Earthspur Miner

Source: Mulmaster Bonds and Backgrounds (SCAR Version)

You are a down-on-your-luck miner from the Earthspur Mountains who is no stranger to hardship. You have spent a great deal of time living among the dwarves, goliaths, and denizens of the Underdark who also work mines in the area. At this point, you're just as comfortable working underground as above. You know how to read a seam, dicker for supplies with the deep gnomes, party with dwarves, and find your way back to the surface afterward. Unfortunately, you haven't struck it rich… yet. Although you've come to Mulmaster looking for work, the tall peaks and deep mines of the Earthspurs still call to you.


NOTE: Some backgrounds have options to choose from. Please read carefully. You may not get every proficiency listed below, as some may be a choice between one or the other.

  • Stat Options (choose either +2 in one stat and +1 in another, OR +1 in all three): Constitution, Strength, Wisdom
  • Skill Proficiencies (your choice of TWO): Athletics, Perception, or Survival
  • Tool Proficiencies: Mason's Tools and one Gaming Set of choice.
  • Languages: Dwarvish (Undercommon can be taken in place of both the Gaming Set and Dwarvish language.)

  • Background Keepsake: A miner's pick engraved with your initials or a quote
  • Background Gold: 5gp.

Origin Feat

Origin Sturdy

Your maximum hit points is increased by half your level. (I.e. You gain a +1 to your max hp every even level.)


Personality

Please select TWO from the list below.

d8 Personality Trait
1 Nothing bothers me for long.
2 I hate the horrors of the Underdark with a passion. They took my friends and family and almost got me.
3 Anything worth doing takes time and patience. I have learned to plan and wait for the things I want and to be patient to achieve my goals.
4 I can party with everyone. Whether with dwarves- or goliaths- or deep gnomes- I can find a way to have a good time.
5 I'd rather be mining. This is okay; mining is better.
6 I think that I will stumble upon great riches if I just keep looking.
7 People who don't work with their hands and who live in houses are soft and weak.
8 I wish I were more educated. I look up to people who are.

Ideal

Please select one from the list below.

d6 Ideal Trait
1 Generosity. The riches of the earth are to be shared by all.
2 Greed. Gems and precious metals- I want them all for myself.
3 Mooch. Property- schmoperty. If I need it- I take and use it. If I don't- I leave it for someone else.
4 Boundaries. Everything and everyone has its prescribed place; I respect that and expect others to do the same.
5 Let it Be. I don't meddle in the affairs of others if I can avoid it. They're none of my business.
6 Materialist. I want riches to improve my life.

Bond

Please select one from the list below.

d6 Bond Trait
1 The people of the Earthspur mines are my family. I will do anything to protect them.
2 A deep gnome saved my life when I was injured and alone. I owe his people a great debt.
3 I must behold and preserve the natural beauty of places below the earth.
4 Gems hold a special fascination for me- more than gold- land- magic- or power.
5 I want to explore new depths and scale new heights.
6 Someday I'm going to find the motherlode- then I'll spend the rest of my life in luxury.

Flaw

Please select one from the list below.

d6 Flaw Trait
1 I'm uncomfortable spending time under the open sky. I'd rather be indoors or underground.
2 I'm not used to being around other people much and sometimes get grouchy about it.
3 Good tools are more reliable than people. In a cave-in- I would save a sturdy pick before a stranger.
4 I jealously guard my secrets, because I think others will take advantage of me if they learn what I know.
5 I am obsessed with getting rich. I always have a scheme brewing for making it big.
6 I'm afraid of the dark.