Editing Sage

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{{quote|"You’re curious and well-read, with an unending thirst for knowledge. Learning about rare lore of the world will inspire you to put this knowledge to greater purpose."}}

== Background Features ==

* '''Arcana Proficiency''': Gain [[Proficiency]] with [[Intelligence]] ([[Arcana]]) ''Ability Checks''.
* '''History Proficiency''': Gain [[Proficiency]] with [[Intelligence]] ([[History]]) ''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.

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{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
!Location
!XP Reward
!Name
!Description
|-
! colspan="4" |General
|-
! rowspan="2" |Anywhere
|20
|Reanimator
| Correctly follow [[Gale]]'s instructions to resurrect him.
|-
|26
|Whispers from the Grave
| Glean some wisdom from [[Speak with Dead|speaking with the dead]].
|-
! colspan="4" | Act 1
|-
![[Dank Crypt]]
|20
| Secrets Of The Sundering
|Unlock and read the [[Book of Dead Gods]].
|-
! rowspan="2" |[[Druids Grove]]
|20
|Roots of the Grove
|Learn local history from the druidic frescos.
|-
|20
|Secrets Of The Shadow Druids
| Discover and read [[Faldorn's Canticle: The Shadow Druids' Doctrine|Faldorn's Canticle]].
|-
! rowspan="4" |[[Blighted Village]]
|25
|All Knowledge Is Worth Having
|Finish reading the [[Necromancy of Thay|Thayan tome of necromancy]].
|-
|30
|A Natural Alliance 
| Recognise the druid and Harper armour.

*Located underneath the broken bridge to the north of the blighted village.
|-
|25
|A Solitary Spider
| Read the arachnomancer's journals at the bottom of the well. 
|-
|25
|Secrets Of The Necromancer
|Discover the strange nature of the Thayan tome.
|-
! rowspan="2" |[[Goblin Camp]]
|25
|Secrets Of The High Chieftain
|Read [[Volo]]'s Guide To Goblins
* Title of book is actually [[On Goblins: My Life Among the Conquering Host]]
* Obtained from [[Booyahg Piddle]] at top of tower in center of Goblin Camp.
|-
|25
|The Phases Unfold
|Solve the moon puzzle sealing the door to the [[Underdark]].
|-
! rowspan="4" |[[Underdark]]
|30
|If I Can't Have It...
|Discover the secrets of the [[The Adamantine Forge (Quest)|Adamantine Forge]] from all three drow wizards.
|-
|30
| Secrets Of The Sussur Tree
|Disable an arcane turret using a sussur flower.
|-
|30
|The Forbidden Arcane
|Read [[Omeluum]]'s notes on illithid magic.

* "On Illithids, Volume XXVI", which can be purchased after completing Omeluum's mushroom quest
|-
|30
|Secrets Of The Matron
|Read the obscure text by a [[drow]] matron.
|-
! colspan="4" | Act 2
|-
![[Shadow-Cursed Lands]]
|50
|Corrupted Beyond Recognition
|Find and read the [[Dead Druid's Journal|dead druid's journal]] about how the shadow curse came to be.

*Located in the top north-eastern part of the map
|-
! rowspan="2" | [[Last Light Inn]]
|60
|Waking the Sleeper
|Wake [[Art Cullagh|Art]] from his catatonic slumber.
|-
|50
|Theskan Tactician
|Help [[Mol]] win the game of lanceboard.
|-
! rowspan="4" |[[Reithwin Town]]
|60
|Hippocratic No More
|Find the surgeon's [[Surgeon's Research Notes|research notes]].
|-
|60
|Partaking in Local Customs 
|Perform the ritual in the [[Sharran Sanctuary]].
|-
|60
|Snuffed Spark
|Find the dead [[Olam's Journal|aasimar's journal]].
|-
|60
|Tenets of Loss
|Open the way into the [[Sharran Sanctuary]].
|-
! rowspan="5" |[[Moonrise Towers]]
|50
|Secrets of The Necromancer 
|Solve [[Balthazar|Balthazar's]] secret study puzzle.
|-
|60
|A Little Too Familiar with the Grotesque... 
|Solve [[Balthazar]]'s secret study puzzle without making a mistake.
|-
|50
|They're in the Walls!
|Discover what the 'meat sound' is.
|-
|60
|Thorm Family Secrets
|Discover the fate of [[Ketheric Thorm|Ketheric's]] family members. 
|-
|60
|To Have Loved and Lost
|Discover the source of Ketheric's shame.
|-
! rowspan="3" |[[Gauntlet of Shar]]
|60
|History Never Forgets
|Open the way into the [[Gauntlet of Shar]].
|-
|75
|Emblem of the Moonmaiden
|Discover the truth about the [[Nightsong]].
|-
|75
|Rat King
|Discover the truth behind the numerous rats in the Gauntlet of Shar.
|-
![[Mind Flayer Colony]]
|95
|Brain Blast!
|Successfully complete the mind puzzle in the mind flayer colony.
|-
! colspan="4" |Act 3
|-
! rowspan="4" |[[Rivington]]
|135
|Assistant to the Extra-Planar Agent
|Take up [[Valeria]]'s serial killer investigation.
|-
|135
|Knowledge of the Heart
|Get a fresh perspective on your relationship with a companion.

* Get the best possible outcome from [[Zethino|Zethino's]] relationship quiz.
|-
|170
|A Foul and Awesome Display
|Use [[Wulbren Bongle|Wulbren's]] runepowder bomb.
|-
|170
|A Grand Prize!
|Figure out [[Akabi]]'s scheme and obtain the 'grand' prize.
|-
![[Wyrm's Crossing]]
|135
|New Normal
|Let yourself be scanned by a [[Steel Watcher]].
|-
! rowspan="3" |[[Wyrm's Rock Fortress]]
|170
|Coronation of the Dreadmaster
|Meet [[Enver Gortash|Gortash]] in Wyrm's Rock and witness his coronation.
|-
|170
|Crossing's Namesake
|Find the [[Ansur|undying sentinel]] underneath Wyrm's Crossing.
|-
|170
|Heavy is the Head
|Find the [[Helm of Balduran]].
|-
! rowspan="8" |[[Lower City]]
|170
|An Exotic Charter
|Obtain access to the [[House of Hope]] portal.
|-
|170
|Blood of the Convenant
|Find out how [[Araj Oblodra|Araj]]'s blood experiments are going.
|-
|170
|Membership Admittance
|Ask to join the [[Society of Brilliance]].
|-
|170
|Rennaissant Ingenuity
|Uncover the machinery powering the [[Stop the Presses|printing press]].
|-
|220
|Stopping the Repetition of History
|Defeat [[Lorroakan]].
|-
|220
|The Karsus of Our Times
|Give Nightsong to Lorroakan.
|-
|220
|The Returned Cap'n
|Behold the true [[Captain Grisly]] in all her piratical glory.
|-
|220
|Using the Proper Means
|Find and use the [[Torch of Revocation]].
|}


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