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Folk Hero is a character background with skills and inspirations themed around rescuing others from peril. Wyll, Minsc, and the hireling Danton have this background.
Background features
- Animal Handling: Gain Proficiency with Wisdom (Animal Handling) Ability Checks.
- Survival: Gain Proficiency with Wisdom (Survival) Ability Checks.
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.
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Location | XP Reward | Name | Description |
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Druid Grove | 20 | A Timely Rescue | Save Findal from the goblins who kidnapped him. |
20 | Guardian of the Forgotten | Save the tieflings from the goblin assault.
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20 | Protector of the Small | Save Mirkon from the harpies. | |
20 | Snake Whisperer | Save Arabella from Kagha and her serpent.
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Blighted Village | 25 | The Most Unfortunate Gnome | Rescue the gnome from his fate at the windmill. |
Goblin Camp | 25 | Fate Worse Than Death | Save Liam from his goblin torturers. |
25 | Saved By A Thread | Save Smythin from his lethal fall.
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25 | The Bard With Nine Lives | Rescue Volo from the Goblin Camp. | |
Waukeen's Rest | 30 | Rescued from the Flames | Save whoever you can from Waukeen's Rest. |
Riverside Teahouse | 30 | Unmasking the Truth | Free one of the Hag's masked thralls. |
Underdark | 30 | A Lethal Endeavor | Escort Baelen out of the field of bibberbangs. |
Grymforge | 30 | Breaker of Chains | Save the deep gnomes from Nere and the duergar. |
Act 2 | |||
Shadow-Cursed Lands | 50 | Not Another Soul | Keep all Harpers alive during the ambush with the Shadows. |
60 | Greatness Thrust Upon Them | Find, save & bring Arabella to your camp. | |
Last Light Inn | 50 | A Smile Better Suits... | Offer a hopeful response to Alfira's inquiry. |
50 | From One Hero To Another | Meet Jaheira and stay in her good books. | |
50 | Helping The Little Guy | Help Mol win the game of lanceboard. | |
60 | Meeting of Fates | Side with either Isobel or Marcus during the confrontation in Last Light. | |
Reithwin Town | 50 | Saving the Prodigious | Save Rolan from the Shadow-Cursed Lands. |
60 | Power Corrupts | Defeat a major figure in the corrupted town.
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75 | Power Corrupts... Absolutely | Defeat all of the major figures in the corrupted town.
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Moonrise Towers | 50 | No Strings to Hold Them Back | Release the gnolls from their enslavement. |
50 | Uncommon Recognition | Relate your feats to the bugbear merchant. | |
60 | Breakout! | Break out and save all of the Moonrise prisoners. | |
Gauntlet of Shar | 75 | Damsel No More | Free Nightsong. |
Act 3 | |||
Rivington | 135 | Securing Hospitalities | Save the squatters from being kicked out. |
135 | Trusting Your Instincts | Take up Valeria's shoddily concluded investigation. | |
135 | Keeping Your Hands Clean | Refuse to cause collateral damage with Wulbren's plan. | |
170 | Innocence Lost | Expose the toy-maker's mischief. | |
Wyrm's Rock Prison | 170 | Diplomatic Rescue | Save Counsellor Florrick from Wyrm's Rock. |
Wyrmway | 170 | Wyrmslayers | Challenge and defeat Ansur, the not-so-immortal sentinel of Wyrm's Crossing. |
Lower City | 170 | Painted Hero | Obtain your portrait from Oskar. |
170 | Safeguarding the Songbird | Meet the unflappable Alfira in Baldur's Gate. | |
170 | Truth Shines Through | Find the true culprit behind the serial murders. | |
170 | A Bet Is a Bet | Meet with Lakrissa in Baldur's Gate. | |
170 | Empathy for the Fallen | Convince the coffin-maker to make an exception. | |
220 | In Need of a Hero | Successfully rescue all of the Gondians from the Steel Watch Foundry. | |
220 | Chained, Unfortunate Souls | Rescue the vampire spawns from Cazador's lair. | |
220 | Never To Be Chained Again | Defeat Lorroakan and let Nightsong execute her vengeance. | |
Iron Throne | 220 | Against All Odds | Rescue all thirteen captured Gondians' family members before the turn limit expires. |
House of Hope | 220 | Freeing the Preyed | Free Hope from captivity. |
Murder Tribunal | 220 | End of the Tribunal | Save Valeria and end the Murder Tribunal. |
Cut Background Goals
- Soul Warden: Save Nadira from the bugbear assassin.
- While this event is still present in the game, completing it does not seem to award this inspiration.
- Liberator: Liberate the enthralled fishermen from the mindflaye
- The enthralled fishermen were a group encountered in the crashed Mindflayer ship during early access but were removed for the release version, making this goal unobtainable.