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<blockquote data-quote="BoldItalic" data-source="post: 7157467" data-attributes="member: 6777052"><p>I did some short backstories for some 5e pregens back on the old WotC forums. They were copied across to here in the Emergency Lifeboat but that seems to have sunk and they are no longer accessible.</p><p></p><p><strong><u>Shautha Narg - Female Half-Orc Paladin - Urchin background</u></strong></p><p>Shautha was a PO - a Professional Orphan - one of a small number kept by the Paladin Training College for would-be paladins to practise benevolence on. It wasn't a bad life, she had the run of the college kitchens when not needed for classes and she befriended the mice who lived behind the kitchen ranges. Her special favourite was a white mouse called Mee and she liked to play at being a paladin and do Lay On Thumbs on him. There is an age limit for PO's, obviously, and not much of a career progression path, so when she was 12 she asked if she could become a real paladin. She had already picked up more about paladin-ing than most of the teachers, so she passed all the tests easily and was accepted straight away. She's 13 now, and ready for her first real adventure outside the college. She will be taking Mee with her.</p><p></p><p><strong><u>Polrianna Copefont - Female Cleric (Domain of War) - Soldier background</u></strong></p><p>Polrianna, known simply as Anna, came from a military family and joined up with the Helmpath Stalwarts where she was popular with the troops and was soon promoted to sergeant. This came to an end when she caught religion as they say, and she left her unit to train as a battle cleric. She is now attached to the temple in her home village where, in truth, she spends most of her time socialising with old friends. She misses the thrill of combat, though, and is beginning to wonder if she made the right career choice after all. There just aren't enough enemies around, are there?</p><p></p><p><strong><u>Parallel Reedstool - Halfling Rogue- Criminal (Blackmailer) background</u></strong></p><p>Parallel hails from the halfling village of Goodbottom but he can't go back there for <em>certain reasons</em>. He has been hanging out in Waterdeep for a while, keeping his ear to the ground and soaking up salacious gossip, hoping to put the squeeze on anyone in power with a guilty secret to hide (but not anyone too powerful, obviously). He thinks he might branch out and try his luck in the smaller villages, where people are more afraid of what their neighbours known about them. He sees himself as a public servant - after all, he only takes money from the guilty, and they deserve to pay, don't they?</p><p></p><p><strong><u>Lady Sparky of Gravewell - Fire Genasi Sorcerer (Draconic Bloodline Origin) - Noble (Knight) background</u></strong></p><p>There are not many people who are descended from an efreeti on their mother's side and a white dragon on their father's, but then there are not many people like Sparky, either. Perhaps it is fortunate for world that she is unique. Someone has stolen a piece of jewelry that she treasured, and she is touring the district looking for the thief. She hasn't decided, yet, whether to freeze him or fry him, or possibly both.</p><p></p><p><strong><u>Adrik Rumnaheim - Mountain Dwarf Cleric (Domain of Trickery) - Charlatan background</u></strong></p><p>Adrik is a card-sharp, originally from the dwarven town of Black Barrow. He once ruined a naive young nobleman by cheating at cards but fled in haste when the nobleman's companions vowed to hunt him down. He said a quick prayer to Tymora, took refuge in a nearby temple, grabbed a robe and mingled with a line of people who were queuing for something. His prayers were answered - in a roundabout way. It turned out that these were candidates for the priesthood of Tymora and, having little choice but to play along, he pretended to be one of them. He was so convincing when his turn came, that he was admitted immediately. As part of his trickery training, he was required to create a false identity; he invented a hermit called Caviozuno who, whilst sojouring in the wilderness, had discovered mystical prophetic powers that allowed him, for example, to foresee the order of cards in a shuffled deck. Adrik is so good at pretending to be Caviozuno that can actually demonstrate this amazing ability. Using marked cards, of course.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BoldItalic, post: 7157467, member: 6777052"] I did some short backstories for some 5e pregens back on the old WotC forums. They were copied across to here in the Emergency Lifeboat but that seems to have sunk and they are no longer accessible. [B][u]Shautha Narg - Female Half-Orc Paladin - Urchin background[/u][/B] Shautha was a PO - a Professional Orphan - one of a small number kept by the Paladin Training College for would-be paladins to practise benevolence on. It wasn't a bad life, she had the run of the college kitchens when not needed for classes and she befriended the mice who lived behind the kitchen ranges. Her special favourite was a white mouse called Mee and she liked to play at being a paladin and do Lay On Thumbs on him. There is an age limit for PO's, obviously, and not much of a career progression path, so when she was 12 she asked if she could become a real paladin. She had already picked up more about paladin-ing than most of the teachers, so she passed all the tests easily and was accepted straight away. She's 13 now, and ready for her first real adventure outside the college. She will be taking Mee with her. [B][U]Polrianna Copefont - Female Cleric (Domain of War) - Soldier background[/U][/B] Polrianna, known simply as Anna, came from a military family and joined up with the Helmpath Stalwarts where she was popular with the troops and was soon promoted to sergeant. This came to an end when she caught religion as they say, and she left her unit to train as a battle cleric. She is now attached to the temple in her home village where, in truth, she spends most of her time socialising with old friends. She misses the thrill of combat, though, and is beginning to wonder if she made the right career choice after all. There just aren't enough enemies around, are there? [B][U]Parallel Reedstool - Halfling Rogue- Criminal (Blackmailer) background[/U][/B] Parallel hails from the halfling village of Goodbottom but he can't go back there for [i]certain reasons[/i]. He has been hanging out in Waterdeep for a while, keeping his ear to the ground and soaking up salacious gossip, hoping to put the squeeze on anyone in power with a guilty secret to hide (but not anyone too powerful, obviously). He thinks he might branch out and try his luck in the smaller villages, where people are more afraid of what their neighbours known about them. He sees himself as a public servant - after all, he only takes money from the guilty, and they deserve to pay, don't they? [B][U]Lady Sparky of Gravewell - Fire Genasi Sorcerer (Draconic Bloodline Origin) - Noble (Knight) background[/U][/B] There are not many people who are descended from an efreeti on their mother's side and a white dragon on their father's, but then there are not many people like Sparky, either. Perhaps it is fortunate for world that she is unique. Someone has stolen a piece of jewelry that she treasured, and she is touring the district looking for the thief. She hasn't decided, yet, whether to freeze him or fry him, or possibly both. [B][U]Adrik Rumnaheim - Mountain Dwarf Cleric (Domain of Trickery) - Charlatan background[/U][/B] Adrik is a card-sharp, originally from the dwarven town of Black Barrow. He once ruined a naive young nobleman by cheating at cards but fled in haste when the nobleman's companions vowed to hunt him down. He said a quick prayer to Tymora, took refuge in a nearby temple, grabbed a robe and mingled with a line of people who were queuing for something. His prayers were answered - in a roundabout way. It turned out that these were candidates for the priesthood of Tymora and, having little choice but to play along, he pretended to be one of them. He was so convincing when his turn came, that he was admitted immediately. As part of his trickery training, he was required to create a false identity; he invented a hermit called Caviozuno who, whilst sojouring in the wilderness, had discovered mystical prophetic powers that allowed him, for example, to foresee the order of cards in a shuffled deck. Adrik is so good at pretending to be Caviozuno that can actually demonstrate this amazing ability. Using marked cards, of course. [/QUOTE]
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