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A new background, Minion, has been added to EN World's 5E Backgrounds Database.
You used to work for a madman. Laboring in the service of a gifted, deranged wizard or other spell crafter, you assisted in their research projects and grand experiments. You may have toiled to assemble custom experimental equipment in a ruined tower or family castle. Or, perhaps you travelled the lands to gather unusual flora and fauna as raw materials. Whatever the job, you worked to carry out your Master (or Mistress)'s visionary projects.
Work with your DM to determine who your employer was and what their research focused on. A well-established researcher will have published works, developed rivalries, and may even be known in foreign lands.
How did you enter the service of such a person? Were you a family servant or slave? Were you a lesser scholar pressed into work as an apprentice? Or have you simply worked for the Master as long as you can remember?
Just as important, how did you leave their service? Were you dismissed for some slight failure, or fired for making an absolute disaster? Did you fail to protect the Mistress when the locals stormed the castle with torches and pitchforks? Or, do you serve them still, traveling with adventurers to further some grand design?... [Read More]
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You used to work for a madman. Laboring in the service of a gifted, deranged wizard or other spell crafter, you assisted in their research projects and grand experiments. You may have toiled to assemble custom experimental equipment in a ruined tower or family castle. Or, perhaps you travelled the lands to gather unusual flora and fauna as raw materials. Whatever the job, you worked to carry out your Master (or Mistress)'s visionary projects.
Work with your DM to determine who your employer was and what their research focused on. A well-established researcher will have published works, developed rivalries, and may even be known in foreign lands.
How did you enter the service of such a person? Were you a family servant or slave? Were you a lesser scholar pressed into work as an apprentice? Or have you simply worked for the Master as long as you can remember?
Just as important, how did you leave their service? Were you dismissed for some slight failure, or fired for making an absolute disaster? Did you fail to protect the Mistress when the locals stormed the castle with torches and pitchforks? Or, do you serve them still, traveling with adventurers to further some grand design?... [Read More]
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