# Background



# Entertainer

***You thrive in front of an audience. You know how to entrance them, entertain them, and even inspire them. Your poetics can stir the hearts of those who hear you, awakening grief or joy, laughter or anger. Your music raises their spirits or captures their sorrow. Your dance steps captivate, your humor cuts to the quick. Whatever techniques you use, your art is your life.***

Source: Player's Handbook

**Skill Proficiencies:** Acrobatics, Performance  
**Tool Proficiencies:** Disguise kit, one type of musical instrument  
**Languages:** None  
**Equipment:** A musical instrument (one of your choice), the favor of an admirer (love letter, lock of hair, or trinket), a <span class="hover">costume</span>, and a <span class="hover">pouch</span> containing 15gp

# Variants

## Gladiator

A gladiator is as much an entertainer as any minstrel or circus performer trained to make the arts of combat into a spectacle the crowd can enjoy. This kind of flashy combat is your entertainer routine, though you might also have some skills as a tumbler or actor. Using your By Popular Demand feature, you can find a place to perform in any place that features combat for entertainment-perhaps a gladiatorial arena or secret pit fighting club. You can replace the musical instrument in your equipment package with an inexpensive but unusual weapon, such as a trident or net.

# Features

## Entertainer Routines

A good entertainer is versatile, spicing up every performance with a variety of different routines. Choose one to three routines or roll on the table below to define your expertise as an entertainer.

<table class="wiki-content-table" id="bkmrk-d10-entertainer-rout"><tbody><tr><th>d10</th><th>Entertainer Routine</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>Actor</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Dancer</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Fire-eater</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Jester</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Juggler</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Instrumentalist</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Poet</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Singer</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Storyteller</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Tumbler</td></tr></tbody></table>

## By Popular Demand

You can always find a place to perform, usually in an inn or tavern but possibly with a circus, at a theater, or even in a noble's court. At such a place, you receive free lodging and food of a modest or comfortable standard (depending on the quality of the establishment), as long as you perform each night. In addition, your performance makes you something of a local figure. When strangers recognize you in a town where you have performed, they typically take a liking to you.

# Suggested Characteristics

Successful entertainers have to be able to capture and hold an audience's attention, so they tend to have flamboyant or forceful personalities. They're inclined toward the romantic and often cling to high-minded ideals about the practice of art and the appreciation of beauty.

## Personality Traits

<div id="bkmrk-d8-personality-trait"><div><div><div><table class="wiki-content-table"><tbody><tr><th>d8</th><th>Personality Trait</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>I know a story relevant to almost every situation.</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Whenever I come to a new place, I collect local rumors and spread gossip.</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>I'm a hopeless romantic, always searching for that "special someone."</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Nobody stays angry at me or around me for long, since I can defuse any amount of tension.</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>I love a good insult, even one directed at me.</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>I get bitter if I'm not the center of attention.</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>I'll settle for nothing less than perfection.</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>I change my mood or my mind as quickly as I change key in a song.</td></tr></tbody></table>

</div><div></div></div></div></div>## Ideals

<div id="bkmrk-d6-ideal-1-beauty.%C2%A0w"><div><div><div><table class="wiki-content-table"><tbody><tr><th>d6</th><th>Ideal</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>**Beauty.** When I perform, I make the world better than it was. (Good)</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>**Tradition.** The stories, legends, and songs of the past must never be forgotten, for they teach us who we are. (Lawful)</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>**Creativity.** The world is in need of new ideas and bold action. (Chaotic)</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>**Greed.** I'm only in it for the money and fame. (Evil)</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>**People.** I like seeing the smiles on people's faces when I perform. That's all that matters. (Neutral)</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>**Honesty.** Art should reflect the soul; it should come from within and reveal who we really are. (Any)</td></tr></tbody></table>

