Backgrounds

Character Backgrounds are a great way to build your story. Backgrounds give you a sense of who the characters were before they got to the point of adventuring. They provide a set of skills and proficiencies as well as other tools for you to start with.

Common Backgrounds

  • House Agent
  • Inheritor
  • Investigator (SCAG)
  • Investigator (VRGR)
  • Knight
  • Knight of the Order
  • Marine
  • Mercenary Veteran
  • Noble
  • Outlander
  • Pirate
  • Sage
  • Sailor
  • Shipwright
  • Smuggler
  • Soldier
  • Spy
  • Urban Bounty Hunter
  • Urchin
  • Uthgardt Tribe Member
  • Waterdhavian Noble
  • Witchlight Hand

Strixhaven Backgrounds

Adventurers League Backgrounds

Curse of Strahd

  • Black Fist Double Agent
  • Dragon Casualty
  • Iron Route Bandit
  • Phlan Insurgent
  • Stojanow Prisoner
  • Ticklebelly Nomad

Mulmaster

  • Caravan Specialist
  • Earthspur Miner
  • Harborfolk
  • Mulmaster Aristocrat
  • Phlan Refugee

Hillsfar

  • Cormanthor Refugee
  • Gate Urchin
  • Hillsfar Merchant
  • Hillsfar Smuggler
  • Secret Identity
  • Shade Fanatic
  • Trade Sheriff

Unearthed Arcana

  • Gate Warden
  • Giant Foundling
  • Knight of Solamnia
  • Mage of High Sorcery
  • Planar Philosopher
  • Rune Carver

Tal’Dorei Reborn

  • Ashari