Folk Hero

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.

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You're a champion of the common people, challenging tyrants and monsters to protect the helpless. Saving innocents in imminent danger will make your legend grow.

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Background features

• Animal Handling Proficiency: Gain Proficiency with Wisdom (Animal Handling) Ability Checks.
• Survival Proficiency: Gain Proficiency with Wisdom (Survival) Ability Checks.

Background goals

Performing certain actions that align with this background rewards 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 also grants experience to characters with this background. While not necessarily all-inclusive, listed below are known events which grant inspiration points.

Location	XP Reward	Name	Description
Act 1
Blighted Village	25	The Most Unfortunate Gnome	Rescue the gnome from his fate at the windmill. This is earned after speaking to him.
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. This is mutually exclusive with  Slaughter's Prize and  A Headless Horde. The party must defend the grove when Minthara's forces assault the grove.
	20	Protector of the Small	Save Mirkon from the harpies. This inspiration is shared with  The Allure of Coin and  Slaying the Piper.
	20	Snake Whisperer	Save Arabella from Kagha and her serpent. The party must complete the quest by speaking to Arabella and her parents to get the Inspiration
Goblin Camp	25	Fate Worse Than Death	Save Liam from his goblin torturers.
	25	Saved by a Thread	Save Smythin from his lethal fall. There is a very tight timing as he is pushed shortly after entering the area. If Sazza is escorted out the grove before this interaction, Smythin does not appear.
	25	The Bard with Nine Lives	Rescue Volo from the Goblin Camp. The party must return to the camp and talk to Volo to get the Inspiration.
Grymforge	30	Breaker of Chains	Save the deep gnomes from Nere and the duergar.
Riverside Teahouse	30	Unmasking the Truth	Free the Mask of Regret, one of the Hag's masked thralls
Underdark	30	A Lethal Endeavour	Escort Baelen out of the field of bibberbangs.
Waukeen's Rest	30	Rescued from the Flames	Save whoever you can from Waukeen's Rest. Despite the description, saving either Florrick or Benryn grants it, even if the other one is still alive and blocked inside.
Act 2
Gauntlet of Shar	75	Damsel No More	Free Nightsong.
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 drink the wine she offers.
	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.
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.
Moonrise Towers Prison	60	Breakout!	Break out and save all of the Moonrise prisoners.
Reithwin Town	60	Power Corrupts	Defeat a major figure in the corrupted town. The party must defeat Gerringothe Thorm, Malus Thorm, or Thisobald Thorm.
	75	Power Corrupts... Absolutely	Defeat all of the major figures in the corrupted town. The party must defeat Gerringothe Thorm, Malus Thorm, and Thisobald Thorm.
	50	Saving the Prodigious	Save Rolan from the Shadow-Cursed Lands.
Shadow-Cursed Lands	60	Greatness Thrust Upon Them	Find, save & bring Arabella to your camp.
	50	Not Another Soul	Keep all Harpers alive during the ambush with the Shadows.
Act 3
House of Hope	220	Freeing the Preyed	Free Hope from captivity.
Iron Throne	220	Against All Odds	Rescue all thirteen captured Gondians' family members before the turn limit expires.
Lower City	170	A Bet Is a Bet	Meet with Lakrissa in Baldur's Gate.
	170	Empathy for the Fallen	Convince the coffin-maker Ulkov Sully to make an exception.
	220	Chained, Unfortunate Souls	Rescue the vampire spawns from Cazador's lair.
	220	In Need of a Hero	Successfully rescue all of the Gondians from the Steel Watch Foundry.
	220	Never To Be Chained Again	Defeat Lorroakan and let Nightsong execute her vengeance.
	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.
Murder Tribunal	220	End of the Tribunal	Save Valeria and end the Murder Tribunal.
Rivington	170	Innocence Lost	Expose the toy-maker's mischief.
	135	Keeping Your Hands Clean	Refuse to cause collateral damage with Wulbren's plan.
	135	Securing Hospitality	Save the squatters from being kicked out.
	135	Trusting Your Instincts	Take up Valeria's shoddily concluded investigation.
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.

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.