Backgrounds

Criminal

You have a history of breaking the law and survive by leveraging less-than-legal connections. Profiting from criminal enterprise will lead to greater opportunities in the future.

Skill Proficiencies
Deception, Stealth

Inspiration Goals

Each goal grants one Inspiration point when completed; the experience it awards varies by goal. Goals are grouped by the act in which they can be completed.

Act 1

Lesser Evils20 XP
Rob the enthralled fishermen.
Jailbreaker20 XP
Smuggle Sazza out of the grove.
Heretic20 XP
Steal the Idol of Silvanus.
Slaughter's Prize20 XP
Ally with Minthara to loot and slaughter the grove.
Show Them How It's Done20 XP
Steal from the tiefling children's stash without making enemies of them.
The Allure of Coin20 XP
Steal from a child charmed by harpies.
Culling the Crowd25 XP
Use poison to kill the drunk goblins in camp.
Serpent's Bounty25 XP
Take Zevlor's payment for killing Kagha.
Friend of the Family30 XP
Become an ally of the Zhentarim.
Swiftly Stolen30 XP
Obtain Thulla's magical boots through underhanded means.
Open for a Surprise30 XP
Acquire the Iron Flask from the Zhentarim.
Perfect Cut50 XP
Split Nere's money with the duergar mutineers.

Act 2

Shiny Trinkets and Baubles50 XP
Take the drider's Moonlantern.
War Profiteer50 XP
Find Roah in Moonrise and trade with her.
Notes of an Amateur60 XP
Craft some Brewed-Up Bellyglummer.
Enter Nostalgia60 XP
Trespass into Ketheric and Isobel's respective rooms.
Always a Way Out60 XP
Help the Moonrise prisoners escape.
Right Tool for the Job60 XP
Obtain all 4 variants of the nurses' tools.
Escape Artisan60 XP
Give Wulbren his tools so the gnomes can escape.
A Dark Edge60 XP
Take Shar's dagger from the ritual pedestal.
Personal Payroll60 XP
Discover the Toll Collector's personal hoard.
An Absolute Douceur60 XP
Accept the Absolute's promise of gifts.
Long-Awaited Reunion75 XP
Hand Isobel over to Ketheric.
Fickle Allegiances75 XP
Betray Balthazar after learning that Nightsong is not a simple relic.
What's Yours is Mine75 XP
Take Shar's gem without aiding or killing the orthon.
Body Heist95 XP
Open and loot the mind flayer colony's vault.

Act 3

Supply and Demand135 XP
Offer to kick the squatters out for a lower fee than the Rivington Rats.
Donations Means 'Free'135 XP
Steal donated goods from the big barn.
There's Always a Back Door135 XP
Gain access to the Open Hand Temple's hidden door.
Saving It From Collecting Dust135 XP
Steal an offering to the gods.
Stacking the Deck170 XP
Side with Farlin and the Guild against the Stonelord's smugglers.
Wrongly Convicted170 XP
Break Counsellor Florrick out of Wyrm's Rock.
Key to the Vault170 XP
Obtain a way to enter the lower vaults.
Easy Pickings170 XP
Take out Caïros and his crew after they fight with Farlin's crew.
Price of Freedom170 XP
Introduce Arfur to the subtleties of capitalism.
Buyable Loyalty170 XP
Get your payday for the head of the deep gnome's leader.
Back into the Familiar170 XP
Gain a way into the Undercellar.
Next Generation of Pockets170 XP
Assume a contributive role in Dez's parenting.
A Pressing Heist220 XP
Rig the Baldur's Mouth printing press.
What Do We Have Here?220 XP
Open one of the additional vaults in the lower levels of the Counting House.
Interplanar Cat Burglar220 XP
Burgle and escape the House of Hope.
Honour Among Thieves220 XP
Side with Nine-Fingers against the Zhentarim.
It's Just Business220 XP
Side with the Zhentarim against Nine-Fingers.

Not tied to an act

Escape Artist20 XP
Escape from jail after being arrested.
Blood Price20 XP
Murder an innocent civilian.
A Fine Fortune25 XP
Steal an item worth at least 1000 gold.