</div></div><div><div></div></div></div></div>## Bonds

<div id="bkmrk-d6-bond-1-my-instrum"><div><div><div><table class="wiki-content-table"><tbody><tr><th>d6</th><th>Bond</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>My instrument is my most treasured possession, and it reminds me of someone I love.</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Someone stole my precious instrument, and someday I'll get it back.</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>I want to be famous, whatever it takes.</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>I idolize a hero of the old tales and measure my deeds against that person's.</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>I will do anything to prove myself superior to my hated rival.</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>I would do anything for the other members of my old troupe.</td></tr></tbody></table>

</div><div></div></div></div></div>## Flaws

<div id="bkmrk-d6-flaw-1-i%27ll-do-an"><div><div><table class="wiki-content-table"><tbody><tr><th>d6</th><th>Flaw</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>I'll do anything to win fame and renown.</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>I'm a sucker for a pretty face.</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>A scandal prevents me from ever going home again. That kind of trouble seems to follow me around.</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>I once satirized a noble who still wants my head. It was a mistake that I will likely repeat.</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>I have trouble keeping my true feelings hidden. My sharp tongue lands me in trouble.</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Despite my best efforts, I am unreliable to my friends.</td></tr></tbody></table>

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# Backgrounds

• [Acolyte](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/background:acolyte)  
• [Anthropologist](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/background:anthropologist)  
• [Archaeologist](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/background:archaeologist)  
• [Athlete](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/background:athlete)  
• [Charlatan](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/background:charlatan)  
• [City Watch](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/background:city-watch)  
• [Clan Crafter](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/background:clan-crafter)  
• [Cloistered Scholar](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/background:cloistered-scholar)  
• [Courtier](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/background:courtier)  
• [Criminal](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/background:criminal)  
• [Entertainer](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/background:entertainer)  
• [Faceless](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/background:faceless)  
• [Faction Agent](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/background:faction-agent)  
• [Far Traveler](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/background:far-traveler)  
• [Feylost](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/background:feylost)  
• [Fisher](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/background:fisher)  
• [Folk Hero](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/background:folk-hero)  
• [Gladiator](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/background:entertainer#toc1)  
• [Guild Artisan](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/background:guild-artisan)  
• [Guild Merchant](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/background:guild-artisan#toc1)  
• [Haunted One](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/background:haunted-one)  
• [Hermit](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/background:hermit)  
• [House Agent](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/background:house-agent)  
• [Inheritor](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/background:inheritor)  
• [Investigator](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/background:city-watch#toc1)  
• [Knight](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/background:noble#toc1)  
• [Knight of the Order](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/background:knight-of-the-order)  
• [Marine](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/background:marine)  
• [Mercenary Veteran](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/background:mercenary-veteran)  
• [Noble](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/background:noble)  
• [Outlander](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/background:outlander)  
• [Pirate](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/background:sailor#toc1)  
• [Sage](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/background:sage)  
• [Sailor](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/background:sailor)  
• [Shipwright](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/background:shipwright)  
• [Smuggler](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/background:smuggler)  
• [Soldier](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/background:soldier)  
• [Spy](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/background:criminal#toc1)  
• [Urban Bounty Hunter](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/background:urban-bounty-hunter)  
• [Urchin](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/background:urchin)  
• [Uthgardt Tribe Member](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/background:uthgardt-tribe-member)  
• [Waterdhavian Noble](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/background:waterdhavian-noble)  
• [Witchlight Hand](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/background:witchlight-hand)

###### Ravnica

• [Azorius Functionary](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/background:azorius-functionary)  
• [Boros Legionnaire](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/background:boros-legionnaire)  
• [Dimir Operative](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/background:dimir-operative)  
• [Golgari Agent](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/background:golgari-agent)  
• [Gruul Anarch](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/background:gruul-anarch)  
• [Izzet Engineer](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/background:izzet-engineer)  
• [Orzhov Representative](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/background:orzhov-representative)  
• [Rakdos Cultist](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/background:rakdos-cultist)  
• [Selesnya Initiate](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/background:selesnya-initiate)  
• [Simic Scientist](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/background:simic-scientist)

