None of the other spies of the Last War had a task half as difficult as yours, for you were a true infiltrator. You spent years, perhaps even decades, living in an enemy nation, guild, mercenary compa...
The sea is your mother, the sea is your life. You aren’t a sailor. You’re a fisherman. You have a deep, personal, intimate relationship with the sea. You were born in a small coastal villa...
You have worked the land and hand—raised livestock from birth to feed the mouths of many. As a farmer, you woke up before the and sun came in from working the fields after it set. You have l...
The Last War mobilized huge numbers of soldiers, which the nations hurled against each other in seemingly endless waves. By the end of the war, Breland, Cyre, and Thrane had passed laws requiring thei...
In your earlier days, you were a personage of some significance in a noble court or a bureaucratic organization. You might or might not come from an upper-class family; your talents, rather than the c...
As a child, you were inquisitive when your playmates were possessive or raucous. In your formative years, you found your way to one of Khorvaire’s great institutes of learning , where you were a...
The Stout Folk are well known for their artisanship and the worth of their handiworks, and you have been trained in that ancient tradition. For years you labored under a dwarf master of the craft, end...
You have served the community where you grew up, standing as its first line of defense against crime. You aren’t a soldier, directing your gaze outward at possible enemies. Instead, your service...
At my table it is important that the characters have preexisting connections and reasons to be together, unless the campaign calls for something different. When I started doing this inner-party confli...
Warforged are a construct race, mass-produced for battle. Most warforged designed to perform a specific function share a uniform appearance, distinguished only by the ”ghulra” (the symbol ...
A feat represents a talent or an area of expertise that gives a character special capabilities. It embodies training, experience, and abilities beyond what a class provides. At certain levels, your cl...
Sometimes being a member of a dragonmarked house means power, prestige, and influence. Sometimes it means living firmly under the thumb of a controlling relative until you can find a way to escape. Co...
Khorvaire is largely defined by the travails of the Last War, and that is just as true of its adventurers. You fought on the front lines of the Last War. You killed a great many enemy soldiers, and yo...
You have heroes in your family background and the story of your ancestors is known far and wide. Perhaps your parents were a famous adventuring duo, or a grandparent hunted and killed many great evils...
You live the life of the sailor, but the skies are your seas. Airships are the places where you feel most at home, soaring above the hubbub of the world, isolated in the freedom of flight. You might h...
You have crafted mechanical marvels and improved existing technologies. You know that nothing in this world is perfect and everything could be improved. You’re often the one finding ways to improve ...
