Backgrounds

Soldier

You are trained in battlefield tactics and combat, having served in a militia, mercenary company, or officer corps. Show smart tactics and bravery on the battlefield to enhance your prowess.

Skill Proficiencies
Athletics, Intimidation

Strengths

  • Directly compatible with melee classes

Weaknesses

  • Provides no knowledge-based skill

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

No One Left Behind20 XP
Ensure all of the Grove's defenders survive the first goblin assault.
To Arms!20 XP
Help Guex learn how to fight.
A Headless Horde25 XP
Kill every leader in the goblin camp.
Warrior of the Hells30 XP
Kill the cultist leader seeking Karlach.
Chain of Command30 XP
Follow Flaming Fist orders at the burning inn.
Conquer the Conquerors30 XP
Defeat the githyanki raiding squad.
Drowned in the Dark30 XP
Defeat the duergar patrolling on the Ebonlake.

Act 2

Centennial Rivalries50 XP
Complete the Harper ambush.
Shield of the Moon50 XP
Obtain Selûne's blessing from Isobel.
Notched Armour50 XP
Show off your prowess to the bugbear merchant.
War is No Place for a Child50 XP
Lie to Arabella about her parents' fate.
Realities of War50 XP
Tell Arabella what happened to her parents.
Familicide60 XP
Kill all members of the Thorm family.
An Apple a Day Keeps the Scalpel Away60 XP
Defeat the Surgeon without being operated upon.
The Best Offence is Virtually Nonsense60 XP
Defeat a member of the Thorm family without drawing steel.
Know Thine Enemy75 XP
Defeat yourself in the Gauntlet of Shar's mirror trial.
Return to Sender75 XP
Kill the orthon, returning him to Raphael.
Soldier of Faith75 XP
Save and release Nightsong.
Soldier of Fortune75 XP
Give Nightsong to Ketheric.
Devastation of the Absolute75 XP
Complete the assault on Moonrise.
Absolute Devastation75 XP
Destroy Last Light.
Masterful Execution75 XP
Kill any of the bosses in and around the Shadow-Cursed Lands in a single round of combat.
A Bone To Pick95 XP
Overcome the skeletons in Moonrise prison during the assault.

Act 3

Love That Smell135 XP
Aid the deep gnomes and use the runepowder bomb to blow up the Steel Watch Foundry.
Sharing the Spoils135 XP
Donate to the refugees.
Reporting for Duty135 XP
Report to Commander Lightfeather.
Removing Chaotic Actors135 XP
Remove the head of the deep gnome insurrectionists.
Urgent Communications170 XP
Commune with the Netherbrain.
Court Marshall170 XP
Expose the Flaming Fist deserter.
Great Helm of Legends170 XP
Find the Helm of Balduran.
Veteran's Hotspot170 XP
Purchase a room at the Elfsong Tavern.
Innovations in Volatility170 XP
Give your blood to Araj a second time.
Double-Tap220 XP
Kill Auntie Ethel... again...
Putting the Past to Rest220 XP
Execute Orin.
Hot Exit220 XP
Escape the House of Hope.
Knives in the Dark220 XP
Survive the confrontation in the Sharran Cloister.
Regicide220 XP
Execute Gortash.
Kicking the Rust Bucket220 XP
Destroy a Steel Watcher.
Rudolph Van Richtover My Dead Body220 XP
Defeat the Ascended Cazador.

Not tied to an act

One for the Ages25 XP
Survive a fight in which you kill ten or more enemies.
Pentacrush25 XP
Kill 5 enemies in a single turn.
Strategist25 XP
Destroy a powerful foe in one strike.

Never triggers in game

These goals are defined in the game files but registered by no script; they appear in the list yet cannot be completed.

Start Them Young20 XP
Inspire the tiefling children to train harder.
Stalwart Heart20 XP
Persuade Rolan to stay and protect the grove.
Lolth's Last Laugh220 XP
Defeat Viconia and her Sharran cohorts.