Embracing the Mechanics of Backgrounds
When you embrace the mechanics of 5th edition Backgrounds you expand the variety of stories that can be told at your table.
In darkness there is light — the Lamplighter is a new 5th edition D&D Background
Play one of the peoples who makes a city more welcoming at dawn and dusk, the lighter of lamps and lanterns.
The Tinker — A 5th edition D&D Background
They travel the lands with their cart and donkey fixing the broken tin of scattered families and villages, picking up bits of news and lore along the way. Tinkers are vital cogs in the rural economy and they are your next background for D&D.
Sports: A New Tool for 5th Edition D&D
Adding Sports as a Tool to your 5th edition D&D game opens your table up to new stories and backgrounds for the characters.
Add the bright lights and big booms of fireworks to D&D – the Sparkler Background
A new weapon, new tool, and new background for D&D, the Sparkler is an artist, performer, and technician whose primary tools include smokepowder and gunpowder.
The Caravanserai – a 5th edition D&D Background
Before you were a hero you were a Caravanserai, a keeper of an outpost that is inn, trade center, waypoint, and safe haven all at once. The traditional western trope of an innkeeper is provided as an alternate.
Call the Midwife – a 5th edition D&D Background
Before you were a hero you were a Midwife, an honored and esteemed healer, confidant, and guide through pregnancy and birth.
‘Wine lets secrets out’ – the Vintner, a 5e D&D Background
These rules a pre-publication example of a Vintner – a background for the current edition of Dungeons & Dragons.
Work the earth as a Farmer – a 5e D&D Background
These rules a pre-publication example of a Farmer – a background for the current edition of Dungeons & Dragons. Included are an alternate background of Beekeeper and the rules for Farmer’s Tools.
Meet Amadin the Barker, including a new 5e D&D Background
This community created character includes a new Background – Crier/Herald/Barker
