63 lines
No EOL
5.3 KiB
Markdown
63 lines
No EOL
5.3 KiB
Markdown
### **Martial Backgrounds**
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| Background | Skill Increases (+1) | Description |
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| **Squire** | **Melee**, **Ride**, **Etiquette** | Trained in arms and service under a knight or warrior lord. |
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| **Militia Guard** | **Melee**, **Command**, **Athletics** | Served as a city or village guard, maintaining the peace and enforcing law. |
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| **Mercenary** | **Melee**, **Tactics**, **Intimidation** | Hardened by campaigns fought for coin and survival. |
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| **Adventurer** | **Melee**, **Shields**, **Survival** | A battle-hardened wanderer accustomed to defending caravans and settlements. |
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### **Social Backgrounds**
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| Background | Skill Increases (+1) | Description |
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| **Courtier** | **Persuasion**, **Etiquette**, **Lore** | Raised among nobility, skilled in politics, manners, and subtle games. |
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| **Performer** | **Performance**, **Deception**, **Persuasion** | Learned to charm audiences and mask truths on stage and in the street. |
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| **Diplomat** | **Command**, **Persuasion**, **Navigation** | Negotiated treaties and trade on behalf of lords or guilds. |
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| **Merchant** | **Trade**, **Streetwise**, **Persuasion** | Skilled at negotiation, finance, and the undercurrents of markets. |
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### **Nature / Wilderness Backgrounds**
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| Background | Skill Increases (+1) | Description |
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| **Hunter / Trapper** | **Tracking**, **Survival**, **Bows** | Lived by bow and snare, feeding families or settlements from the wilds. |
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| **Warden** | **Tracking**, **Survival**, **Command** | Patrolled wilderness roads and borders, keeping travelers safe. |
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| **Nature Acolyte** | **Attune**, **Survival**, **Lore (Spirits)** | Studied the cycles of nature and the guidance of ancestral spirits. |
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| **Beast Handler** | **Animal Handling**, **Survival**, **Intimidation** | Trained to tame, rear, and work alongside beasts in peace and war. |
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### **Civic Backgrounds**
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| Background | Skill Increases (+1) | Description |
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| **Farmer** | **Survival**, **Trade**, **Animal Handling** | Grew food and cared for stock, ensuring the survival of rural communities. |
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| **Craftsman** | **Crafting**, **Trade**, **Masonry / Smithing** | Learned a skilled trade, building or repairing the goods society depends on. |
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| **Scholar** | **Lore**, **Occultism**, **Empathy** | Dedicated years to study and philosophy in libraries, monasteries, or cults. |
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| **Healer** | **Medicine**, **Herbalism**, **Empathy** | Trained in treating wounds and illness using remedies and prayer. |
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### **Magical Backgrounds**
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| Background | Skill Increases (+1) | Description |
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| **Shrine Acolyte** | **Attune**, **Empathy**, **Etiquette** | Raised in sacred service, tending to the faithful and learning basic rites. |
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| **Occultist** | **Occultism**, **Lore**, **Stealth** | Dabbled in hidden texts and esoteric rites to gain power or insight. |
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| **Apprentice Mage** | **Occultism**, **Crafting**, **Attune** | Trained in magical theory and ritual by a mentor or cabal. |
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| **Spirit Medium** | **Attune**, **Empathy**, **Lore (Spirits)** | Gifted or cursed with the ability to communicate with the dead and unseen. |
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### **Underworld / Street Backgrounds**
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| **Street Urchin** | **Stealth**, **Streetwise**, **Brawl** | Learned to survive by wit, quick hands, and knowing who to avoid. |
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| **Thief** | **Stealth**, **Deception**, **Locks** | Specialized in burglary and infiltration for personal gain or a crew. |
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| **Smuggler** | **Streetwise**, **Navigation**, **Trade** | Mastered moving contraband and people across borders and blockades. |
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| **Assassin** | **Stealth**, **Poisoning**, **Melee** | Trained to stalk, study, and eliminate targets with precision. | |