Background (Hyrule Supplement)

Campaign Setting: **Hyrule**
World of Hyrule Astrology Divisions of the known universe Geography Hyrule Akkala Central Province Eldin Faron Gerudo Hebra Lanaryu Necluda Ordona The Forsaken The Depths Termina Holodrum Subrosia Labrynna Drablands Islands of the Great Sea Islands of the Sky Religion Gods of Hyrule, their worship, and how they influence the world History History of the Light World as known by Hyruleans	Player's Guide Character Creation Races Common: deku scrubs, gerudo, gorons, hylians, and zora Uncommon: anouki, kokiri, koroks, rito, skull kids, and tokay Exotic Races Classes Fighter: brute, darknut, spellsword, sword savage, archer, tunic, hatamoto Oathsworn: champion, conqueror, druidic, knight, zealot, forsworn Opportunist: assassin, garo, mystic, skirmisher, instrumentalist, picaroon, survivor Hunter: scamp, sellsword, shaman, shifter, slayer, stalker, sylvan Researcher: occultist, technomancer, witch, wizzrobe Sage: earth, fire, forest, light, lightning, shadow, spirit, time, water, wind Scion: dragon, fairy, mask, sword, poe, demon Backgrounds & Languages Feats Spells Sage and Researcher Spell Lists Other Spell Lists Equipment Armor Weapons Adventuring Gear Tools and Vehicles Potions and Poisons Mounts and Animals Other Goods and Services Downtime Activities	Dungeon Master's Guide Bestiary This world bears many monsters unique to it Legendary NPCs Figures of myth, history, and happenstance Traps Ruins, dungeons, and temples are littered with various hazards Treasure Marks of Prestige Blessings Epic Boons Artifacts Optional Rules Exotic Races Fragile Weapons Optional Actions Recovery Hearts Targeted Attacks Adventures Quests, dungeons, and storylines ready for exploration Tables Tables for random generation of dungeons, encounters, treasure, etc.

Languages

Languages spoken by races and creatures dedicated to the Hyrule setting are rooted firmly in The Legend of Zelda series. If a DM would prefer to use Hyrule content in a more traditional Dungeons & Dragons setting, it's best if the languages listed below are replaced with their listed equivalent.

Common Languages

d10	Equivalent	Language	Other Names	Typical Speakers	Script
1	Common	Common	Hylian	Hylians and their allies	Common
2	Giant or Primordial	Anook	Anouki, Tundran, Yook	Anouki, yeti, ice elementals	Common
3	Goblin or Undercommon	Blin	Moblin	Moblins and allies of Ganon	Stal
4	Orc	Gerudo	—	Gerudo, zuna, lightning elementals	Common
5	Dwarvish or Terran	Goro	Goron, Terran	Gorons, mogma, earth elementals	Common
6	Draconic	Lizal	Draconic, Lizalfos	Lizalfos, most intelligent reptiles	Stal
7	Gnomish or Halfling	Minish	Picoran	Minish and other diminutive creatures	Common
8	Auran	Rito	Auran	Rito, flying creatures, wind elementals	Common
9	Abyssal or Infernal	Stal	Poe, Stalfos	Undead, garo, spirit elementals	Stal
10	Aquan or Elvish	Zoran	Aquan	Zora, parella, aquatic creatures, water elementals	Common
d10	Equivalent	Language	Other Names	Typical Speakers	Script

Antique Languages

d6	Equivalent	Language	Other Names	Typical Speakers	Script
1	Celestial	Ancient	Ancient Hylian, Sheikah	Gods, Demons, sheikah, researchers, Hyrulean Robots	Ancient
2	Ignan	Subrosian	Ignan	Subrosian, fire elementals	Subrosian
3	Undercommon	Twilit	Undercommon	Twili, shadow elementals	Ancient
4	Sylvan	Deku	Sylvan	Fairies, deku scrubs, koroks, kokiri, forest elementals	Ancient
5	—	Zonai	—	Zonai	Ancient
6	Bullywug	Tokay	—	Tokay	None
d6	Equivalent	Language	Other Names	Typical Speakers	Script

Backgrounds

Most conventional Dungeons & Dragons backgrounds can fit into Hyrule. Particularly suitable options include Charlatan, Folk Hero, Hermit, Outlander, and Sailor.

