D&D 5E PH(B) Hermit Background

[Thaumaturge]

Thaumaturge.

 

[Thaumaturge]

I don't know how often it'll get used, but I like the idea of an older character who comes down out of the mountains because he's learned some terrible secret and must act to save the world.

Thaumaturge.

 

[Evenglare]

yay new stuff! Have I mentioned how well laid out and neat these pages are? Love it.

 

[Crothian]

Personality trait number three is Brainy Smurf!

"Papa Smurf always says..."

 

[Agamon]

Personality trait number three is Brainy Smurf!

"Papa Smurf always says..."

LOL, I better not share this with anyone I play with. If they know this is my next PC, no one will run this game for me.

 

[Sword of Spirit]

Yay! This is one of the ones I requested.

Still waiting for:

Captive (anything from a slave to Rapunzel in her tower)
Outsider (dispossessed ethnic groups, street "trash", etc)

 

[jadrax]

I don't know how often it'll get used, but I like the idea of an older character who comes down out of the mountains because he's learned some terrible secret and must act to save the world.

It's kinda cool, but I have been experimenting with more troupe style play in the last year or so, and I don't think I would want too many Hermits in a game if I have to work out a secret for each of them.

 

[Thaumaturge]

It's kinda cool, but I have been experimenting with more troupe style play in the last year or so, and I don't think I would want too many Hermits in a game if I have to work out a secret for each of them.

I think if I had more than one hermit in a game, I'd likely give them the same secret. Whether they're from the same hermitage or a different one, they've stumbled across the same Bad Thing.

I'd probably give them different takes on the secret, to make it more individualized. Maybe one knows the kingdom is imperiled by duplicitous forces, and the other has noticed the prince has been replaced by a doppleganger. Or something.

Thaumaturge.

 

[Lalato]

That's one brawny hermit!

"You lift, bro?"

 

[Kobold Stew]

I like it!

It's nice to juxtapose it with the Acolyte, to which it is mechanically quite close, but in terms of flavour (with the Discovery feature)it seems quite different -- it prompts *different* character ideas in my head immediately.

(Also -- I hadn't noticed in previous leaks -- the green background in the table floats over the art; that's interesting to me.).