Backgrounds

Amnesiac

You awoke one day with no memory of your past -- your name, homeland, and history are a mystery. Strange dreams, fleeting deja vu, or half-forgotten skills sometimes surface. Driven by the need to uncover your identity, you venture forth in search of answers.

Ability Scores: Choose A or B: (A) Wisdom +2, Charisma +1; or (B) Wisdom, Charisma, and Constitution +1

Skill Proficiencies: Insight and Investigation

Tool Proficiency: Forgery Kit

Equipment: You begin with 50 GP that may only be spent on items from the Adventuring Gear and Tools lists. This gold cannot be used to purchase weapons, armor, or mounts and vehicles. Any unspent funds may be kept in a belt pouch for future expenses in the course of an adventure.

Feature: Fragmented Memories

Once per long rest, when you fail an Intelligence check (or skill check based on Intelligence), you can "flash back" to a buried memory. You recall a snippet of your past that grants advantage on that same check if you immediately retry.

Homebrew, 2025.