Blacksmith in Dungeons & Dragons 5e
Blacksmith
Overview:
You are a blacksmith, your life is having a hammer in your hand and sweat on your face. You might have come from deep in the Dwarven mines, or perhaps you're an orc forging the weapons of war, or you're just a simple human in a mellow village. Either way, your hands show the marks of your labor. And now you can give metal the shape you desire.
Skill Proficiencies: Athletics, Perception
Tool Proficiencies: Smith's tools, hammers (all)
Equipment:
Hammer
Features:
Feature: Refine
Not only you can repair and create itens, when it comes to the ones in your specialty you can better their condition and even improve their stats. Giving bonuses on rolls and making them more valuable.
When you choose this background, work with your DM to determine what are the requirements into improving itens and what are the bonuses you can give them.
Specialty
During your time as a blacksmith, you had a specific type of item you were specially skilled working with. Roll a d4 or choose from the options in the table below to determine the category:
[d4]|Specialty
1|Blunt Weapons
2|Edged weapons
3|Shields and armors
4|Jewelry and trinkets
Suggested Characteristics: Life by the forge leaves marks, makes one grow firm. But metalworkers must deal with a lot of people and their requests, even though some of them still rather have their craft as their friends.
Personality Trait:
| [d8] | Personality Trait | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I believe that anything worth doing is worth doing right. I can’t help it — I’m a perfectionist. | |||
| 2 | My work is my family and legacy, nothing else matters. | |||
| 3 | The best part of my job is getting the praise of others. | |||
| 4 | It's this simple: you break my things, I break your face. | |||
| 5 | All I do, I do for the gold. | |||
| 6 | Everything can be improved, I'll always try to dismantle anything just to put it together more efficiently. | |||
| 7 | I enjoy nothing more than a cold drink after a day of working by the fire. | |||
| 8 | My drive is to be famous by my craft, have my name outlive myself. |
Ideal:
| [d6] | Ideal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Creation. Creation is sacred, and those who promote destruction must be destroyed themselves. (Good) | |||
| 2 | Devotion. Every piece I make must be my best work and I must charge fairly for it. (Lawful) | |||
| 3 | Freedom. Everyone should be free to pursue his or her own livelihood. (Chaotic) | |||
| 4 | Greed. I’m only in it for the money. (Evil) | |||
| 5 | People. I’m committed to the people I care about, not to ideals. (Neutral) | |||
| 6 | Aspiration. I work hard to be the best there is at my craft. (Any) |
Bond:
| [d6] | Bond | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I would still lay down my life for the people I choose as companions. | |||
| 2 | I pursue wealth to secure someone’s love. | |||
| 3 | My honor is my life. | |||
| 4 | One day I will craft an item beautiful enough to earn the favor of the gods themselves. | |||
| 5 | Someone stole one of my most prized creations. One day, I will make them pay. | |||
| 6 | I forge my craft for those who need my help. |
Flaw:
| [d6] | Flaw | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | My blood boils like the forge at any provocation. | |||
| 2 | I have little respect for anyone who has no marks in their armor. | |||
| 3 | I care more about my craft and creations than about those around me | |||
| 4 | My work is never good enough, there's always room for improvement. | |||
| 5 | If you pay the price, the weapon is yours. I don't care how you use it. | |||
| 6 | I’d rather eat my hammer than admit when I’m wrong. |
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