5e Backgrounds

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5e Background Design Guide

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Backgrounds

Backgrounds without an improving, reviewing, or removing template present.

Abandoned Adventurer Afflicted Air Acrobat Alchemic Construct Alchemist Alcoholic Amnesiac Ancient Cultist Antiquarian Apothecary Arcana Spy Arcane Dominion Artist Arvoreen Keeper Aspirant Astronaut Barmaid Battlesmith Beastlike Blood luster Bounty Hunter Butler Captain Cattle Rustler Changeling Child of Ares City Guard

City Worker Clone Combat Medic Confederacy of Feuding Houses Cook Courtesan Crazed Hermit Crusader Nation Cults X-Golden Child Cursed Dark Lord Demonologist Denizen Diplomat Disgrace Disowned Noble Divine Doctor Dog of the Military Dragon Trained Drunken Bum Drunken Pirate Earthling Elysium Knight Engineer Envoy Eternal One Evil Cultist

Executioner Exile Exiled Ruler Experiment Explorer Falconer Farmer Feral Child Fey Child Firefighter Futureborn Gambler Gladiator Governess Heir of a Fallen Kingdom Hellborn Herald of the Gods Heretic Hooded Figure House Worker Hunter Immortal Innkeeper Inquirer Islander Janitor Jester Law Bringer

Law Bringer (Variant) Librarian Lone Survivor Lost Civilization Lover Mage Hunter Maid Mailman Marshal Master Inquisitor Mercenary Messenger Metal Worker Military Asset Military Pilot Monastic Monastic Traveller Monster Monster Hunter Mute Mystic Noble (Variant) Noble Guard Nomad Oathbreaker Occult Investigator Otherworlder, Variant Otherworlder

Paradox Pilot Plane Walker Politician Princess/Prince Prisoner Proctor Prodigy Professional Assassin Prospector Psychic Redeemed Cultist Regime of the Dark Overlord Revenant Revolutionist Royal Cavalryman Royalty Savage Land Scavenger Scout Secret Seeker Sentinel Serial Killer Sex Worker Shadow Bringer Shadow Thieves' Guild Member Shipwright

Slave Slayer Smuggler Spy Squire Student of Magic Survivor Tailor Test Subject The Chosen One Torturer Unknown Urban Vigilante Vagrant Trouper Vaquero Venator Witch Hunter Wolf Knight Woodcutter Wooddweller Worshipped One Writer Zealot

Backgrounds Based on Existing Fiction

Backgrounds which are based on existing characters or archetypes from other works of fiction.

Academy Huntsman

April Fools Backgrounds

Backgrounds with a more comedic twist.

Actual Criminal Almost the Chosen One

Bantmaster Candy Scientist

Cow History Disgruntled Barkeep

Farm Animal Fourth Wall Breaker

Incomplete Backgrounds

Backgrounds with one or many improving, reviewing, or removing templates present. Please help work on the problem presented on the template.

Adept Adopted Alcoholic Scientist Altered State Amnesiac Apprentice Archivist Balloon Mage Banker Barber Beggar

Cheater Construct Cultist-Assasin Dectective Destined to be a Hero Divine Servant Dragon Owned DrugDealer Duelist Eager Novice

Easygoing Ex-Blood Doll God Touched Hitman Inventor Kid Don King's Ranger Lucky Fumbler Martial Trainer Merchant

Miner Noble, Variant Nurse Other Plane Paranoid Agent Possesed Body Racial Philanderer Radiant Blood Reaver Researcher

Sadistic Assassin Salesman Seething Magic Slaver Slayer, Variant Sleuth Soulless Space Marine Steampunker Temple Guardian

The False Chosen One The greater Jeff Town Apothecary Tragic Hero Village Dunce War Criminal Wronged Hero

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