Tribe Royal (5e Background)

Tribe Royal

You understand Nature, Community, and Duty. You are the equal of a prince or princess from an 'uncivilized' community, and your family are the traditional leaders of this community and carry significant influence in others. You might be the daughter of a chief taken from her home, the heir of a small kingdom that faces colonization, or a disgraced prince that seeks to undermine the leadership of his home community by working with outsiders.

Is your family well known by Faerun high society, or have most nobles never heard of them? Is your domain the size of a village, or an entire rainforest? Is your community respected by outsiders, or hated? Do aristocrats respect your family's authority, or look down upon them as savages? What do commoners think of you?

Are you first in line for your family's throne? Second or third in line? Do you accept your responsibilty, or wish to get away from it? What does the head of your family view your adventuring carrer? Does your family love you, or are they happy to finnaly be rid of you?

How close to modern society is your community? Are you hunter gatherers with seasonal cities, or do your people have permanet residence? Are your people farmers, warriors, or both? Does your community have nothing but a written language, or every modern thing execpt a written language?

These details help establish your family and your title as features of the world of the campaign.

Skill Proficiencies: History, Intimidation

Tool Proficiencies: One musical instrument of your choice.

Languages: One extra Language of your choice.

Equipment: one set of exotic fine clothes, a musical instument you are proficent with, a tiara worth 5gp, and a bag containing 25gp

Feature: Duty First

Thanks to your royal birth, you have a certain air to your prescene that makes it hard for even people who look down on you to ignore you. You are a member of high society, whenever aristocrats like it or not. You can secure an audience with a local noble if you need to.

Suggested Characteristics

d8	Personality Trait
1	I use the word "the" before every proper noun.
2	Modern society disturbs me.
3	I act as friendly as possible so outsiders think of my people as kind.
4	I speak in the third person.
5	I never look people in the eye.
6	I hate all people that disrespect nature.
7	The food I enjoy is considered strange by outsiders.
8	My personality is in fact the opposite of what is considered normal for my tribe.

d6	Ideal
1	Liberty. My people are oppressed and I will do anything to free them. (Good)
2	Power. My people have less power than high society's kings, I will change that by any means nessacry. (Evil)
3	Tradition. The Way of my ancestors must be protected at all costs. (Lawful)
4	Change. I love learning new things from outsiders, their way could improve my community. (Chaotic)
5	Community. My people, right or wrong. (Any)
6	Nature. My people live in harmony with nature, and all people should do the same (Any)

d6	Bond
1	I owe a debt to an outsider that showed my kindness.
2	My community depends on a noble family for protection.
3	I have a close friendship with the royal of a different tribe.
4	I was raised by the high priest of my village instead of my parents.
5	I am secretly in love with the child of my people's greatest enemy.
6	I think of my people as members of my own family and treat them like so.

d6	Flaw
1	I am flawless!
2	I show all of my enemies no mercy.
3	My family are worshipped as gods, and anything less is a disrespect.
4	I have no filter and always let my opinions be known.
5	I think everyone should be afraid of me.
6	All outsiders are my people's lessers in mind, body, and soul.

5.00

(one vote)

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