Folk Hero

D&D 2024 background: Folk Hero. Source: Player's Handbook (2014). skills Animal Handling, Survival, tools Vehicles (land) Skill Proficiencies: Animal Handling, Survival Tool Proficiencies: One type of artisan's tools, vehicles (land) Equipment: A set of artisan's tools (one of your choice), a shovel, an iron pot, a set of common clothes, and a belt pouch containing 10 gp Feature: Rustic Hospitality Since you come from the ranks of the common folk, you fit in among them with ease. You can find a place to hide, rest, or recuperate among other commoners, unless you have shown yourself to be a danger to them. They will shield you from the law or anyone else searching for you, though they will not risk their lives for you. Specialty You previously pursued a simple profession among the peasantry, perhaps as a farmer, miner, servant, shepherd, woodcutter, or gravedigger. But something happened that set you on a different path and marked you for greater things. Choose or randomly determine a defining event that marked you as a hero of the people. 1 I stood up to a tyrant's agents. 2 I saved people during a natural disaster. 3 I stood alone against a terrible monster. 4 I stole from a corrupt merchant to help the poor. 5 I led a militia to fight off an invading army. 6 I broke into a tyrant's castle and stole weapons to arm the people. 7 I trained the peasantry to use farming implements as weapons against a tyrant's soldiers. 8 A lord rescinded an unpopular decree after I led a symbolic act of protest against it. 9 A celestial, fey, or similar creature gave me a blessing or revealed my secret origin. 10 Recruited into a lord's army, I rose to leadership and was commended for my heroism. Suggested Characteristics A folk hero is one of the common people, for better or for worse. Most folk heroes look on their humble origins as a virtue, not a shortcoming, and their home communities remain very important to them. 1 I judge people by their actions, not their words. 2 If someo...