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Backgrounds of the New World - 14 New Backgrounds

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Backgrounds of the New World!

Venture forth into adventure with this new resource! This book has 23 pages in which you will find 14 backgrounds for Player Characters to use during their character creation process. These backgrounds include features and characteristics that provide  ideas for players to make this background into a grand story for their characters. Most of these are themed to fit onto a Greek Mythology setting as well, so campaign settings such as Theros or Arkadia would be a great fit! However, the thematics can easily be changed to fit onto any setting.

Furthermore, the design of some of the particular backgrounds was inspired by the Guild member concept from Guildmaster's Guide to Ravnica, creating a small expansion on the available spell list for spellcasting classes!



Choose from these 14 Backgrounds!

  • Athenian Mage: You belong to the most magically advanced city in your realm. You may be an apprentice to a powerful mage, one of many students in a grand institution of learning or a self-taught spellcaster who used the resources of their home to rise to the call of adventure.
  • Blacksmith: You are a hard-working individual to your very core. You are a creator at heart, but you always wanted to go beyond what most people could accomplish. With hope to learn of legendary smiths, weapons, materials and techniques, you have chosen to become an adventurer yourself.
  • Healer: You have studied and trained to become a medical expert. Perhaps as a professional physician, a combat medic on the army of a kingdom or even just a simple trainee in a temple. You are aware of how easy it is to do damage and kill others, as well as how difficult it is to heal them.
  • Inventor: You are an enthusiast of all kinds of creations. Technology is your passion, developing it, appraising it and learning more about it are driving forces in your life. You wish to explore ancient civilizations in hope to discover forgotten technology, to create new inventions that blow away the world and might even mark your name within history itself.
  • Mercenary: You are a Soldier of Fortune through and through. You have been part of mercenary companies before, doing all kinds of work for all types of folks. But now theres a new venture ahead. And it definitely feels a whole lot more profitable.
  • Monster Hunter: You slay monsters, this is your way of life. Since youth you have been trained in order to understand, chase and slay the creatures that prey upon the life of others. You may have belonged to a guild or order dedicated to the hunt of such creatures, maybe this was a path that you chose yourself due to a vendetta against a creature that caused you pain or perhaps you even inherited this position from your family. Adventure seems like a good step to put all this education to practice.
  • Muse: You are well-known across many cities, a well-established presence of inspiration for many artists and creatives across the land. Maybe it is due to your outer and inner beauty, perhaps your commanding presence that prevents people from looking away. Whatever it may be you are adored by many, but such a way of life can lack fulfillment. As such, why not become a source of inspiration in a different way.
  • Oracle: You have been granted a unique gift by higher powers, that of Prophecy. You have a unique view of the concept of fate, the order of the world and how every action leads to a nearly incomprehensible chain of events that very few beings in existence can properly follow. Perhaps your very own fate lies in adventure?
  • Royal: You are part of a royal family. Perhaps you are a King, Queen, Prince or Princess of a small kingdom. Such a life is full of luxury and comfort, but also expectations and responsabilities. Not to mention, such stations of power breed greedy people into existence. You may have been forced onto adventure due to a conspiracy to take the throne from you, or perhaps you wanted to abandon this ostentatious way of life.
  • Seafarer: You belong out at sea. You may have been a sailor in a merchant vessel, a budding pirate or simply a explorer who felt connected with the grand blue expanse. Maybe you belonged to a mythical city under the waves, such as Atlantis itself. Such a life is nothing but perfect for an adventurer!
  • Spartan Warrior: You are very proud to be part of the mightiest army in the Material Plane. You belong to the strongest city, with the finest warriors. Weakness is a disease that is cleansed from your people, growing to be loyal, disciplined, skilled and, most of all, a protector of your home. Adventure seems like a fine way to become stronger, smarter and more resourceful, in order to protect your home.
  • Storyteller: You are a keeper of tales. You bring stories from all over the world to people who have never heard of such fantastical happenings in their small towns. You may be looking for ancient forgotten tales to bring back to life around campfires, or perhaps you look to document the great feats of other heroes around you, maybe you even wish to become the central hero in one of the stories you share with others.
  • Undertaker: You perform a grim but necessary service. You tend to the dead, long after their departure from this world. You have connections with clerical orders to prevent the rise of the undead. Maybe one day you saw something that pushed you to take action, to keep the balance you have always been a part of.
  • Vintner: You are a wine-maker by trade. You have learned techniques and tricks that put you above others in your field. You are both an artisan and a salesman, with a healthy curiosity about what the wine of other sentient creatures and even planes of existence might be like. Being a traveling salesman alongside adventuring doesn't sound too bad.

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Cover Image created with: DMs Guild Cover Image Template (Photoshop) by Matthew Gravelyn


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