# Gruul Anarch

***The entire world of Ravnica is a sprawling metropolis, but you are a native of the wild areas that still exist - the abandoned districts, the rubblebelts, the overgrown parks, and the crumbling ruins. You are part of a savage society that clings desperately to the Old Ways - attuned to nature, full of primal rage, and given short shrift by a world consumed with continuing civilization's march of progress.***

Source: Guildmaster's Guide to Ravnica

**Skill Proficiencies:** Animal Handling, Athletics  
**Tool Proficiencies:** Herbalism Kit  
**Languages:** Choose one of Draconic, Giant, Goblin, or Sylvan  
**Equipment:** A Gruul insignia, a <span class="hover">hunting trap</span>, an <span class="hover">herbalism kit</span>, the skull of a boar, a beast-hide cloak, a set of <span class="hover">traveler's clothes</span>, and a <span class="hover">pouch</span> containing 10gp (Azorius 1-zino coins)

# Features

## Rubblebelt Refuge

You are intimately familiar with areas of the city that most people shun: ruined neighborhoods where wurms rampaged, overgrown parks that no hand has tended in decades, and the vast, sprawling rubblebelts of broken terrain that civilized folk have long abandoned. You can find a suitable place for you and your allies to hide or rest in these areas. In addition, you can find food and fresh water in these areas for yourself and up to five other people each day.

## Gruul Guild Spells

*Prerequisite: Spellcasting or Pact Magic class feature*

For you, the spells on the Gruul Guild Spells table are added to the spell list of your spellcasting class. (If you are a multiclass character with multiple spell lists, these spells are added to all of them.)

**Gruul Guild Spells**

<table class="wiki-content-table" id="bkmrk-spell-level-spell-ca"><tbody><tr><th>Spell Level</th><th>Spell</th></tr><tr><td>Cantrip</td><td>[Fire Bolt](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/spell:fire-bolt), [Produce Flame](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/spell:produce-flame)</td></tr><tr><td>1st</td><td>[Compelled Duel](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/spell:compelled-duel), [Speak With Animals](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/spell:speak-with-animals), [Thunderwave](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/spell:thunderwave)</td></tr><tr><td>2nd</td><td>[Beast Sense](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/spell:beast-sense), [Shatter](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/spell:shatter)</td></tr><tr><td>3rd</td><td>[Conjure Animals](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/spell:conjure-animals), [Conjure Barrage](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/spell:conjure-barrage)</td></tr><tr><td>4th</td><td>[Dominate Beast](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/spell:dominate-beast), [Stoneskin](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/spell:stoneskin)</td></tr><tr><td>5th</td><td>[Destructive Wave](http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/spell:destructive-wave)</td></tr></tbody></table>

Fueled by the fire of rage burning in your heart, your magic is almost always accompanied by fiery effects, such as flames smoldering behind your eyes or dancing over your hands.

# Suggested Characteristics

Gruul ways aren't the ways of civilized folk, and the Gruul have little patience for social niceties. But they do have cherished traditions and values, just as important to them as the different values held by the urban, cosmopolitan culture of Ravnica.

## Personality Traits

<div class="feature" id="bkmrk-d8-personality-trait"><div class="row"><div class="col-sm-6"><table class="wiki-content-table"><tbody><tr><th>d8</th><th>Personality Trait</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>Unlike people, the beasts of the wild are friends who won't stab me in the back.</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Go ahead and insult me - I dare you.</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>I scorn those who can't survive away from the comforts of the city.</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Don't tell me I'm not allowed to do something.</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Laws are for people who are afraid to face their inner beasts.</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>I smear the blood of my enemies over my skin.</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>I was, in fact, raised by maaka.</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>HarrRRAAGGHH! \[I rarely form a coherent sentence and prefer to express myself by breaking things.\]</td></tr></tbody></table>

