Think about your connection between your craft and your faith. A cleric of a sea god may be a natural shipwright, perhaps coming to the faith through their work. A smith cleric of Moridun or Hephaistos, or an elven woodworker cleric of Elhonna.Ĭhoose a profession that falls in line with your god’s domains. I count each and every coin I have every night before bed.Ī cleric might seem to already have a profession, but for those clerics of gods whose domain is centered around crafting it makes a natural choice. I don’t care if I make money, as long a people are delighted. I don’t have a head for business, I am in it for the love of the craft. The gods reward those who are worthy of wealth. The 112 Rule of Aquisition: Nothing is more valuable than gold. Here are some personality traits for your bard: d6 Really, a bard could excel at any of the professions, but what would set them apart is their distinct panache for sales. Good professions for bards with the guild artisan background include alchemists, brewers, calligraphers or scribes, cooks, jewelers, painters, tinkers, and even glassblowers. They excel in being great negotiators and benefit from the extra contacts gained by being a member of the guild. A bard could have studied their craft alongside their music, or even as a fallback career. I am always looking for a new deal or opportunity.Ī bard makes a natural guild artisan, adding to their already prodigious list of skills. I find the pedantic nature of the guild annoying in the extreme. I want to craft something that nobody has ever seen before. I treat my customers fairly and expect the same in return.
I take great pride in my profession, and I brook no insult.
For a barbarian with the guild artisan background, consider how you became part of the guild and what made you leave your tribe and your professional responsibilities and become an adventurer. The connections you have as part of your Guild Membership could be how you were introduced to civilized society, and they may form the core of your social network before meeting the other player characters.
You could even be the only alchemist in your tribe, having studied it from the tribal shaman. When choosing which profession to run your business with, things like masons, wagon-makers, weavers, woodcarvers, potters, smiths, brewers, leatherworkers, and cooks make great options. Perhaps you traveled with a merchant caravan, trading furs from the north for iron from the south. You do have to modify the background somewhat, moving it away from the feudal social order that the guild artisan is at home in, and fitting it into a more scattered network of villages and tribes.īarbarian clans need people making things and trades too. Barbarian Guild ArtisanĪ barbarian who is also a skilled artisan. Let’s take a dive into potential backgrounds for each of the different classes in Dungeons & Dragons 5e.Ĭheck out past background articles here: Acolyte, Charlatan, Criminal, Entertainer, Folk Hero.
It gives you a full career before choosing to go off and slay dragons and uncover fantastic loot. Nothing about it really speaks to the character’s future life of adventure, but maybe that’s what makes it so interesting. The guild artisan background is one of the oddball backgrounds to me.