Backgrounds

Classic fifth-edition (2014) SRD 5.1 rules. The complete rules for this entry are reproduced below for use at the table.

The character builder includes the standard backgrounds from the 2014 Player’s Handbook. SRD material is reproduced where licensed; other official entries provide catalog information and link to the owned source for full rules.

  • Acolyte — Shelter of the Faithful
  • Charlatan — False Identity
  • Criminal — Criminal Contact; includes the Spy variant
  • Entertainer — By Popular Demand; includes the Gladiator variant
  • Folk Hero — Rustic Hospitality
  • Guild Artisan — Guild Membership; includes the Guild Merchant variant
  • Hermit — Discovery
  • Noble — Position of Privilege; includes the Knight variant
  • Outlander — Wanderer
  • Sage — Researcher
  • Sailor — Ship’s Passage; includes the Pirate variant
  • Soldier — Military Rank
  • Urchin — City Secrets
SRD 5.1 · CC BY 4.0
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This work includes material taken from the System Reference Document 5.1 ("SRD 5.1") by Wizards of the Coast LLC and available at https://dnd.wizards.com/resources/systems-reference-document. The SRD 5.1 is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.