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</div></div></div>## Ideals

<div class="feature" id="bkmrk-d6-ideal-1-clan.%C2%A0my-"><div class="row"><div class="col-sm-6"><table class="wiki-content-table"><tbody><tr><th>d6</th><th>Ideal</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>**Clan.** My clan is all that really matters. (Any)</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>**Anarchy.** No person or law or custom can tell another what to do. (Chaotic)</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>**Nature.** We weren't born tame or domesticated, so we shouldn't have to live that way. (Neutral)</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>**Might.** The strongest are meant to dominate the weak. (Evil)</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>**Rage.** AAAAAARRRRggggh! \[To live is to feel and express the rage burning in your belly.\] (Chaotic)</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>**Tradition.** The Old Ways must be preserved and upheld. (Any)</td></tr></tbody></table>

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</div></div></div>## Bonds

<div class="feature" id="bkmrk-d6-bond-1-i-am-deter"><div class="row"><div class="col-sm-6"><table class="wiki-content-table"><tbody><tr><th>d6</th><th>Bond</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>I am determined that one day I will lead my clan - or a new one.</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>I would give my life for my clan chieftain.</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>The chieftain of another clan has a grudge against me.</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>I am devoted to a sacred site in the midst of the rubblebelt.</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>My weapon is made from the first raktusk I ever hunted.</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>GrrrRRAAAAGGHH! \[I will do anything to prove myself greater than my siblings or ancestors.\]</td></tr></tbody></table>

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</div></div></div>## Flaws

<div class="feature" id="bkmrk-d6-flaw-1-if-you-que"><div class="row"><div class="col-sm-6"><table class="wiki-content-table"><tbody><tr><th>d6</th><th>Flaw</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>If you question my courage, I will never back down.</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>HrrrGGGAAAARRuuuh! \[My anger in battle led to the death of a loved one.\]</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>I'm as stubborn as a batterboar.</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>I'm so convinced of my superiority over soft, civilized people that I'll take great risks to prove it.</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>I'm easily manipulated by people I find attractive.</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>I'm not actually all that angry.</td></tr></tbody></table>

</div></div></div># Contacts

The members of the Gruul Clans rely on each other even as they vie for territory and glory. Their encounters with members of other guilds are more often violent than friendly, but occasional bonds do form.

Roll twice on the Gruul Contacts table (for an ally and a rival) and once on the Non-Gruul Contacts table.

## Gruul Contacts

<div class="row" id="bkmrk-d8-contact-1-one-of-"><div class="col-sm-6"><table class="wiki-content-table"><tbody><tr><th>d8</th><th>Contact</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>One of my parents is a renowned warrior in my clan.</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>My sibling has the ear of the clan chief.</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>I have cousins in a different clan.</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>When we were younger, I was romantically involved with a prominent warrior in my clan.</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>A druid in my clan believes I have a destiny to fulfill.</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>The warrior who trained me remembers me for my exceptional potential.</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>My clan chief killed one of my parents, who had challenged the chief for leadership of the clan. Some combination of resentment and remorse stirs the clan chief to help me sometimes.</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>I made a strong impression on Borborygmos.</td></tr></tbody></table>

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</div></div>## Non-Gruul Contacts

<div class="row" id="bkmrk-d10-contact-1-an-azo"><div class="col-sm-6"><table class="wiki-content-table"><tbody><tr><th>d10</th><th>Contact</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>An Azorius arrester thinks I can be reformed.</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>A Boros soldier gives me gifts in exchange for information about other clans' movements.</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>I once caught and released a Dimir spy.</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>I consult with a Golgari shaman for spiritual guidance at times.</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Roll an additional Gruul contact; you can decide if the contact is an ally or a rival.</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>An Izzet scientist blames the Gruul for the destruction of his life's work in a raid, but seems to think that I'm not like other Gruul.</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>I foolishly borrowed money from an Orzhov syndic to indulge a shameful vice.</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>A close friend left our clan and joined the Cult of Rakdos.</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>A distant relative is trying to recruit me into the Selesnya Conclave.</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>I stopped a Simic biomancer from trapping wild beasts to perform vile experiments on them.</td></tr></tbody></table>

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