Acolyte (Variant)

Skill Proficiencies: Insight, Religion

Tool Proficiencies: One Musical instrument of your choice

Languages: Ancient

Equipment: A Musical instrument worth 120 rupees or less, Parchment (10 Sheets), a set of Robes, 5 Candles, a Tinderbox, a Bottle, and a Pouch containing 78 rupees.

Archivist

Skill Proficiencies: Arcana, History

Tool Proficiencies: Calligrapher's supplies

Languages: One Language of your choice

Equipment: A set of Calligrapher's supplies, Common Clothes, a Notebook, Ink (1 ounce bottle), 2 Ink Pens, Paper (10 Sheets) a Lamp, and a Pouch containing 23 rupees.

Attendant

Skill Proficiencies: Insight, Medicine

Tool Proficiencies: One set of Artisan's tool or Musical instrument of your choice

Languages: One Common Language of your choice

Equipment: A set of Fine Clothes, one Artisan's tool or musical instrument worth 60 rupees or less, a letter, and a purse containing 30 rupees.

Bandit

Skill Proficiencies: Intimidation, Stealth

Tool Proficiency: Disguise kits

Language: One Common Language of your choice

Equipment: A Costume you use to disguise your appearance, a set of Traveler's Clothes, a dagger, a Blanket, 50 feet of hempen rope, a bag of 20 caltrops, and a Pouch containing 125 rupees.

Barbarian

Skill Proficiencies: Athletics, Survival

Tool Proficiency: Any one Musical intrument, and one set of tools from the following list: Brewer's supplies, Fishing tackle, Leatherworker's tools, or Woodcarver's tools.

Equipment: A Musical instrument or set of Artisan's tools worth 120 rupees or less, a Hunting Trap, a set of Traveler's Clothes, and a Pouch containing 50 rupees.

Biologist

Skill Proficiencies: Investigation, Nature

Tools: One from the following list: Apothecary's kit, Farmer's tools, Fishing tackle or Taxidermist's kit

Languages: One Language of your choice

Equipment: A set of Common Clothes, a Notebook, squid Ink (1 ounce bottle), an Ink Pen, and a Pouch containing 59 rupees.

Black Market Fence

Skill Proficiencies: Deception, Persuasion

Tool Proficiencies: Two from the following list: Apothecary's kit, Forgery kit, Jeweler's tools, Poisoner's kit, and Taxidermist's kit

Equipment: A fenced object (such as a silver ring) worth 150 rupees, a set of Common Clothes, 10 Sacks, 10 sheets of Paper with forged receipts, 2 Baskets, and a Pouch containing 74 rupees.

Breeder

Skill Proficiencies: Animal Handling, Insight

Tool Proficiencies: One from the following list: Cook's utensils, Leatherworker's tools, Taxidermist's kit, or Weaver's tools

Languages: One Common Language of your choice

Equipment: A set of Common Clothes, 2 Donkeys with harnesses, 20 days of animal Feed, a Shovel, 3 days Rations, and a Pouch containing 20 rupees.

Brewer

Skill Proficiencies: Arcana, Medicine

Tool Proficiencies: Brewer's supplies, plus one from the following list: Apothecary's kit, Cook's utensils, or Poisoner's kit

Equipment: Brewer's supplies, 5 gallons of Hylian Ale worth a total of 10 rupees, a set of Common Clothes, and a Pouch containing 25 rupees.

Bug Collector

Skill Proficiencies: Nature, Stealth

Tool Proficiencies: Taxidermist's kit

Languages: One Common Language of your choice

Equipment: A Bug-Catching Net, a glass Bottle, a set of Traveler's Clothes, a Hooded Lantern, 2 honey Rations, 5 flasks of Oil, the wings of a rare butterfly worth 100 rupees, and a Pouch containing 20 rupees.

