young runaway or orphan, befriended by a wandering bard who became your mentor. Or you might have been a spoiled noble child tutored by a master. Perhaps you stumbled into the clutches of a hag, making a bargain for a musical gift in addition to …

Aug 3, 2018 · Being an orphan is probably fairly common in your campaign. With illness, war, monsters, corrupt officials and random gateways to other planes opening and closing, it's inevitable that people are going to have to grow up without …

Sep 14, 2019 · What do you think would have been a common naming practice for nameless orphans in a city like Waterdeep? I thought about maybe having the priest make up a last name for him that references his mixed blood, but I'm having some major writer's block.

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Mar 13, 2023 · One of the rites of passage for a Dungeons & Dragons player is creating a character for the first time. One of the most common pieces of advice given to new roleplayers making their first character is “Have a backstory!”

Mar 19, 2019 · I like how in DnD it is just as difficult to kill a frog as it is to kill a commoner.

Mar 20, 2024 · I want to know how do you do the stat blocks for the youngest npc (<10yo in human age). In my campaign most of the forgotten children (orphans) are pickpockers, and there is many of them in the main city.

May 14, 2023 · For for my early orphan character, he wasn't just an orphan, his parents were part of a smaller band of thieves that were killed during the early struggles between Xanathar's Guild and the Zhentarim in Waterdeep, so tying this into recent (and ongoing) events.

Perhaps you were a young runaway or orphan, befriended by a wandering bard who became your mentor. Or you might have been a spoiled noble child tutored by a master.