESEARCHER

You are specialized in the studies of a particular field or subject.

Skill Mastery: Investigation, Logic

SAGE

You have studied ancient manuscripts, scrolls, and debated the greatest experts on subjects that interest you.

Skill Mastery: Insight, Investigation

SAILOR

You have lived most of your life in the sea, typically in a boat or other seagoing vessel.

Skill Mastery: Acrobatics, Perception

SHIPWRIGHT

You are part of a great maritime company, participating in wars in the sea.

Skill Mastery: Perception, Sleight of Hand

SMUGGLER

You know the sneakiest routes and the most corrupt guards and how to bribe them, allowing you to haul illicit goods.

Skill Mastery: Deception, Sleight of Hand

SOLDIER

You have been part of a military force and perhaps even served war.

Skill Mastery: Athletics, Intimidation

SPY

You are part of a secret agency or a hidden organization, working in the shadows and participating of complex schemes.

Skill Mastery: Investigation, Stealth

STUDENT

You have poured your time and focus studying many of the subjects and disciplines of your field of research.

Skill Mastery: Choose any two Intelligence or Wisdom skills

URCHIN

You are an orphan and poor, having lived many years in the streets of a big city, and learning how to provide for yourself and your friends.

Skill Mastery: Stealth, Survival

VAGRANT

You have lived your life on the road, moving from place to place, and never staying in one place to settle down.

Skill Mastery: Persuasion, Survival

WHISPERER

You have a touch for the long-gone, and how to talk to them.

Skill Mastery: Insight

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