Divine Servant (5e Background)
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Divine Servant
You were created fully formed in an outer plane, to serve a lawful good deity. This background is most suitable for an angel, but can be used for any player character race with a divine inception. As a divine servant, you have a specific reason for adventuring in the material plane away from your home. It might be a specific mission entrusted to you by a high ranking angel, or perhaps you are being punished to teach you some humility.
Skill Proficiencies: Religion, Insight
Languages: Two of your choice
Equipment: A self-filling flask of soma or ambrosia, from which you (and only you) can derive sustenance; a flask of holy water; a pouch holding 10 precious gems chosen by you; 5 Platinum Pieces.
Divine Mission
Why are you here?
| d6 | Divine Mission |
|---|---|
| 1 | Hunt a succubus that worms her way into the courts of lords. |
| 2 | Find and convince a particular malevolent asura to come back to the fold of Varuna. |
| 3 | Spread joy and hope among the downtrodden and in places of misery. |
| 4 | Convert heathens and heretics to your deity's religion. |
| 5 | For your arrogance, you will learn humility. |
| 6 | A whole organization, culture, or realm has been judged as irredeemably corrupt. For the greater good you must strike it down. |
Divine Protection
Clergy and Religious Folk of all sort can sense a divine presence in your life, and unless they have an alignment antithetical to your God's, will provide help, food, and shelter to you
Suggested Characteristics
| d8 | Personality Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | You are a zealot, and refuse to acknowledge the power of other Gods |
| 2 | You consider yourself "special," and whether this is true or not, you believe you have special knowledge of your God that few others have |
| 3 | You don't feel the need to disciple to others openly, to your deity's chagrin |
| 4 | You enjoy the quarals of mortals |
| 5 | You find it funny that humanoids can get drunk |
| 6 | You pray incessantly and to the possible annoyance of your teammates |
| 7 | You sing hymns anytime you are lost in thought and even while you sleep |
| 8 | You are hyper-critical of other religious establishments and make your comments and concerns well known |
| d6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Embodiment You strive to embody one facet of your Deity above all others (Alignment equal to that of your deity) |
| 2 | Service Your service and kindness to others is what will best serve you deity (Good) |
| 3 | Obedience Obedience and discipline is what leads to salvation (Lawful) |
| 4 | Revelation Your God's will doesn't need to control everything, and those who come to faith under their own power are stronger than those who have been lead to faith. (Chaotic) |
| 5 | Inquiry It is just as important that you understand the creatures you're helping as helping them is. (Any) |
| 6 | Oppresor You want everyone to practice your religion.You aren't afraid to use violence if that's what it takes.(Evil.) |
| d6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | My god is cross with me for something I am now trying to make up. |
| 2 | My life was saved by a creature tainted with darkness (Tiefling, Drow etc.) and it made me revaluate my beliefs. |
| 3 | I am haunted by the visions of a family I could not save or one I wrongly destroyed. |
| 4 | After I got here, a church other than my deities took me in, I owe them a great deal. |
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| d6 | Flaw |
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| 1 | You have no flaws, You are perfect. The dungeon master can cause you to not take an action if they feel that that actions would indicate a flaw. |
| 2 | You are loyal to a fault. You prioritize your God's will before all others. |
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