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| description = Acolyte is a character background in Baldur's Gate 3. It influences your skill proficiencies and provides opportunities to gain inspiration. | | description = Acolyte is a character background in Baldur's Gate 3 themed around religion. It influences your skill proficiencies and provides opportunities to gain inspiration. | ||
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'''Acolyte''' is a character [[background]] with [[skills]] and [[inspiration]]s themed around religion. [[Shadowheart]] and the hireling [[Zenith Feur'sel]] have this background. | |||
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== Background | == Background features == | ||
* '''Insight Proficiency''': Gain [[proficiency]] with [[Wisdom]] ([[Insight]]) [[Ability Checks|ability checks]]. | * '''Insight Proficiency''': Gain [[proficiency]] with [[Wisdom]] ([[Insight]]) [[Ability Checks|ability checks]]. | ||
* '''Religion Proficiency''': Gain [[proficiency]] with [[Intelligence]] ([[Religion]]) ability checks. | * '''Religion Proficiency''': Gain [[proficiency]] with [[Intelligence]] ([[Religion]]) ability checks. | ||
== Background | == 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. Completing an inspiration event will also grant experience to characters with that background. | 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. Completing an inspiration event will also grant experience to characters with that background. | ||
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|Saving the Heretic | |Saving the Heretic | ||
|Learn about Maglubiyet and safely free his priest. | |Learn about Maglubiyet and safely free [[Brakkal|his priest]]. | ||
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![[Waukeen's Rest]] | ![[Waukeen's Rest]] | ||
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|A Unified Spirit | |A Unified Spirit | ||
|Pray with the Flaming Fists at Waukeen's Rest. | |Pray with the Flaming Fists at Waukeen's Rest. | ||
* The option to do this is only available to [[Cleric|Clerics]] of good-aligned deities and [[Paladin|Paladins]]. | |||
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! rowspan="2" |[[Underdark]] | ! rowspan="2" |[[Underdark]] | ||
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|Moonweaver's Prayer | |Moonweaver's Prayer | ||
|Witness [[Isobel]]'s ritual to keep up the protection of Last Light. | |Witness [[Isobel Thorm|Isobel]]'s ritual to keep up the protection of Last Light. | ||
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|Guide [[Nina Dortmell|Nina]] to acceptance or prowess. | |Guide [[Nina Dortmell|Nina]] to acceptance or prowess. | ||
* She can be found in the [[Graveyard (Lower City)]]. | * She can be found in the [[Graveyard (Lower City)]]. Either helping her resurrect her brother ''or'' convincing her not to will award Inspiration. | ||
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*'''Justice Sees All:''' Discover why Anders betrayed Tyr. | *'''Justice Sees All:''' Discover why Anders betrayed Tyr. | ||
**In Early Acess [[Anders]] was a fallen paladin of Tyr | **In Early Acess, [[Anders]] was a fallen paladin of Tyr. However, in the release version his backstory was changed to simply be a servant of Zariel pretending to be a paladin; therefore, the dialogue that would trigger this inspiration was removed. | ||
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[[Category:Backgrounds]] | [[Category:Backgrounds]] |
Latest revision as of 03:47, 6 September 2024
Acolyte is a character background with skills and inspirations themed around religion. Shadowheart and the hireling Zenith Feur'sel have this background.
Background features[edit | edit source]
- Insight Proficiency: Gain proficiency with Wisdom (Insight) ability checks.
- Religion Proficiency: Gain proficiency with Intelligence (Religion) ability checks.
Background goals[edit | edit source]
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. Completing an inspiration event will also grant experience to characters with that background.
Location | XP Reward | Name | Description |
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General | |||
Anywhere | 20 | Fate Must Wait | Resurrect anyone in your party. |
Act 1 | |||
Dank Crypt | 20 | Divinity Undone | Unlock and read the Book of Dead Gods. |
Druids Grove | 25 | Silvanus' Solitude | Witness the ritual that seals off the grove from the world. |
25 | Treefather's Sorrow | Unleash Silvanus' curse upon the grove.
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Owlbear Nest | 25 | Her Gift of Silver | Recover Selûne's lost treasure through prayer.
