Descent into Avernus

FOLK HERO 0RICINS

d6 Origin

You helped get healing for a sick child. Now the sick

come to you, knowing you'll help them find a way to

salvation.

2 You helped break a Guild protection racket afflicting

a community of immigrants in the Outer City. Now,

you can' t travel through that part of the city without

your dozen adopted grandparents inviting you in for

a meal.

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Seeing a lost patriar after dark in the Outer City, you

guided the wayward noble through back streets to

safety. The patriar repaid your help by paying for im-

proved roofs and lamps in your neighborhood, caus-

ing the entire community to celebrate your deed.

Fueled by alcohol, you faced down a carrion crawler

that slunk out of the sewer, knocking it out with a

single punch. Since then, however, the ale you once

credited with your heroism has drowned it, and even

your most patient admirers are losing hope. You're

hoping for one last chance to win back the goodwill

you've drunk away.

You once defeated a raging bugbear with a hand

mirror, a mounted deer's head, and two kicks to the

groin. Later, you and the bugbear became friends.

Last winter, you dove into the frigid river to haul out

a foundering fishing boat with your bare hands, sav-

ing all aboard. Now, everyone on the docks knows

your name.

that inconveniences a member of the Watch or F laming

Fist, a patriar, or some other wealthy looking individual.

FOLK HE RO ORIGINS

Folk heroes might rise from a variety of circumstances,

or their origins might be a secret as they do their work

anonymously. lfyou wish, you may roll on the Folk Hero

Origins table for an event that started you down your

heroic path.

GUILD ARTISAN

Numerous guilds and professional associations exist in

BaJdur's Gate, covering every imaginable trade and dis-

cipline from gravediggers to moneylenders.

BALDUR's GATE FEATURE:

PROFESSIONAL COURTESY

You're familiar with the city's crews, their territories,

and inter-crew politics. Choose one of the three districts

of Baldur's Gate: the Upper City, the Lower City, or the

Outer City. This is the district where you conduct most

of your business. Whenever you need information about

something in one of that district's neighborhoods, you

can seek out crew members in that a rea and learn the

local gossip. You can also gain unimpeded entry to

nearly any bank, guild hall, place of business. work-

house, or crew meeting place in your district.

HERMIT

While some might think it strange to find hermits in a

bustling city, others know that sometimes the most pro-

found solitude exists in the midst of a crowd. Baldur's

Gate holds a handful of souls who manage to find isola-

tion amid its tumult.

BALDUR'S GATE FEATURE: THE REAL CITY

You know the Baldur's Gate most Baldurians ignore, the

dog-eat-dog world of the homeless and unfortunate. You

know where to go in the Lower City and Outer City for

anonymity. Tn these slums and alley camps, you can get

a damp bed and a bad meal, but also a degree of privacy

and no questions asked. Living here isn't comfortable,

but it's unlikely anyone will find you-and you can stay

as long as you want.

HERMIT ORIGINS

Any numbe r of pe rsonal choices or ill-fated circum·

stances might have led you to turn a way from society.

You may, if you wish, choose or roll an origin event from

the Hermit Origins table.

HERMIT 0RICINS

d6 Origin

You led an ill-fated expedition into the Riverveins.

Your friends were swept away by flooding, and you've

never been able to shake the guilt of causing their

deaths over a frivolous lark. You've maintained a soli-

tary vigil outside the cavern entrance ever since.

2 You crossed the Guild in a bad way. Fortunately, its

members think you're dead. Less fortunately, main-

taining that deception might require you to stay in

hiding until you actually are.

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You study the puzzles of mortal natures. You've seen

followers of evil deities perform miracles for the

helpless at Twin Songs, and you've seen patriars who

worship good deities turn their backs on the poor

daily. Bearing witness to such things, and meditating

on their contradictions, fills your hours.

You tend to some part of the city's forgotten history:

the unmarked graves in Cliffside Cemetery, the

crumbling remains of dead patriar families' manors,

or a collection of religious texts stuffed into an attic

and forgotten when a believer's patron deity died. In

this solitary work, you've learned secrets no one else

knows.

You killed a patriar's scion in an illegal duel. The fam-

ily swore revenge, and you Aed to the slums rather

than risk bringing their wrath down on your kin.

You aren't originally from Baldur's Gate. You came

here seeking something else, o nly to learn that the

quest that drove you had become impossible to

fulfill-its object was destroyed or its purpose was

negated by some superseding event. Suddenly direc·

tionless and unable to return to your homeland, you

have lingered, adrift, in this wretched city.

BALOUR' S CATE CAZETIE.ER