Urchin

Urchin is a character background with skills and inspirations themed around street smarts. The hireling Maddala Deadeye has this background.

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After surviving a poor and bleak childhood, you know how to make the most out of very little. Using your street smarts bolsters your spirit for the journey ahead.

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Background features

• Sleight of Hand Proficiency: Gain Proficiency with Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) Ability Checks.
• Stealth Proficiency: Gain Proficiency with Dexterity (Stealth) 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	20	Pyramid Scheme	Convince the ogres to work for you without giving them gold. This inspiration is shared with ⁠Creatures of Bloodlust and ⁠Bodyguards for Hire.
Druids Grove	20	Artful Dodger	Earn Mattis' respect by taking his ring. This inspiration is shared with ⁠Made You Look. The interacting party member must pass a DC 15 Sleight of Hand check through dialogue to get both inspirations.  Rogues have  Advantage and only need to pass a DC 10 Sleight of Hand check.
	20	Family Comes First	Encourage Meli to tell the truth about the amulet. Mutually exclusive with ⁠Protect Your Own.
	20	Idolatry	Help Mol steal the Idol of Silvanus. This inspiration is shared with ⁠Heretic.
	20	Not On My Watch	Save Arabella from Kagha and her serpent. This inspiration is shared with ⁠Snake Whisperer. This is earned after speaking to Arabella's parents.
	20	Paying It Forward	Give Mol money to found a guild in Baldur's Gate. Saving or helping several childen in the Grove eventually leads to this option. The party must side with Meli, let Mattis and Silfy rob the party by failing a DC 15 Perception check while in the trading screen and waiting a few seconds to let them steal, talk to Doni, pass a DC 10 Investigation or Perception check, then talk to Mol.
	20	Protect Your Own	Protect the child who took the locket from Barth. Mutually exclusive with ⁠Family Comes First.
	25	Slaying the Piper	Rescue Mirkon from the harpies. This inspiration is shared with ⁠Protector of the Small and mutually exclusive with ⁠The Allure of Coin.
Goblin Camp	25	Born Innocent	Save the owlbear cub from the goblins.
	25	What Price Dignity?	Steal the toe ring from Crusher without getting caught. This inspiration is shared with ⁠Anything for a Profit and mutually exclusive with ⁠Give Them a Show. This must be done through the skill check while kissing Crusher's feet; this ring cannot be obtained through normal pickpocketing.
Grymforge	50	You Can't Take It with You	Loot the dead gnomes in Grymforge before their corpses are thrown into the river.
Risen Road	30	Hero for Hire	Get some coin out of the Zhentarim survivors. Pass a DC 5 Intimidation check.
Wilderness	20	Hunger Never Fades	Fill your plate at Raphael's House of Hope. On the first introduction cutscene, choose the option Ignore him and fill your plate. You must specifically acquire the Fetish of Callarduran Smoothhands in order to get this.
Act 2
Gauntlet of Shar	75	Good Deed of the Day	Free Nightsong.
	75	Rebellious Phase	Betray Balthazar.
	75	Strength in Cowardice	Convince the orthon to spare you, for now...
Last Light Inn	50	Orphan Camaraderie	Help Mol win the game of lanceboard.
	50	Wary of Strangers	Refuse to drink the spiked wine. When Jaheira offers you a glass of wine.
Mind Flayer Colony	95	Amateur Optician	Find Mol's eyepatch. Located in Balthazar's Necrotic Laboratory
Moonrise Towers	50	Gone Feral	Free the mind-controlled gnolls from their master. If failing the skill check in the conversation, the inspiration can still be obtained through straight up combat.
	50	Newly Downtrodden	Spare the goblins from Ketheric's wrath.
	50	No Peeking!	Block out True Soul Z'rell from reading your intentions.
	60	Twice Scorned, Twice Abandoned	Rescue Minthara from her captors.
Moonrise Towers Prison	60	Bugging Out	Help Wulbren escape Moonrise.
Oubliette	60	Will Not Be Forgotten	Escape the Oubliette. As the description hints, this inspiration is awarded when you leave, not when you enter.
Shadow-Cursed Lands	60	Alley Cats	Meet both the lordly cat and the tadpole-hunting cat.
	50	Child at Heart	Play both games of hide and seek with Oliver.
Act 3
Lower City	170	A Dish Served Cold	Destroy the Steel Watch Foundry.
	220	Cherishing Family	Convince Jaheira to let her family stay in the city.
	220	Cunning Code Crackers	Discover the secret passphrase and enter Avery Sonshal's secret workshop.
	220	Down with the Steel Oppressors!	Defeat a Steel Watcher.
	220	Estrangement of Ethel	Defeat Auntie Ethel permanently.
	220	Finding Vanra	Find and free Lora's abducted child.
	170	Good Intentions	Help Nina with her ritual.
	170	Home Sweet Home	Delve into the Undercellar of Baldur's Gate.
	170	Part of Life	Convince the coffin maker to make an exception.
	170	Proper Lodging, Finally	Obtain a room at the Elfsong Tavern.
Rivington	135	Finders Keepers	Help the squatters keep their temporary abode.
	135	Give Nothing Back	Take donations from the big barn. A party member must take items from the locked chest specifically.
	135	Spare What You Can	Give a donation to the big barn.
Wyrm's Crossing	135	Child Safety	Expose Arfur for his booby-trapped toys.
	170	Through Nooks and Crannies	Enter Wyrm's Rock without pass or invitation.
Wyrm's Rock Fortress	170	Easing His Leave, and His Pockets	Blackmail the Flaming Fist deserter.
	170	Never Trust Those Above You	Defeat Gortash without making a deal with him.

Notes

• ⁠Artful Dodger can be obtained in two other ways but doing so prevents ⁠Made You Look:
  • When Mattis gives the interacting party member the ring and asks for it back; the player character can choose "Thanks for the free ring." and then "I don't have to do anything. Goodbye." After speaking with Mattis again and apologizing, the interacting party member must give the ring back.
  • The ring can be pickpocketed from Mattis before the first interaction, and then returned to him.