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Soldier

Character benefits

  • Ability scores: Strength, Dexterity, Constitution
  • Origin feat: Savage Attacker
  • Skill proficiencies: Athletics and Intimidation
  • Tool proficiency: Choose one kind of Gaming Set

Choose one of the three listed abilities to increase by 2 and a different listed ability by 1, or increase all three by 1. These increases cannot raise an ability score above 20.

Starting equipment

Choose A or B:

  • A: Spear, Shortbow, 20 Arrows, Gaming Set (same as above), Healer's Kit, Quiver, Traveler's Clothes, 14 GP.
  • B: 50 GP.

Suggested history

You began training for war as soon as you reached adulthood and carry precious few memories of life before you took up arms.

Battle is in your blood.

Sometimes you catch yourself reflexively performing the basic fighting exercises you learned first.

Eventually, you put that training to use on the battlefield, protecting the realm by waging war.

You can alter the narrative details to fit your character.

Equipment reference

Arrows · Healer's Kit · Quiver · Shortbow · Spear · Traveler's Clothes

Source

Player’s Handbook (2024), supplied printing.

PDF page 176 — source PDF is not included in this player reference. · PDF page 184 — source PDF is not included in this player reference.

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