Cartographer

Skill Proficiencies: Investigation, Survival

Tools: Cartographer's tools and Navigator's tools

Equipment: A set of Cartographer's tools, Traveler's Clothes, Parchment (10 Sheets), Chalk (10 pieces), and a Pouch containing 47 rupees.

Chef

Skill Proficiencies: Insight, Performance

Tool Proficiencies: Cook's utensils, plus one from the following list: Brewer's supplies, Fishing tackle, and Potter's tools

Equipment: A set of Cook's utensils, common clothes, an Iron Pot, 5 flasks of Oil, 3 Waterskins, 20 days of Rations, 5 Mess Kits. a Notebook full of recipes, and a Pouch containing 9 rupees.

Craftsman

Skill Proficiencies: Choose two from Arcana, History, Religion, and Sleight of Hand

Tool Proficiencies: Two sets of Artisan's tools of your choice

Equipment: A set of Artisan's tools worth 200 rupees or less, common clothes, and a Pouch containing 35 rupees.

Criminal (Variant)

Skill Proficiencies: Choose two from Deception, Sleight of Hand, Stealth, and Intimidation

Tool Proficiencies: One from the following list: Bombsmith's tools, Disguise kit, Forgery kit, Poisoner's kit, or Thieves' tools

Languages: One Common Language of your choice

Equipment: A set of dark, hooded Traveler's Clothes, an illegal item worth 150 rupees or less, a Hooded Lantern, 5 flasks of Oil, and a Pouch containing 25 rupees.

Cultist

Skill Proficiencies: Deception, Religion

Tool Proficiency: Wandmaker's Tools or Forgery kit

Language: One from the following list: Ancient, Blin, Gerudo, Stal, Twilit, or Rito

d20	Deity
1-2	Demise, the Origin of Evil
3	Ghirahim, the Sword of Demise
4-5	Ganon, the King of Evil
6	Agahnim, the Dark Wizard; the King's Alter-Ego
7	Zant, the Usurper King
8	Yuga, the Imprisoning Artist
9	Astor, the Prophet of Doom
10	Twinrova, the Sorceress Sisters; the Surrogate Mothers of Evil
11	Veran, the Fae Sorceress of Shadows
12	Onox, the Draconic General of Darkness
13	Vaati, the Wind Sorcerer
14	Majora, the Deceiving Puppeteer
15	Bellum, the Swirling Chaos
16	Malladus, the Demon King of Possession
17	You believe what everyone else perceives as reality is nothing but a dream. You seek to find the dreamer and awaken it.
18	A minor patron deity of a village which, due to a misunderstanding, has been abandoned by the villagers.
19	No one recognizes the name, but when you begin to explain the rites and worship involved, listeners become visibly disturbed.
20	The gods are a lie. The world needs to see that all so-called deities are naught but false beings.

Equipment:

Desert Vagabond

Skill Proficiencies: Acrobatics, Survival

Tool Proficiencies: One from the following list: Glassworker's tools, Jeweler's tools, or any one Musical instrument

Languages: One from the following list: Blin, Gerudo, Goro, or Lizal

Equipment:

Drifter

Skill Proficiencies: Deception, Survival

Languages: Two Common Languages of your choice

Equipment:

Engineer

Skill Proficiencies: History, Sleight of Hand

Tool Proficiencies: Tinker's tools, plus one other Artisan's tool of your choice.

Equipment:

Escaped Prisoner

Skill Proficiencies: Choose two from Acrobatics, Athletics, Perception, Persuasion, Sleight of Hand, and Stealth.

Tool Proficiency: Thieves' tools

Languages: One Common Language of your choice

Equipment:

Explorer

Skill Proficiencies: Survival

Tool Proficiency: Navigator's tools

Special: You have a swimming speed equal to your base walking speed.

