Dungeons & Dragons 5e Background: Auxiliary
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Auxiliary
Skill Proficiencies Athletics, Survival
Tool Proficiencies Proficiency with knucklebones
Languages One of your choice
Equipment
A set of auxiliary’s clothing including a red runic, sandals, and gloves. A set of knucklebones and cook’s utensils. A bag containing 10 gold coins.
Features
Between Worlds
You are a proud citizen of the Empire, having fought and spilled blood in its name to earn your place within. Your years in the corps have not washed away the culture you once belonged to, however, and your sacrifice in leaving your home and surviving to tell the tale has left you a folkhero among your native people.
Choose one of the below cultures:
Gaulic, Breton, Iberian, Germanic, Illyrian.
You still have friends and contacts among the people of your birth and when traveling their lands, you can call upon this connection. People of your original culture may look favorably upon you and offer you shelter or food.
Conversely, some among your people view you as a traitor, and you may on occasion be targeted or harassed by them for having joined their conquerors.
You are a proud citizen of the Empire, having fought and spilled blood in its name to earn your place within. Your years in the corps have not washed away the culture you once belonged to, however, and your sacrifice in leaving your home and surviving to tell the tale has left you a folkhero among your native people.
Choose one of the below cultures:
Gaulic, Breton, Iberian, Germanic, Illyrian.
You still have friends and contacts among the people of your birth and when traveling their lands, you can call upon this connection. People of your original culture may look favorably upon you and offer you shelter or food.
Conversely, some among your people view you as a traitor, and you may on occasion be targeted or harassed by them for having joined their conquerors.
Traits
| Roll a d6 1d6 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
1 | I am haunted by the horrors of war. |
2 | I am loud and boisterous. |
3 | I feel bitter resentment towards the Empire for conquering my people. |
4 | I always follow the rules, even against my interests. |
5 | I take great pride in my physical prowess. |
6 | I look for insult where none was given. |
Ideal
| Roll a d6 1d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
1 | Revenge: I seek to cruelly punish those who have wronged me. |
2 | Duty: Though no longer serving, I still seek to uphold the Empire’s stability. |
3 | Glory: I want to help expand the Roman borders to new heights. |
4 | Honor: I seek to find a worthy cause to fight for. |
5 | Protector: No matter where I am, I strive to help those in need. |
6 | Consumed by loss, I wander the lands a broken warrior, fighting, stealing and killing as I need. |
Bond
| Roll a d6 1d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
1 | I have kept my service weapon in pristine condition, it remains an extension of myself. |
2 | My horse is my closest companion. |
3 | I remain in contact with other former soldiers from my cohort, they are like family to me. |
4 | A piece of wood carved into a symbol of my home. |
5 | My superior officer from my time in service, they offer sage advice. |
6 | My family, whom I miss dearly. |
Flaw
| Roll a d6 1d6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
1 | Even when in service, I worked poorly with others. I find it hard to make connections. |
2 | I am stubborn to a dangerous fault. |
3 | I lie even when there is no need to do so. |
4 | My belief in the Empire often causes me to get into fights when I hear others insulting it. |
5 | I am bad with directions and often get lost. |
6 | I am absent-minded and will sometimes forget to do regular tasks. |
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