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Folk Hero

You're a champion of the common people, challenging tyrants and monsters to protect the helpless. Saving innocents in imminent danger will make your legend grow.

Skill Proficiencies
Animal Handling, Survival

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

Liberator20 XP
Liberate the enthralled fishermen from the mind flayer.
Protector of the Small20 XP
Save Mirkon from the harpies.
Soul Warden20 XP
Save Nadira from the bugbear assassin.
Guardian of the Forgotten20 XP
Save the tieflings from the goblin assault.
Snake Whisperer20 XP
Protect Arabella from Kagha and her serpent.
A Timely Rescue20 XP
Save Findal from the goblins who kidnapped him.
The Bard with Nine Lives25 XP
Rescue Volo from the goblin camp.
The Most Unfortunate Gnome25 XP
Rescue the gnome from his fate at the windmill.
Saved by a Thread25 XP
Save Smythin from his lethal fall.
Fate Worse Than Death25 XP
Save Liam from his goblin torturers.
Rescued from the Flames30 XP
Save whoever you can from Waukeen's Rest.
Unmasking the Truth30 XP
Free one of the Hag's masked thralls.
A Lethal Endeavour30 XP
Escort Baelen out of the field of bibberbangs.
Breaker of Chains30 XP
Save the deep gnomes from Nere and the duergar.

Act 2

From One Hero to Another50 XP
Meet Jaheira and stay in her good books.
Not Another Soul50 XP
Keep all Harpers alive during the ambush with the Shadows.
Saving the Prodigious50 XP
Save Rolan from the Shadow-Cursed Lands.
Helping the Little Guy50 XP
Help Mol win the game of lanceboard.
No Strings to Hold Them Back50 XP
Release the gnolls from their enslavement.
A Smile Better Suits...50 XP
Offer a hopeful response to Alfira's inquiry.
Uncommon Recognition50 XP
Relate your feats to the bugbear merchant.
Greatness Thrust Upon Them60 XP
Find, save, and bring Arabella to your camp.
Power Corrupts60 XP
Defeat a major figure in the corrupted town.
Breakout!60 XP
Break out and save all of the Moonrise prisoners.
Meeting of Fates60 XP
Side with either Isobel or Marcus during the confrontation in Last Light.
Damsel No More75 XP
Free Nightsong.
Power Corrupts... Absolutely75 XP
Defeat all of the major figures in the corrupted town.

Act 3

Keeping Your Hands Clean135 XP
Refuse to cause collateral damage with Wulbren's plan.
Trusting Your Instincts135 XP
Take up Valeria's shoddily concluded investigation.
Securing Hospitality135 XP
Save the squatters from being kicked out.
A Bet Is a Bet170 XP
Meet with Lakrissa in Baldur's Gate.
Painted Hero170 XP
Obtain your portrait from Oskar.
Diplomatic Rescue170 XP
Save Counsellor Florrick from Wyrm's Rock.
Wyrmslayers170 XP
Challenge and defeat Ansur, the not-so-immortal sentinel of Wyrm's Crossing.
Truth Shines Through170 XP
Find the true culprit behind the serial murders.
Innocence Lost170 XP
Expose the toy-maker's mischief.
Empathy for the Fallen170 XP
Convince the coffin-maker to make an exception.
Safeguarding the Songbird170 XP
Meet the unflappable Alfira in Baldur's Gate.
Never To Be Chained Again220 XP
Defeat Lorroakan and let Nightsong execute her vengeance.
Against All Odds220 XP
Rescue all the captured Gondians' family members.
End of the Tribunal220 XP
Save Valeria and end the Murder Tribunal.
In Need of a Hero220 XP
Successfully rescue all the Gondians from the Steel Watch Foundry.
Freeing the Preyed220 XP
Free Hope from captivity.
Chained, Unfortunate Souls220 XP
Rescue the vampire spawn from Cazador's lair.