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UA 2022 Character Origins

Unearthed Arcana

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Noncanon

Unofficial Description: A background indicates what a character was doing before they became an adventurer.

  

Publication UA 2022 Character Origins provides three options for selecting a background:

• Craft a background (see Build Your Background).
• Choose a Sample Background.
• Customize a Sample Background with the rules in Build a Background.

Build Your Background

  

You construct a back-story for your character. This back-story proivdes the following features:

Background Features

Ability Scores.

Skill Proficiencies. (see Skills)

Tool Proficiency. (see Tools)

Language. (see Standard Languages and Rare Languages)

Feat. (1st level feat)

Equipment.

Sample Backgrounds

  

The following is a list of sample backgrounds.

• Acolyte
• Artisan
• Charlatan
• Criminal
• Cultist
• Entertainer
• Farmer
• Gladiator
• Guard
• Guide
• Hermit
• Laborer
• Noble
• Pilgrim
• Sage
• Sailor
• Soldier
• Urchin

Sources and Notes

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One D&D is Playtest Material Only These game mechanics are in draft form, usable in your D&D campaign but not refined by full game development and editing. They aren’t officially part of the game and aren’t permitted in D&D Adventurers League events, nor are they available for use on D&D Beyond.

— D&D Beyond One D&D Playtest material

Unearthed Arcana The material in Unearthed Arcana is not Official Material. It is presented for playtesting and to spark your imagination. These game mechanics are in draft form, usable in your campaign but not refined by final game development and editing. They are not officially part of the game. For these reasons, material in this column is not legal in D&D Adventurers League events.

—Notice on most 5e Unearthed Arcana PDFs

Unearthed Arcana The material in Unearthed Arcana is not Official Material. It is presented for playtesting and to spark your imagination. These game mechanics are in draft form, usable in your campaign but not refined by final game development and editing. They are not officially part of the game. For these reasons, material in this column is not legal in D&D Adventurers League events.

—Notice on most 5e Unearthed Arcana PDFs