variant-backgrounds Archives - Tribality https://www.tribality.com/tag/variant-backgrounds/ D&D / Role Playing Thu, 29 Mar 2018 05:24:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://www.tribality.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-logo-2020-icon@2x-32x32.jpg variant-backgrounds Archives - Tribality https://www.tribality.com/tag/variant-backgrounds/ 32 32 Fey-Touched Backgrounds, Part Three https://www.tribality.com/2018/03/29/fey-touched-backgrounds-part-three/ https://www.tribality.com/2018/03/29/fey-touched-backgrounds-part-three/#comments Thu, 29 Mar 2018 12:00:33 +0000 https://www.tribality.com/?p=23648 It’s been a little while now since I’ve done anything with my series on the fey, so today I’m returning for the fifth and sixth fey background: the Inspired and the Oathsworn. The Inspired are those who receive – or believe they will receive – creative inspiration from a fey patron, friend, or lover. The Oathbreaker is on the outs with a fey, some fey, or the fey, as a result of breaking an oath. Fey Chivalry | Fey Huntsmen and Leashed […]

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2018/03/29/fey-touched-backgrounds-part-three/feed/ 4 Planescape Faction Backgrounds: Madmen and the Takers https://www.tribality.com/2017/10/11/planescape-faction-backgrounds-madmen-takers/ https://www.tribality.com/2017/10/11/planescape-faction-backgrounds-madmen-takers/#comments Wed, 11 Oct 2017 13:08:15 +0000 http://www.tribality.com/?p=21788 5e character backgrounds for members of the Bleak Cabal and the Fated Planescape factions.

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2017/10/11/planescape-faction-backgrounds-madmen-takers/feed/ 16 Planescape Faction Backgrounds: Dusties and Chaosmen https://www.tribality.com/2017/07/26/planescape-faction-backgrounds-dusties-and-chaosmen/ https://www.tribality.com/2017/07/26/planescape-faction-backgrounds-dusties-and-chaosmen/#comments Wed, 26 Jul 2017 12:00:58 +0000 http://www.tribality.com/?p=20748 D&D 5e player background options for the Dustmen and Xaositect factions from the Planescape setting.

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2017/07/26/planescape-faction-backgrounds-dusties-and-chaosmen/feed/ 6 Planescape Faction Backgrounds – The Red Death and Sensates https://www.tribality.com/2017/07/05/planescape-faction-backgrounds-the-red-death-and-sensates/ https://www.tribality.com/2017/07/05/planescape-faction-backgrounds-the-red-death-and-sensates/#comments Wed, 05 Jul 2017 14:56:41 +0000 http://www.tribality.com/?p=20610 5e backgrounds for two Planescape Factions: The Mercykillers and the Society of Sensation.

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2017/07/05/planescape-faction-backgrounds-the-red-death-and-sensates/feed/ 6 Planescape Faction Backgrounds – Defiers and Godsmen https://www.tribality.com/2017/06/28/planescape-faction-backgrounds-defiers-and-godsmen/ https://www.tribality.com/2017/06/28/planescape-faction-backgrounds-defiers-and-godsmen/#comments Wed, 28 Jun 2017 12:00:58 +0000 http://www.tribality.com/?p=20582 Player backgrounds for the Athar and Believers of the Source factions.

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2017/06/28/planescape-faction-backgrounds-defiers-and-godsmen/feed/ 8 Fortune Teller Background (D&D 5e) https://www.tribality.com/2016/06/17/variant-background-for-dd-5e-fortune-teller/ https://www.tribality.com/2016/06/17/variant-background-for-dd-5e-fortune-teller/#comments Fri, 17 Jun 2016 04:46:43 +0000 http://www.tribality.com/?p=17091 This week on the Campaign Trail I look at variant backgrounds again, this time with the Charlatan variant Fortune Teller background for D&D 5e. The Fortune Teller background could fit anywhere, but is especially suited to gothic horror and Victorian settings. Creating a variant background or tweaking existing backgrounds can save you the time you would need to create an entire new background. Most of the new backgrounds found in the Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide save design time (and page […]

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]]> https://www.tribality.com/2016/06/17/variant-background-for-dd-5e-fortune-teller/feed/ 9 Creating Variant Backgrounds for D&D 5e – Sailor https://www.tribality.com/2016/02/26/creating-variant-backgrounds-for-dd-5e-sailor/ Fri, 26 Feb 2016 05:00:32 +0000 http://tribality.com/?p=15210 This week on the Campaign Trail I thought I’d look at variant backgrounds and share a couple of homebrew variant backgrounds I created back in 2014 (for my Vodari campaign) that I didn’t include in Pirate Adventurers. The Castaway background was used by one of my players who found himself stranded on an island of giants. The Explorer can provide an interesting option for a player who has a history of sailing across unknown seas and trekking through jungle filled […]

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