Equipment:

Farmhand

Skill Proficiencies: Athletics, Nature

Tool Proficiency: Farmer's tools

Languages: One Common Language of your choice

Equipment:

Gravekeeper

Skill Proficiencies: Intimidation, Religion

Tool Proficiency: One from the following list: Mason's tools, Potter's tools, and Prospector's kit

Languages: Stal

Equipment: common clothes, a shovel, a wooden scroll case containing 5 scrolls detailing various religious burial rites, one tool in which you are proficient due to this background, and a belt pouch containing 100 rupees. -- 245 rupees: 100 (tool), 20 (shovel), ~20 (scroll), 105 (pouch) --

Guide

Skill Proficiencies: Persuasion, Survival

Tool Proficiencies: Two from the following list: Cartographer's supplies, Land vehicles, Navigator's tools, and Water vehicles

Equipment:

Hunter

Skill Proficiencies: Stealth, Survival

Tool Proficiencies: Two from the following list: Fishing tackle, Leatherworker's tools, Taxidermist's kit, and Woodcarver's tools

Equipment: Common clothes, a hunting trap a signal whistle, a small knife, a tinderbox, a trophy from a beast you killed, and a belt pouch containing 80 rupees, 245 ball bearings

Hyrule Guard

Skill Proficiencies: Athletics, Perception

Tool Proficiencies: Land vehicles

Languages: One Common Language of your choice

Equipment: A military uniform consisting of a tunic, which can be worn on its own or draped over armor; an ornamental spear; manacles with a common lock for restraining a criminal; a signal whistle for alerting other guards, and a belt pouch containing 80 rupees. 235 = 20 (manacles), 100 (lock), 20 (whistle), 85 (pouch), 10 (spear)

Hyrulean Noble

Skill Proficiencies: History, Persuasion

Tool Proficiencies: One from the following list: Calligrapher's supplies or a Musical instrument

Languages: One Language of your choice

Equipment:

Lone Survivor

Skill Proficiencies: History, Survival

Tool Proficiencies: One from the following list: a set of Artisan's tools or a Musical instrument

Languages: One Common Language of your choice

Equipment:

Merchant

Skill Proficiencies: Insight, Persuasion

Languages: Two Common Languages of your choice

Equipment:

Monk

Skill Proficiencies: Acrobatics, Insight

Tool Proficiencies: One from the following list: Apothecary's kit, Calligrapher's supplies, Glassworker's tools, Jeweler's tools, Painter's tools, Potter's tools or Weaver's tools

Languages: One Language of your choice

Equipment:

Mountaineer

Skill Proficiencies: Athletics

Tools: Brewer's supplies

Special: You have a climbing speed equal to your base walking speed.

Equipment:

Musician

Skill Proficiencies: Insight, Performance

Tools: Any two Musical instruments

Equipment:

Oracle

Skill Proficiencies: Performance, Religion

Tools: Any one Musical instrument

Languages: One Antique Language of your choice

Equipment:

Pariah

Skill Proficiencies: Insight, Survival

Tool Proficiencies: One from the following list: Brewer's supplies, Carpenter's tools, Cobbler's tools, Fishing tackle, Painter's supplies, Potter's supplies, or one Musical instrument

Languages: One Common Language of your choice

Equipment:

Pirate

Skill Proficiencies: Athletics, Intimidation

Tools: Two from the following list: Fishing tacke, Navigator's kit, and Water vehicles

Equipment:

Politician

Skill Proficiencies: Deception, Persuasion

Languages: Two Common Languages of your choice

Equipment:

Postman

Skill Proficiencies: Sleight of Hand, plus your choice of either Animal Handling or Athletics

Tool Proficiencies: Calligrapher's supplies

Languages: One Language of your choice

Equipment:

Priest

Skill Proficiencies: Persuasion, Religion

Languages: Ancient and one Language of your choice

Equipment:

Prospector

Skill Proficiencies: Athletics, Investigation

Tool Proficiency: Prospector's kit, plus one from the following list: Bombsmith's tools or Mason's tools

Equipment:

Rancher

Skill Proficiencies: Animal Handling, Athletics

Tool Proficiencies: Two from the following list: carpenter's tools, farmer's tools, land vehicles, and taxidermist's kit

