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Criminal is a character background with skills and inspirations themed around law-breaking and the criminal underworld. The hireling Ver'yll Wenkiir has this background.

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You have a history of breaking the law and survive by leveraging less-than-legal connections. Profiting from criminal enterprise will lead to greater opportunities in the future.
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Background features[edit section | visual editor]

Background goals[edit section | visual editor]

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
General
Anywhere 25 A Fine Fortune Steal an item worth at least 1000 gold.
20 Blood Price Murder an innocent civilian.
  • Specifically, kill someone who isn't hostile at the time you attack them.
20 Escape Artist Escape from jail after being arrested.
30 Open for a Surprise Acquire the Iron Flask from the Zhentarim.
Act One
Emerald Grove 20 Heretic Steal the Idol of Silvanus.
20 Jailbreaker Smuggle Sazza out of the grove.
  • The party must protect Sazza from Arka, then agree to break Sazza out. Granted after guiding Sazza out of the grove.
  • Possibly locks the party out of obtaining Saved by a Thread⁠Saved by a Thread inspiration.[1]
25 Serpent's Bounty Take Zevlor's payment for killing Kagha.
20 Show Them How It's Done Steal from the tiefling children's stash without making enemies of them.
20 Slaughter's Prize Ally with Minthara to loot and slaughter the grove.
20 The Allure of Coin Steal from a child charmed by harpies.
  • The dialogue option to rob the kid is available for Rogues only.
  • Mutually exclusive with Slaying the Piper⁠Slaying the Piper inspiration.
Goblin Camp 25 Culling the Crowd Use poison to kill the drunk goblins in camp.
Grymforge 50 Perfect Cut Split Nere's money with the duergar mutineers.
  • The party must make a deal with Elder Brithvar, then free Nere, and side with the duergar when Brithvar confronts the drow.
Risen Road 30 Friend of the Family Become an ally of the Zhentarim.
  • If the party saved Rugan from the gnolls: report to Zarys in the Zhentarim Basement.
  • If the party bargained with Rugan about selling the cargo, agree to kill him on Zarys' order and to deliver the box to Baldur's Gate.
  • Alternatively, pickup or steal the strongbox without opening it and deliver it to Zarys.
Underdark 30 Swiftly Stolen Obtain Thulla's magical boots through underhanded means.
  • Must use a special dialogue option while she is suffering from duergar poison, or loot her corpse after she dies.
  • If the myconids turn dead Thulla into a spore servant, she must be killed to loot and gain the inspiration. If pickpocketed her in this state, she does not have boots on her.
Act Two
Multiple Locations 60 Notes of an Amateur Craft some Brewed-Up Bellyglummer.
  • The coating can actually be crafted anywhere, once the party obtains the necessary amount of Corpse Rose.
Gauntlet of Shar 75 Fickle Allegiances Betray Balthazar after learning that Nightsong is not a simple relic.
75 What's Yours is Mine 'Take Shar's gem without aiding or killing the orthon.
  • Available to earn until the party speaks to Yurgir after killing Lyrthindor.
  • Stealing the gem makes Yurgir and his allies permanently hostile.
Last Light Inn 60 An Absolute Douceur Accept the Absolute's promise of gifts.
75 Long-Awaited Reunion Hand Isobel over to Ketheric Thorm.
  • When Marcus assaults the inn, Isobel must be knocked out in the fight, but survive it.
Mind Flayer Colony 95 Body Heist Open and loot the mind flayer colony's vault.
  • After opening the vault through the brain puzzle, pick up either the brain jar or the sword. Looting the nearby skeleton does not count.
Moonrise Towers 60 Enter Nostalgia Trespass into Ketheric and Isobel's respective rooms.
  • Unlike similar inspiration for Outlanders, this one does not require entering rooms from outside.
  • If exploring the room before witnessing Ketheric's trial, it is not yet guarded by Squire.
50 War Profiteer Find Roah in Moonrise and trade with her.
  • Available only if Roah survived the events of Act One.
Moonrise Towers Prison 60 Always a Way Out Help the Moonrise prisoners escape.
60 Escape Artisan Give Wulbren his tools so the gnomes can escape.
  • Any weapon with Bludgeoning damage will do, not necessary Wulbren's own hammer.
Reithwin Town 60 A Dark Edge Take Shar's dagger from the ritual pedestal.
