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"You are trained in battlefield tactics and combat, having served in a militia, mercenary company, or officer corps. Show smart tactics and bravery on the battlefield to enhance your prowess."
Background Features
- Athletics Proficiency: Gain Proficiency with Strength (Athletics) Ability Checks.
- Intimidation Proficiency: Gain Proficiency with Charisma (Intimidation) 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.
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General
- One For The Ages: Survive a fight in which you kill ten or more enemies.
- Pentacrush: Kill 5 enemies in a single turn.
- Strategist: Defeat a powerful foe in one strike.
Act One
- No One Left Behind: Ensure all of the Grove's defenders survive the first goblin assault.
- To Arms!: Help Guex learn to fight.
- Chain Of Command: Follow Flaming Fist orders at the burning inn.
- Warrior of the Hells: Kill the cultist leader seeking Karlach.
- Conquer the Conquerors: Defeat the Githyanki raiding squad.
- A Headless Horde: Kill every leader in the goblin camp.
Act Two
- Centennial Rivalries: Complete the Harper ambush.
- Masterful Execution: Kill any of the bosses in and around the Shadow-Cursed Lands in a single round of combat.
- Absolute Devastation: Destroy Last Light.
- Shield of the Moon: Obtain Selûne's blessing from Isobel.
- An Apple a Day Keeps the Scalpel Away: Defeat the Surgeon without being operated upon.
- Realities of War: Tell Arabella what happened to her parents.
- The Best Offense is Virtually Nonsense: Defeat a member of the Thorm family without drawing steel.
- A Bone To Pick: Overcome the skeletons in Moonrise prison during the assault.
- Devastation of the Absolute: Complete the assault on Moonrise.
- Familicide: Kill all members of the Thorm family.
- Notched Armour: Show off your prowess to the bugbear merchant.
- Know Thine Enemy: Defeat yourself in the Gauntlet of Shar's mirror trial.
- Return to Sender: Kill the orthon, returning him to Raphael.
- Soldier of Fortune: Give Nightsong to Ketheric.
- Allow Balthazar to transport Nightsong from the Shadowfell.
Act Three
- Sharing the Spoils: Donate to the refugees.
- Reporting for Duty: Report to Commander Lightfeather.
- Court Marshall: Expose the Flaming Fist deserter.
- Great Helm of Legends: Find the Helm of Balduran.
- Regicide: Execute Gortash.
- Double-Tap: Kill Auntie Ethel... again...
- Innovations in Volatility: Give your blood to Araj a second time.
- Kicking the Rust Bucket: Destroy a Steel Watcher.
- Urgent Communication: Commune with the Netherbrain.
- Talk to Edenosa after the ambush in the park.
- Veteran's Hotspot: Purchase a room at the Elfsong Tavern.
- Hot Exit: Escape the House of Hope.
- Putting the Past to Rest: Execute Orin.