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{{quote|"You have spent your life in service to a temple, learning sacred rites and providing sacrifices to the god or gods you worship. Serving the gods and discovering their sacred works will guide you to greatness."}} | {{quote|"You have spent your life in service to a temple, learning sacred rites and providing sacrifices to the god or gods you worship. Serving the gods and discovering their sacred works will guide you to greatness."}} | ||
== Background Feature == | == Background Feature == | ||
* '''Insight Proficiency''': Gain [[ | |||
* '''Religion Proficiency''': Gain [[ | * '''Insight Proficiency''': Gain [[Proficiency]] with [[Wisdom]] ([[Insight]]) ''Ability Checks''. | ||
* '''Religion Proficiency''': Gain [[Proficiency]] with [[Intelligence]] ([[Religion]]) ''Ability Checks''. | |||
== Background Goals == | == Background Goals == | ||
Performing certain actions that align with this background will reward [[Inspiration]]. These goals can be accomplished by any member of the active party, and Inspiration points are pooled, up to a maximum of 4. | Performing certain actions that align with this background will reward [[Inspiration]]. These goals can be accomplished by any member of the active party, and Inspiration points are pooled, up to a maximum of 4. | ||
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=== General === | |||
* '''Fate Must Wait:''' Resurrect anyone in your party. | |||
=== Act One === | |||
[[Overgrown_Ruins#Dank_Crypt | Dank Crypt]] | |||
* '''Divinity Undone:''' Unlock and read the [[Book of Dead Gods]]. | |||
[[Druids Grove]] | |||
* '''Silvanus' Solitude:''' Witness the ritual that seals off the [[Secluded Grove|grove]] from the world. | |||
* '''Treefather's Sorrow:''' Unleash [[Silvanus]]' curse upon the grove. | |||
** ''Kill the druids and steal the [[Idol of Silvanus]].'' | |||
[[Owlbear Nest]] | |||
* '''Her Gift of Silver:''' Recover [[Deities#Selûne|Selûne]]'s lost treasure through prayer. | |||
** ''Read the prayer note behind the statue.'' | |||
[[Waukeen's Rest]] | |||
* '''A Unified Spirit:''' Pray with the Flaming Fists at Waukeen's Rest.{{Class|Paladin}} {{Class|Cleric}} [[Deities#Helm|Helm]] | |||
[[Shattered Sanctum]] | |||
* '''A Kiss Without Mercy:''' Endure the ritual of Loviatar until [[Abdirak]] is pleased. | |||
* '''Saving the Heretic:''' Learn about Maglubiyet and safely free his priest. | |||
[[Underdark]] | |||
* '''Last Rites of the Dark Dancer:''' Complete [[Deities#Eilistraee|Eilistraee]]'s ritual of sorrow and obtain her blessed blade. | |||
* '''Shatter the Moon:''' Destroy [[Deities#Selûne|Selûne]]'s protection over the Underdark fort. | |||
** ''Destroy the Moonstone in [[Selûnite Outpost]].'' | |||
* '''Tipping the Scales:''' Earn the worship of the [[Kuo-toa]]. | |||
[[Grymforge]] | |||
* '''Acolytes of the Demonweb Pits:''' Persuade the spiders in Grymforge to remain faithful to Lolth. | |||
=== Act Two === | |||
[[Ruined Battlefield]] | |||
* '''No Rest for the Wicked:''' Assist [[He Who Was]] in his task. | |||
[[Last Light Inn]] | |||
* '''Moonweaver's Prayer:''' Witness [[Isobel]]'s ritual to keep up the protection of Last Light. | |||
* '''Tragic Love:''' Witness [[Jonas]]' funeral. | |||
[[Reithwin Town]] | |||
* '''Blessed's Final Rest:''' Find the [[Olam's Journal|aasimar's journal]]. | |||
* '''Did My Homework:''' Recite Shar's dogma to the [[Malus Thorm|surgeon]]. | |||
* '''Honing the Darkness:''' Pass all of [[Shar]]'s tests in the middle of the cursed town. | |||
* In the | [[Gauntlet of Shar]] | ||
| | * '''In Her Footsteps''': Solve each of Shar's trials in the Gauntlet of Shar. | ||
* '''Sole Survivor:''' Discover the truth behind the numerous rats in the Gauntlet of Shar. | |||
* '''Those for Whom the Bell Tolled:''' Kill all of [[Balthazar|Balthazar's]] undead. | |||
* '''Cerimonia Compedum''': Execute the ritual to bring [[Nightsong]] to Ketheric yourself. | |||
** ''Ally with and allow [[Balthazar]] to take Nightsong, rather than actually doing it yourself.'' | |||
[[Mind Flayer Colony]] | |||
* '''A Piece of Three:''' Piece together [[Ketheric Thorm|Ketheric's]] allegiances. | |||
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=== Act Three === | |||
[[Rivington]] | |||
* '''Needs of the Many:''' Persuade the merchant to let the refugee squatters stay in his home. | |||
* '''A Test of Faithfulness:''' Ask the [[Zethino|Master of Love]] to test your bond. | |||
* '''A Scorned Closed Heart:''' Side with the open-minded priest. | |||
* '''A Wounded Open Heart:''' Side with the close-minded priest. | |||
| | [[Lower City]] | ||
* '''Child Protection Agents:''' Find and rescue [[Lora]]'s daughter, [[Save Vanra|Vanra]]. | |||
* '''Ordinary Practises in Extraordinary Times:''' Offer appropriate offerings to a deity in the [[Stormshore Tabernacle]]. | |||
* '''The Dismemberment of Dribbles:''' Find all the pieces of [[Find Dribbles the Clown|Dribbles]]' body and return them to [[Lucretious]]. | |||
* '''What Remains of the Dead:''' Guide [[Nina]] to acceptance or prowess. | |||
* '''Offering to the Waves''': Make an offering for the [[Avenge the Drowned|dead waveservant]]. | |||
* '''Grinning with Bhaal''': Agree to an alliance with [[Orin]]. | |||
[[Bhaal Temple]] | |||
* '''Forgotten, Bloodied, Halls:''' Discover the Temple of Bhaal. | |||
[[Category:Backgrounds]] | [[Category:Backgrounds]] |