Religious and Scholarly Backgrounds

You have spent your life in service to a temple, learning lore and ritual.

• Skill Proficiencies: Insight, Religion
• Languages: Two of your choice
• Equipment: Holy symbol, prayer book or wheel, 5 sticks of incense, vestments, common clothes, belt pouch (15 gp)
• Feature — Shelter of the Faithful: You can call on the resources of a temple of your faith — free healing, lodging, and aid from fellow worshippers. In exchange you may be expected to assist the temple.

You lived in seclusion — on a cliffside, in a forest, or a monastery — seeking enlightenment.

• Skill Proficiencies: Medicine, Religion
• Tool Proficiencies: Herbalism kit
• Languages: One of your choice
• Equipment: Scroll case with notes, winter blanket, common clothes, herbalism kit, 5 gp
• Feature — Discovery: You have uncovered a unique, powerful discovery during your solitude — a cosmic truth, a hidden location, or a forgotten secret.

You spent years studying in a library or academy, amassing knowledge.

• Skill Proficiencies: Arcana, History
• Languages: Two of your choice
• Equipment: Bottle of ink, quill, small knife, letter from colleague with unanswered questions, set common clothes, belt pouch (10 gp)
• Feature — Researcher: You know where to find information. If you fail to recall a fact, you know where to find it — a library, archive, or knowledgeable NPC.