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Shattered Sanctum | 25 | A Kiss Without Mercy | Endure the ritual of Loviatar until Abdirak is pleased. |
25 | Saving the Heretic | Learn about Maglubiyet and safely free his priest. | |
Waukeen's Rest | 30 | A Unified Spirit | Pray with the Flaming Fists at Waukeen's Rest. |
Underdark | 30 | Last Rites of the Dark Dancer | Complete Eilistraee's ritual of sorrow and obtain her blessed blade. |
30 | Shatter the Moon | Destroy Selûne's protection over the Underdark fort.
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The Festering Cove | 30 | Tipping the Scales | Earn the worship of the Kuo-toa. |
Grymforge | 50 | Acolytes of the Demonweb Pits | Persuade the spiders in Grymforge to remain faithful to Lolth. |
Act 2 | |||
Ruined Battlefield | 50 | No Rest for the Wicked | Assist He Who Was in his task. |
50 | Let Sleeping Dogs Lie | Prevent He Who Was from completing his task. | |
Last Light Inn | 50 | Moonweaver's Prayer | Witness Isobel's ritual to keep up the protection of Last Light. |
50 | Tragic Love | Witness Yonas' funeral. | |
Reithwin Town | 60 | Blessed's Final Rest | Find the aasimar's journal. |
60 | Did My Homework | Recite Shar's dogma to the surgeon. | |
60 | Honing the Darkness | Pass all of Shar's tests in the middle of the cursed town. | |
Gauntlet of Shar | 75 | In Her Footsteps | Solve each of Shar's trials in the Gauntlet of Shar. |
75 | Sole Survivor | Discover the truth behind the numerous rats in the Gauntlet of Shar. | |
75 | Those for Whom the Bell Tolled | Kill all of Balthazar's undead. | |
Shadowfell | 75 | Cerimonia Alārum | Release the Nightsong. |
75 | Cerimonia Compedum | Execute the ritual to bring Nightsong to Ketheric yourself.
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Mind Flayer Colony | 60 | A Piece of Three | Piece together Ketheric's allegiances. |
Act 3 | |||
Rivington | 135 | Needs of the Many | Persuade the merchant to let the refugee squatters stay in his home. |
135 | Food for the Soul | Donate a Long Rest's worth of food to the donation chest. | |
135 | A Test of Faithfulness | Ask the Master of Love to test your bond. | |
135 | The Dismemberment of Dribbles | Find all the pieces of Dribbles' body and return them to Lucretious. | |
135 | A Scorned Closed Heart | Side with the open-minded priest.
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135 | A Wounded Open Heart | Side with the close-minded priest.
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Wyrm's Crossing | 135 | Carnal Rituals of Sharess | Take part in the... erm... negotiable affection provided in Sharess' Caress. |
Wyrm's Rock Fortress | 170 | Shaking Bane's Hand | Agree to an alliance with Gortash. |
Lower City | 170 | Ordinary Practises in Extraordinary Times | Offer appropriate offerings to a deity in the Stormshore Tabernacle.
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170 | What Remains of the Dead | Guide Nina to acceptance or prowess.
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170 | Child Protection Agents | Find and rescue Lora's daughter, Vanra. | |
220 | True Exorcism | Burn Kerri's portrait with the Torch of Revocation and banish Kerri from the Material Plane. | |
220 | Rites of Loss | Complete the Mapping of the Heart. | |
170 | Offering to the Waves | Make an offering for the dead waveservant. | |
Murder Tribunal | 220 | Liturgy of Blood | Embrace Bhaal and complete the Murder Tribunal. |
220 | Revulsion of Blood | Free Valeria during the Murder Tribunal. | |
Lower City Sewers | 170 | Grinning with Bhaal | Agree to an alliance with Orin. |
220 | Forgotten, Bloodied, Halls | Discover the Temple of Bhaal. |
Cut Background Goals[edit | edit source]
- Justice Sees All: Discover why Anders betrayed Tyr.
- In Early Acess, Anders was a fallen paladin of Tyr. However, in the release version his backstory was changed to simply be a servant of Zariel pretending to be a paladin; therefore, the dialogue that would trigger this inspiration was removed.