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== Background goals == | == Background goals == | ||
Performing certain actions that align with this background will reward [[Inspiration]]. These goals can be accomplished by any member of the active party, and Inspiration points are pooled, up to a maximum of 4. | Performing certain actions that align with this background will reward [[Inspiration]]. These goals can be accomplished by any member of the active party, and Inspiration points are pooled, up to a maximum of 4. Completing an inspiration event will also grant experience to characters with that background. | ||
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Revision as of 18:51, 27 July 2024
Charlatan is a character background with skills and inspirations themed around trickery and deceit. Astarion and the hireling Kree Derryck have this background.
Background features
- Deception Proficiency: Gain Proficiency with Charisma (Deception) Ability Checks.
- Sleight of Hand Proficiency: Gain Proficiency with Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) Ability Checks.
Background goals
Performing certain actions that align with this background will reward Inspiration. These goals can be accomplished by any member of the active party, and Inspiration points are pooled, up to a maximum of 4. Completing an inspiration event will also grant experience to characters with that background.
Spoiler warning: The following content contains unhidden spoilers. Read at your own risk. |
Location | XP reward | Name | Description |
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Act 1 | |||
Overgrown Ruins | 20 | Cheese Your Way Through | Talk your way past the bandits and enter the chapel. |
Ravaged Beach | 20 | Flexible Diplomacy | Betray the tieflings after convincing them to free Lae'zel. |
Blighted Village | 25 | Just Passing Through | Trick the goblins in Moonhaven. |
25 | Mirror Master | Trick the magic mirror in the Thayan cellar. | |
Goblin Camp | 25 | Very Important Parasite | Deceive any of the guards in the goblin camp. |
25 | Spiked | Poison the beer in the goblin camp. | |
25 | Anything for a Profit | Steal the toe ring from Crusher without getting caught. | |
Shattered Sanctum | 25 | Devil's Advocate | Interrogate the dead mind flayer without drawing suspicion. |
25 | A Better Offer | Convince the pit spiders to attack the goblins. | |
Mountain Pass | 30 | Silver Blades, Silver Tongue | Convince Kith'rak Voss to leave without violence. |
Waukeen's Rest | 30 | The Importance of Networking | Talk your way into the Zhentarim hideout. |
Riverside Teahouse | 30 | One of Us | Use the hag's mask to peacefully bypass her thralls. |
Ebonlake Grotto | 30 | Warmonger | Cause Glut to stage a coup - then pick a side. |
Grymforge | 50 | A Friend to All | Gain access to Grymforge peacefully by lying to the raft patrol. |
Act 2 | |||
Last Light Inn | 50 | Not My First Time | Resist the truth serum when talking to Jaheira. |
50 | Shuffling the Board | Rig the game of lanceboard. | |
50 | Tadpole Solidarity | Go along with Marcus' plan. | |
50 | Always Trust a Dishonest Person | Expose Marcus to the Harpers.
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Moonrise Towers | 50 | Clear Conscience | Successfully lie to Z'rell about the fate of the goblins. |
50 | Pied Piper | Successfully influence the gnolls, either to break free or continue being subservient. | |
60 | Know thy Clientele | Instigate Z'rell into showing off her gifts from the Absolute. | |
Moonrise Towers Prison | 50 | Not to Worry, I Have a Permit | Evade repercussions when speaking to the Moonrise prisoners.
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Act Two Campsite | 60 | Little White Lies | Lie to Arabella about the fate of her parents. |
The Waning Moon | 60 | Tricks of the Trade | Successfully pretend to drink from the steins of ale.
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Reithwin Tollhouse | 60 | Takes One to Know One | Expose the true form of the toll collector by removing all her gold armour.
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Gauntlet of Shar | 75 | The Devil's in the Details | Expose a half-truth in the orthon's contract with Raphael. |
Moonrise Towers or Last Light Inn | 75 | Morally Grey | Betray the trust of Moonrise or Lastlight. |
Act 3 | |||
Rivington | 135 | Stuffed Bears in the Closet | Blackmail the merchant. |
135 | Never Trust an Honest Person | Lie to make your way into the big barn. | |
Circus of the Last Days | 135 | Cheating the Cheater | Find the source of the genie's trick and take it.
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135 | Seams of Lavender and Thyme | Deceive your way into the circus. | |
Wyrm's Crossing | 170 | Rock-Solid Alibi | Manage to convince the Flaming Fist to let you into Wyrm's Rock. |
170 | Not so Infallible After All | Evade being arrested by a Steel Watcher. | |
Wyrm's Rock Fortress | 135 | Nothing's Not for Sale | Convince the Flaming Fist quartermaster to trade with you. |
Lower City | 170 | Friends in Low Places | Gain access to the Undercellar through Tusgront. |
170 | Saving a Fellow Tale-Spinner | Save Volo from an untimely death.
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Felogyr's Fireworks | 170 | Silver-Tongue's Better Than Any Key | Gain access to Avery's workshop.
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Philgrave's Mansion | 220 | Always Trust a Dishonest Person | Betray a recently forged alliance.
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Baldur's Mouth | 170 | The News of My Deeds Was Greatly Exaggerated | Rig the Baldur's Mouth printing press.
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Graveyard (Lower City) | 170 | Grave Prospector | Retrieve the grave's gold from Bugthimble. |
Elfsong Tavern | 170 | Perks of the Trade | Obtain a rebate for your room at the Elfsong Tavern. |
Guildhall | 220 | Woman of Her Word | Side with the Nine-Fingers against the Zhentarim.
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220 | Winged Serpent of Gold | Side with the Zhentarim against Nine-Fingers. | |
Wyrm's Rock Fortress | 220 | Always Trust a Dishonest Person | Betray a recently forged alliance.
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