Expanded Character Backgrounds - Charlatan (5e)
In this series I plan to expand upon the vanilla 5e character backgrounds by providing a variety of associated sub-backgrounds under each generic title. Each of these will have its own independent feature and a selection of fitting personality traits/suggestions for backstory elements. The idea is to replicate the player's handbook style of providing a basis for each character that can be randomly rolled for or selectively picked from. My aim is not to completely write a specific character for you¸ but instead provide a direction from which you can build your own story and personality. To this end there are purposefully as few references to specific people¸ locations or lifestyles as possible beyond the general themes of the original title. I hope that the features I've written are as near to balanced with the 'strength' of the vanilla ones as possible¸ but this is my first foray into such things so any feedback on this would be appreciated. Each title within this series comes with 5 wholly new sub-backgrounds under their main title and an example character story written via a roll on the tables.