  • The way to the pedestal opens after passing the three checks on Shar's statues in the Sharran Sanctuary. Taking the dagger prompts a fight with three undead Sentinels.
60 Personal Payroll Discover the Toll Collector's personal hoard.
  • The safe at X: -113 Y: -84 requires passing a DC 16 Strength check or using Knock spell to open.
60 Right Tool for the Job Obtain all 4 variants of the nurses' tools.
  • Loot the Uncommon variants of the Syringe, Bonesaw, Artificial Leech, and Trepan after the nurses are dead.
  • The tools cannot be pickpocketed from them. Only nurses which assist Malus initially have the enhanced tools (Anya, Hunna, Geanne, and Vanessa).
Shadow-Cursed Lands 50 Shiny Trinkets and Baubles Take the drider's Moonlantern.
  • Granted whichever way the lantern is obtained.
  • Mutually exclusive with the Odd Entourage⁠Odd Entourage.
Act Three
Multiple Locations 170 Price of Freedom Introduce Arfur to the subtleties of capitalism.
House of Hope 220 Interplanar Cat Burglar Burgle and escape the House of Hope.
Lower City 220 A Pressing Heist Rig the Baldur's Mouth printing press.
  • Change the article block in the printing press maintained by Jelliwig.
170 Key to the Vault Obtain a way to enter the lower vaults.
  • Must convince Head Clerk Meadhoney to provide the party with the pass, or pickpocket it from him. Stealing the pass from his office or bribing Captain Faril does not grant the inspiration.
170 Next Generation of Pockets Assume a contributive role in Dez's parenting.
  • The party must suggest to Dez at the Elfsong Tavern that his son should join the Guild. The option to do this is only available to Rogues.
135 Saving It From Collecting Dust Steal an offering to the gods.
  • Loot any of the five chests in the basement, not necessary by the Criminal character themselves.
  • Must specifically interact with the chests. Various ways to avoid the curse prevent from earning the inspiration.[2]
220 What Do We Have Here? Open one of the additional vaults in the lower levels of the Counting House.
  • Open any of the nine vaults specifically via lockpicking. Using keys found around the Lower City does not count.
  • Despite the description, lockpicking any of safes or simple vaults does not count.
Rivington 135 Donations Means 'Free' Steal donated goods from the big barn.
  • Must take anything specifically from the locked Donations Chest at X: 76 Y: -111
170 Easy Pickings Take out Caïros and his crew after they fight with Farlin's crew.
170 Stacking the Deck Side with Farlin and The Guild against the Stonelord's smugglers.
135 Supply and Demand Offer to kick the squatters out for a lower fee than the Rivington Rats.
  • Offer Arfur to deal with Ben's family yourself, then pass a Persuasion check about halving the price.
135 There's Always a Back Door Gain access to the Open Hand Temple's hidden door.
  • Open the movable wall section in the Open Hand Temple Underground Area from the either side.
  • From the cellar: use two buttons behind the heraldic signs. From the cave: use the lever near the wall.
Undercity 170 Back into the Familiar Gain a way into the Undercellar.
  • This is granted upon entering the Guildhall for the first time, regardless of the way and direction.
220 Honour Among Thieves Side with Nine-Fingers against the Zhentarim.
220 It's Just Business Side with the Zhentarim against Nine-Fingers.
Wyrm's Crossing 170 Buyable Loyalty Get your payday for the head of the deep gnome's leader.
  • Available only if Wulbren Bongle survived the events of Act Two.
  • Requires having the quest from Manip Falcäo, otherwise Wulbren's body won't have its head lootable. Granted after giving the head to Falcäo.
Wyrm's Rock Fortress 170 Wrongly Convicted Break Counsellor Florrick out of Wyrm's Rock.
  • Florrick must survive the events of Act One.

Cut Background Goals[edit section | visual editor]

Lesser Evils: Rob the enthralled fishermen.

  • 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.

Notes and references[edit section | visual editor]

  1. ↑ Escorting Sazza out of the grove causes Smythin to disappear from the Goblin Camp, as she is executed instead. However, it is possible to escort out Sazza after saving Smythin to avoid him disapppearing.
  2. ↑ The known ways to avoid the curse are described on its page, in the Notes section. If the party has already taken everything from the chests using the curse-safe ways, a party member can still put any item from their inventory inside an intact chest and take it back to earn the inspiration.
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