Equipment: Common clothes, 20 feet of hemp rope tied into a lasso, a mule with a riding saddle and a sack containing 10 days of Feed, and a belt pouch containing 30 rupees. -- 229.1 rupees: 80 (mule), 100 (sadle), 10.1 (sack w/feed), 4 (rope), 25 (pouch w/20r) --

Ritualist

Skill Proficiencies: Medicine, Religion

Tool Proficiency: One from the following list: Brewer's supplies, Glassworker's tools, Jeweler's tools, Painter's supplies, or Weaver's tools

Languages: One Antique Language of your choice

Equipment:

Scavenger

Skill Proficiencies: Investigation, Perception

Tool Proficiency: Two from the following list: Fishing tackle, Prospector's kit, Tinker's tools and Woodcarver's tools

Equipment:

Smuggler

Skill Proficiencies: Deception, Sleight of Hand

Tool Proficiency: Disguise kit, Forgery kit

Equipment:

Spy

Skill Proficiencies: Deception, Insight

Tool Proficiency: One from the following list: Disguise kit, Forgery kit, or Thieves' tools

Languages: One Common Language of your choice

Equipment:

Street Performer

Skill Proficiencies: Performance, Sleight of Hand

Tool Proficiency: One Musical instrument or Gaming set

Languages: One Common Language of your choice

Equipment:

Wrestler

Skill Proficiencies: Athletics, Perception

Tool Proficiencies:

Language: One Common Language of your choice

Equipment:

Yiga Clan

Skill Proficiencies: Arcana, Deception

Tool Proficiencies: Disguise kit

Languages: Ancient

Equipment: Traveler's clothes, a disguise kit, a mask of the Yiga clan, a small knife, and a pelt pouch containing 50 rupees.

Custom Background

If none of the above backgrounds appeal to you, or you simply want to customize your character's background, you can instead choose one of the following options.

Option 1

This option is for someone who wants to control all aspects of their background, creating a history for their character that perfectly matches their vision.

First, choose any two skills; you gain proficiency with these choices.
Next, choose either two tools, two languages, or one tool and one language; you gain proficiency with these choices as well.
Finally, choose the equipment package of any one background, or create your own by selecting equipment with a total value of 245 rupees.

Option 2

This option is for someone who wants to randomly create a background instead of using one of the defaults.

Firstly, roll a d20 two times. That determines your two skill proficiencies from your background, according to the chart below. Re-roll any duplicates.

d20	Skill Proficiency
01	Athletics
02	Acrobatics
03	Sleight of Hand
04	Stealth
05	Arcana
06	History
07	Investigation
08	Nature
09	Religion
10	Animal Handling
11	Insight
12	Medicine
13-14	Perception
15	Survival
16	Deception
17	Intimidation
18	Performance
19-20	Persuasion

Next, roll a d20 to determine your secondary proficiencies.

d20	Secondary Proficiency
01-02	Roll two languages.
03	Roll two artisan's tools.
04	Roll two musical instruments.
05	Roll two professional tools.
06	Land vehicles and water vehicles.
07-08	Roll a professional tool and roll a language.
09	Roll a professional tool and roll an artisan's tool.
10	Roll a professional tool and roll a musical instrument.
11	Roll a professional tool and flip d2 for a vehicle.
12-13	Roll an artisan's tool and a language.
14	Roll an artisan's tool and a musical instrument.
15	Roll a artisan's tool and flip d2 for a vehicle.
16-17	Roll a musical instrument and a language.
18	Roll a musical instrument and flip d2 for a vehicle.
19-20	Roll a language and flip d2 for a vehicle.

Lastly, roll a d20 to determine your equipment package. You gain the equipment package of the background corresponding to the die result.

d20	Equipment Package
01	Archivist
02	Bandit
03	Black Marketeer
04	Cartographer
05	Craftsman
06	Cultist
07	Drifter
08	Escaped Prisoner
09	Gravekeeper
10	Hyrule Guard
11	Hyrulean Noble
12	Merchant
13	Musician
14	Pariah
15	Priest
16	Prospector
17	Ritualist
18	Spy
19	Street Performer
20	Yiga Clan

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