Dungeons & Dragons 5e Background: Dinosaur Tamer
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Dinosaur Tamer
You’ve grown up in an environment that uses Dinosaurs instead of typical beasts of burden and have acquired a knack for understanding their behavior. Dinosaurs seem to understand you, and in turn, you’ve used this skill to help tame and train the prehistoric beasts. You’ve learned to stare down and grow personal bonds with dinosaurs, even putting yourself at risk to find a connection – hopefully before you end up as a meal.
Skill Proficiencies Choose two from Animal Handling, Intimidation, or Survival
Tool Proficiencies Cook's utensils
Equipment A set of cook's utensils, a keepsake from a previous dinosaur you've tamed, a set of traveler's clothes, and a belt pouch containing 10 gp.
Features
Dinosaur Training
When you encounter a dinosaur, you can attempt to approach it in a nonhostile manner. The knowledge and awareness of the dinosaur is limited to their intelligence, but they will generally engage before attacking, depending on their previous experiences. You might be able to persuade the creature to do small favors for you, at the DM's discretion.Suggested Characteristics
Dinosaur tamers are usually fearless individuals willing to spend their days in the company of dinosaurs, both big and small. Those who have been tamers long enough may even have missing fingers and scars yet remain empathetic and observant of their creature companions.
Traits
| d8 | Personality Trait | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | I am slow to trust strangers but grateful to those kind to dinosaurs. | |
| 2 | If I don't like someone, I simply ignore them. | |
| 3 | I always save bites of food from my meals incase I run into a hungry dinosaur. | |
| 4 | I know nothing about manners or proper etiquette. | |
| 5 | I feel lonelier in a busy city than I do in the company of a dinosaur. | |
| 6 | I always have a tale to tell around a campfire. | |
| 7 | I often greet animals before people in social situations. | |
| 8 | I remain calm in stressful situation. |
Ideal
| d6 | Ideal | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Respect. I treat dinosaurs with a healthy respect and they repay my kindness. | |
| 2 | Friendship. Material goods come and go. Friendship with a dinosaur lasts forever. | |
| 3 | Knowledge. By understanding a dinosaurs instinct, we learn to understand the world around us. | |
| 4 | Power. Common people crave strength, and I will provide it with my dinosaur allies. | |
| 5 | Independence. I am a free spirit - no one tells me what to do. | |
| 6 | Danger. Danger is everpresent when bonding with a wild animal. The risk is worth the reward. |
Bond
| d6 | Bond | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | I will rid the world of dinosaur poachers. | |
| 2 | I have bonded with a dinosaur I found as a hatchling. | |
| 3 | I care for dinosaurs because I was saved by one in my youth. | |
| 4 | The scars of failed tames reminds me to stay vigilant. | |
| 5 | I found a dinosaur egg and can't wait to see what is inside. | |
| 6 | Someone who hired me to tame a dinosaur died because of a mistake I made. |
Flaw
| d6 | Flaw | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | I will only attempt to tame a huge dinosaur while drunk. | |
| 2 | I risk my personal safety to protect my dinosaurs. | |
| 3 | I have a secret fear of a specific type of dinosaur. | |
| 4 | I've picked up an unpleasant habit from living among dinosaurs in the wild. | |
| 5 | I treat people like dinosaurs, using short commands when I speak. | |
| 6 | My personal hygiene is considered animalistic. |
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