Universal Backgrounds
in Character Backgrounds
This category contains links to Character backgrounds that can universally apply to most campaigns set in Tellandria. Below they are organized into broad categories by theme and time period.
A-Z List
- Activist Journalist
- Amnesiac
- Archivist
- Astral Severed
- Cartographer
- Castaway
- Citizen Activist
- Court Servant
- Curio Collector
- Dead
- Demiplane Traveler
- Devoted Parent
- Diplomat
- Diviner
- Elemental Survivor
- Enforcer
- Ether-Touched
- Farmer
- Fey Hostage
- Gravekeeper
- Heretic
- Independent Business Owner
- Landowner
- Legendary Lineage
- Lorechanter
- Mythos Cultist
- Mythos Survivor
- Political Strategist
- Politician
- Polymorphed
- Prematurely Reincarnated
- Public Intellectual
- Refugee of the Edge
- Retired Adventurer
- Revolutionary
- Runaway Betrothed
- Sacred Artist
- The Chosen
- Transformed Familiar
- Treasure Hunter
- Variant Sailor: Explorer
- Variant Sailor: Privateer
- Variant Sailor: Ship's Surgeon
- Void-Scarred
Arcane Backgrounds
- Archivist
- Astral Severed
- Curio Collector
- Dead
- Fey Hostage
- Polymorphed
- Transformed Familiar
Domestic Backgrounds
- Court Servant
- Devoted Parent
- Diviner
- Farmer
- Independent Business Owner
- Landowner
- Lorechanter
- Runaway Betrothed
- Sacred Artist
Heroic Backgrounds
- Legendary Lineage
- Retired Adventurer
- Revolutionary
- The Chosen
- Treasure Hunter
Militant Backgrounds
- Enforcer
- Revolutionary
- Variant Sailor: Privateer
Ocean Backgrounds
- Castaway
- Treasure Hunter
- Variant Sailor: Explorer
- Variant Sailor: Privateer
- Variant Sailor: Ship's Surgeon
Planar Backgrounds
- Astral Severed
- Demiplane Traveler
- Elemental Survivor
- Ether-Touched
- Fey Hostage
- Refugee of the Edge
- Void-Scarred
Political Backgrounds
- Activist Journalist
- Citizen Activist
- Diplomat
- Enforcer
- Political Strategist
- Politician
- Public Intellectual
- Revolutionary
- Variant Sailor: Privateer
Professional Backgrounds
- Cartographer
- Diplomat
- Diviner
- Enforcer
- Gravekeeper
- Independent Business Owner
- Political Strategist
- Politician
- Sacred Artist
Religious Backgrounds
- Diviner
- Gravekeeper
- Heretic
- Mythos Cultist
- Mythos Survivor
- Sacred Artist
- The Chosen
Variant Backgrounds
- Variant Sailor: Explorer
- Variant Sailor: Privateer
- Variant Sailor: Ship's Surgeon
Weird Backgrounds
- Amnesiac
- Astral Severed
- Castaway
- Curio Collector
- Dead
- Demiplane Traveler
- Diviner
- Ether-Touched
- Gravekeeper
- Mythos Cultist
- Mythos Survivor
- Polymorphed
- Prematurely Reincarnated
- Refugee of the Edge
- The Chosen
- Transformed Familiar
- Void-Scarred
Tellandria is a campaign setting designed for running TTRPGs in the 5E tradition. It was created by Owen Fulton.
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Owen Fulton