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Soldier
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Soldier is a character background with skills and inspirations themed around war and masterful combat. Lae'zel, Jaheira, and the hireling Varanna Sunblossom have this background.
Background features
- Athletics Proficiency: Gain Proficiency with Strength (Athletics) Ability Checks.
- Intimidation Proficiency: Gain Proficiency with Charisma (Intimidation) 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.
Location | XP Reward | Name | Description |
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Anywhere | 25 | One For The Ages | Survive a fight in which you kill ten or more enemies.
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25 | Pentacrush | Kill 5 enemies in a single turn. | |
25 | Strategist | Defeat a powerful foe in one strike. | |
Act 1 | |||
Druids Grove | 20 | No One Left Behind | Ensure all of the Grove's defenders survive the first goblin assault.
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20 | To Arms! | Help Guex learn to fight. | |
20 | Start Them Young | Inspire the tiefling children to train harder.
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20 | Stalwart Heart | Persuade Rolan to stay and protect the grove.
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The Risen Road | 30 | Chain Of Command | Follow Flaming Fist orders at the burning inn. |
30 | Warrior of the Hells | Kill the cultist leader seeking Karlach. | |
Goblin Camp | 25 | A Headless Horde | Kill every leader in the goblin camp.
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Mountain Pass | 30 | Conquer the Conquerors | Defeat the Githyanki raiding squad.
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Underdark | 30 | Drowned in the Dark | Defeat the duergar patrolling on the Ebonlake. |
Act 2 | |||
Shadow-Cursed Lands | 50 | Centennial Rivalries | Complete the Harper ambush. |
50 | War is No Place for a Child | Lie to Arabella about her parents' fate. | |
50 | Realities of War | Tell Arabella what happened to her parents. | |
75 | Masterful Execution | Kill any of the bosses in and around the Shadow-Cursed Lands in a single round of combat. | |
Last Light Inn | 50 | Shield of the Moon | Obtain Selûne's blessing from Isobel. |
75 | Absolute Devastation | Destroy Last Light. | |
Reithwin Town | 60 | An Apple a Day Keeps the Scalpel Away | Defeat the Surgeon without being operated upon. |
60 | The Best Offense is Virtually Nonsense | Defeat a member of the Thorm family without drawing steel.
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Moonrise Towers | 50 | Notched Armour | Show off your prowess to the bugbear merchant. |
60 | Familicide | Kill all members of the Thorm family.
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75 | Devastation of the Absolute | Complete the assault on Moonrise. | |
95 | A Bone To Pick | Overcome the skeletons in Moonrise prison during the assault. | |
Gauntlet of Shar | 75 | Know Thine Enemy | Defeat yourself in the Gauntlet of Shar's mirror trial. |
75 | Return to Sender | Kill the orthon, returning him to Raphael. | |
75 | Soldier of Faith | Save and release Nightsong. | |
75 | Soldier of Fortune | Give Nightsong to Ketheric.
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Act 3 | |||
Rivington | 135 | Sharing the Spoils | Donate to the refugees. |
135 | Reporting for Duty | Report to Commander Lightfeather. | |
135 | Removing Chaotic Actors | Remove the head of the deep gnome insurrectionists. | |
Wyrm's Rock Fortress | 170 | Court Marshall | Expose the Flaming Fist deserter. |
170 | Great Helm of Legends | Find the Helm of Balduran. | |
220 | Regicide | Execute Gortash. | |
Lower City | 135 | Love That Smell | Aid the deep gnomes and use the Runepowder Bomb to blow up the Steel Watch Foundry. |
170 | Urgent Communications | Commune with the Netherbrain.
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170 | Veteran's Hotspot | Purchase a room at the Elfsong Tavern. | |
170 | Innovations in Volatility | Give your blood to Araj a second time. | |
220 | Double-Tap | Kill Auntie Ethel... again... | |
220 | Kicking the Rust Bucket | Destroy a Steel Watcher. | |
220 | Knives in the Dark | Survive the confrontation in the Sharran Cloister. | |
220 | Lolth's Last Laugh | Defeat Viconia and her Sharran cohorts. | |
220 | Rudolph Van Richtover My Dead Body | Defeat the Ascended Cazador. | |
House of Hope | 220 | Hot Exit | Escape the House of Hope. |
Bhaal Temple | 220 | Putting the Past to Rest | Execute Orin. |