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Urchin

After surviving a poor and bleak childhood, you know how to make the most out of very little. Using your street smarts bolsters your spirit for the journey ahead.

Skill Proficiencies
Sleight of Hand, 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

Hunger Never Fades20 XP
Fill your plate at Raphael's House of Hope.
Family Comes First20 XP
Encourage Meli to tell the truth about the amulet.
Not On My Watch20 XP
Save Arabella from Kagha and her serpent.
Slaying the Piper20 XP
Rescue Mirkon from the harpies.
Artful Dodger20 XP
Earn Mattis' respect by taking his ring.
Idolatry20 XP
Help Mol steal the Idol of Silvanus.
Pyramid Scheme20 XP
Convince the ogres to work for you without giving them gold.
Paying It Forward20 XP
Give Mol money to found a guild in Baldur's Gate.
Protect Your Own25 XP
Protect the child who took the locket from Barth.
Born Innocent25 XP
Save the owlbear cub from the goblins.
What Price Dignity?25 XP
Steal the toe ring from Crusher without getting caught.
Hero for Hire30 XP
Get some coin out of the Zhentarim survivors.
You Can't Take It with You50 XP
Loot the dead gnomes in Grymforge before their corpses are thrown into the river.

Act 2

No Peeking!50 XP
Block out True Soul Z'rell from reading your true intentions.
Child at Heart50 XP
Play both games of hide and seek with Oliver.
Orphan Camaraderie50 XP
Help Mol win the game of lanceboard.
Gone Feral50 XP
Free the mind-controlled gnolls from their master.
Wary of Strangers50 XP
Refuse to drink the suspicious drink.
Newly Downtrodden50 XP
Spare the goblins from Ketheric's wrath.
Twice Scorned, Twice Abandoned60 XP
Rescue Minthara from her captors.
Bugging Out60 XP
Help Wulbren escape Moonrise.
Alley Cats60 XP
Meet both the lordly cat and the tadpole-hunting cat.
Will Not Be Forgotten60 XP
Escape the Oubliette.
Good Deed of the Day75 XP
Free Nightsong.
Rebellious Phase75 XP
Betray Balthazar.
Strength in Cowardice75 XP
Convince the orthon to spare you, for now...
Amateur Optician95 XP
Find Mol's eyepatch.

Act 3

Child Safety135 XP
Expose Arfur for his booby-trapped toys.
Give Nothing Back135 XP
Take donations from the big barn.
Finders Keepers135 XP
Help the squatters keep their temporary abode.
Spare What You Can135 XP
Give a donation to the big barn.
Proper Lodging, Finally170 XP
Obtain a room at the Elfsong Tavern.
Home Sweet Home170 XP
Delve into the Undercellar of Baldur's Gate.
Easing His Leave, and His Pockets170 XP
Blackmail the Flaming Fist deserter.
Part of Life170 XP
Convince the coffin maker to make an exception.
Good Intentions170 XP
Help Nina with her ritual.
Through Nooks and Crannies170 XP
Enter Wyrm's Rock without a pass or invitation.
A Dish Served Cold170 XP
Destroy the Steel Watch Foundry.
Never Trust Those Above You170 XP
Defeat Gortash without making a deal with him.
Cherishing Family220 XP
Convince Jaheira to let her family stay in the city.
Down with the Steel Oppressors!220 XP
Defeat a Steel Watcher.
Estrangement of Ethel220 XP
Defeat Auntie Ethel permanently.
Cunning Code Crackers220 XP
Discover the secret passphrase and enter Avery's secret workshop.
Finding Vanra220 XP
Find and free Lora's abducted child.