Backgrounds

Sage

You are curious and well-read, with an unending thirst for knowledge. Learning about rare lore of the world will inspire you to put this knowledge to greater purpose.

Skill Proficiencies
Arcana, History

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

Secrets of the Sundering20 XP
Unlock and read the Book of Dead Gods.
Secrets of the Shadow Druids20 XP
Discover and read Faldorn's Canticle.
Reanimator20 XP
Correctly follow Gale's instructions to resurrect him.
Roots of the Grove20 XP
Learn local history from the druidic frescos.
The Phases Unfold25 XP
Solve the moon puzzle sealing the door to the Underdark.
Secrets of the High Chieftain25 XP
Read Volo's Guide to Goblins.
A Solitary Spider25 XP
Read the arachnomancer's journals at the bottom of the well.
Secrets of the Necromancer25 XP
Discover the strange nature of the Thayan tome.
All Knowledge Is Worth Having25 XP
Finish reading the Thayan tome of necromancy.
If I Can't Have It...30 XP
Discover the secrets of the Adamantine Forge from all three drow wizards.
A Natural Alliance30 XP
Recognise the druid and Harper armour.
Secrets of the Matron30 XP
Read the obscure text by a drow matron.
Secrets of the Sussur Tree30 XP
Disable an arcane turret using a sussur flower.
The Forbidden Arcane30 XP
Read Omeluum's notes on illithid magic.

Act 2

Secrets of the Necromancer50 XP
Solve Balthazar's secret study puzzle.
They're in the Walls!50 XP
Discover what the 'meat sound' is.
Corrupted Beyond Recognition50 XP
Find and read the dead druid's journal about how the shadow curse came to be.
Theskan Tactician50 XP
Help Mol win the game of lanceboard.
A Little Too Familiar with the Grotesque...60 XP
Solve Balthazar's secret study puzzle without making a mistake.
Hippocratic No More60 XP
Find the surgeon's research notes.
Tenets of Loss60 XP
Open the way into the Sharran Sanctuary.
To Have Loved and Lost60 XP
Discover the source of Ketheric's shame.
Snuffed Spark60 XP
Find the dead aasimar's journal.
History Never Forgets60 XP
Open the way into the Gauntlet of Shar.
Thorm Family Secrets60 XP
Discover the fate of Ketheric's family members.
Waking the Sleeper60 XP
Wake Art from his catatonic slumber.
Partaking in Local Customs60 XP
Perform the ritual in the Sharran Sanctuary.
Emblem of the Moonmaiden75 XP
Discover the truth about Nightsong.
Rat King75 XP
Discover the truth behind the numerous rats in the Gauntlet of Shar.
Brain Blast!95 XP
Successfully complete the mind puzzle in the mind flayer colony.

Act 3

Assistant to the Extra-Planar Agent135 XP
Take up Valeria's serial killer investigation.
Knowledge of the Heart135 XP
Get a fresh perspective on your relationship with a companion.
New Normal135 XP
Let yourself be scanned by a Steel Watcher.
Blood of the Covenant170 XP
Found out how Araj's blood experiments are going.
A Grand Prize!170 XP
Figure out Akabi's scheme and obtain the 'grand' prize.
Heavy is the Head170 XP
Find the Helm of Balduran.
An Exotic Charter170 XP
Obtain access to the House of Hope portal.
Crossing's Namesake170 XP
Discover the undying sentinel underneath Wyrm's Crossing.
A Foul and Awesome Display170 XP
Use Wulbren's runepowder bomb.
Coronation of the Dreadmaster170 XP
Meet Gortash in Wyrm's Rock and witness his coronation.
Rennaissant Ingenuity170 XP
Uncover the machinery powering the printing press.
Membership Admittance170 XP
Ask to join the Society of Brilliance.
The Returned Cap'n220 XP
Behold the true Captain Grisly in all her piratical glory.
Stopping the Repetition of History220 XP
Defeat Lorroakan.
Using the Proper Means220 XP
Find and use the Torch of Revocation.
The Karsus of Our Times220 XP
Give Nightsong to Lorroakan.

Not tied to an act

Whispers from the Grave25 XP
Glean some wisdom from speaking with the dead.