D&D 5E (2014) Thespian background ?

[abe ray]

What sort of benefit would you gain if you had a thespian background ?


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[LordEntrails]

Performance, Persuasion and Disguise Kit proficiencies. Maybe an extra set of clothes and a disguise kit (makeup kit) and minimal gold.

 

[abe ray]

I meant besides skill & physical props of course.


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[pukunui]

Why not just use the Entertainer background? "Actor" is on the list of entertainer routines, after all.

 

[abe ray]

A thespian is a specialist entertainer, thusly I thought that it would need it's own background information.


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[pukunui]

You could say that about any kind of entertainer, though. What makes a thespian more special than a singer or dancer or sword swallower? The gladiator is different enough that it got its own variant to the entertainer background, but I personally would argue that thespian is one of the concepts that the default entertainer is meant to cover.

 

[abe ray]

Oh


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[Ganymede81]

Yeah, actors are listed as one of the eight sample entertainers in the PHB.