Pre-Bronze Age Civiliization (5e Background)

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Pre-Bronze Age Civiliization

Pre-Bronze Age Edifice, Credit: Wikimedia

This is a background for characters from a pre-bronze age civilization. The only metals you know about are gold and copper.

Skill Proficiencies: Pick two from: Athletics, Animal Handling, Insight, Perception, Religion, Survival

Tool Proficiencies: Knapping, Pottery Making, Basketry, Dugout Canoe

Languages: Ancient speech, Elven, Draconic

Equipment: Atlatl (javelin thrower), 6 javelins, Knapping Tools

Specializations

d6	Specialization
1	Warrior	Intimidation+1
2	Hunter	Nature+1
3	Gatherer	Perception+1
4	Stone Mason	Athletics+1
5	Sacrifical Priest or Priestess	Religion+1
6	Loremaster	Persuasion+1

Feature: Human Sacrifice

You know how to rip the still-beating heart out of a person being sacrificed and present it in proper ceremonial fashion in order to please the gods. You know how to cut and slash yourself in proper ceremonial fashion in order to please the gods. You occasionally experience visions of the future.

Alternate Feature: Prophetic Astronomy and Mathematics

You have better mathematics and better astronomy than all of the more 'advanced' civilizations in the multiverse. Using your mathematics and astronomy you know the precise day that great things happened in the past and you know the precise day upon which great things will happen in the future. You occasionally experience visions of the future.

Suggested Characteristics

d8	Personality Trait
1	Courage
2	Inquisitive
3	Restless
4	Piety
5
6
7
8

d6	Ideal
1	Competition. (<-Alignment->)
2	War. (<-Alignment->)
3	Wisdom. (<-Alignment->)
4	Secrecy. To help keep your society secret from other races and powers, you want to silence any creature that discovers your society.
5	Future. You work to tell the timing of great future events, and warn the outside world about them.
6	<-Ideal->. (<-Alignment->)

d6	Bond
1	Bond with a deity
2
3
4
5
6

d6	Flaw
1
2
3
4
5
6

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