Mountain Explorer

If taking this Background, please message Garrett to discuss your character's backstory.

Skill Proficiencies: History, Survival

Tool Proficiencies: Cartographer's Tools, or Navigator's Tools

Languages: One of your choice

Equipment: A wooden case containing a map to a cave, ruin or battleground, a bullseye lantern, a miner’s pick, a set of traveler’s clothes, a shovel, a two-person tent, a trinket recovered from a dig site, and a pouch containing 25gp

Dust Digger: Prior to becoming an adventurer, you spent most of your young life crawling around in the dust, pilfering relics of questionable value from crypts and ruins. Though you managed to sell a few of your discoveries and earn enough coin to buy proper adventuring gear, you have held onto an item that has great emotional value to you. Roll on the Signature Item table to see what you have, or choose an item from the following list. 10-foot pole, Crowbar, Hat, Hooded lantern, Tombys Officer’s Crest, Shovel, Sledgehammer, Whip

Feature: Historical Knowledge

When you enter a ruin or dungeon, you can correctly ascertain its original purpose and determine its builders, whether those were dwarves, elves, humans, yuan-ti, or some other known race. In addition, you can determine the monetary value of art objects more than a century old.