Being a Waterdhavian Noble you’re one of the scion of greatest noble families of a Waterdeep. Also the human families those who jealously guard like their privilege and also place in a city of Splendors and also the Waterdhavian nobles have some reputation across the Faerûn for the sake of being the eccentric spoiled, venal, and even the above all else, rich.
Al though, whether you’re shining example of a reason for this specific reputation or else one who can proves the rule by being as an exception, peoples also can expect things of you whenever they do know your surname and also what it meant by. Normally all of your reasons by taking up adventuring likely to be involve your family in some of ways; Are you the family rebel, who prefers delving in filthy dungeons to sipping zzar at a ball? Or have you taken up sword or spell on your family’s behalf, ensuring that they have someone of renown to see to their legacy?
As a Waterdhavian Noble background you should work along with your DM to come with the family that you are part of- Normally in waterdeep there are around seventy-five lineages located and each with its own financial interests, specialties, and schemes. Of course you might have been a part of the main line of your family and also possibly in line to become to be a leader to it on one day. Or else you might be one of some number of cousins, with some less prestige but also some of less responsibility.
Skill Proficiencies
History, Persuasion
Tool Proficiencies
One type of gaming set or one musical instrument
Languages
One of your choice
Equipment
A set of fine clothes, a signet ring or brooch, a scroll of pedigree, a skin of fine zzar or wine, and a purse containing 20 gp
Suggested Characteristics
For the suggested characteristics of Waterdhavian Noble 5e you can use the tables of noble background too like a basis for your traits and also for the motivations, even by modifying the entries whenever it appropriate to suit your identity. Like the any other nobles you had born and grown up in the different world from a different world from the one which most of the folks know- also some one which grants you which privilege but also it calls you for fulfilling the duty befitting your station.
Bond
| D6 | Bond |
|---|---|
| 1 | I will face any challenge to win the approval of my family, |
| 2 | My house's alliance with another noble family must be sustained at all costs. |
| 3 | Nothing is more important than the other members of my family. |
| 4 | I am in love with the heir of a family that my family despises. |
| 5 | My loyalty to my sovereign is unwavering. |
| 6 | The common folk must see me as a hero of the people. |
Ideal
| D6 | Ideal |
|---|---|
| 1 | Respect. Respect is due to me because of my position, but all people regardless of station deserve to be treated with dignity. (Good) |
| 2 | Responsibility. It is my duty to respect the authority of those above me, just as those below me must respect mine. (Lawful) |
| 3 | Independence. I must prove that I can handle myself without the coddling of my family. (Chaotic) |
| 4 | Power. If I can attain more power, no one will tell me what to do. (Evil) |
| 5 | Family. Blood runs thicker than water. (Any) |
| 6 | Noble Obligation. It is my duty to protect and care for the people beneath me. (Good) |
Flaw
| D6 | Flaw |
|---|---|
| 1 | I secretly believe that everyone is beneath me. |
| 2 | I hide a truly scandalous secret that could ruin my family forever. |
| 3 | I too often hear veiled insults and threats in every word addressed to me, and I'm quick to anger. |
| 4 | I have an insatiable desire for carnal pleasures. |
| 5 | In fact, the world does revolve around me. |
| 6 | By my words and actions, I often bring shame to my family. |
Personality Traits
| D8 | Personality Traits |
|---|---|
| 1 | My eloquent flattery makes everyone I talk to feel like the most wonderful and important person in the world. |
| 2 | The common folk love me for my kindness and generosity. |
| 3 | No one could doubt by looking at my regal bearing that I am a cut above the unwashed masses. |
| 4 | I take great pains to always look my best and follow the latest fashions. |
| 5 | I don't like to get my hands dirty, and I won't be caught dead in unsuitable accommodations. |
| 6 | Despite my noble birth, I do not place myself above other folk. We all have the same blood. |
| 7 | My favor, once lost, is lost forever. |
| 8 | If you do me an injury, I will crush you, ruin your name, and salt your fields. |
Of course your bond also might be associated along with your family a lone, or else it could be concerned by an another noble house which can be side with or else opposes your own. Your ideal always depends to some extent on the how you view your role in that specific family, and also how you intended to be conducted yourself in a world at the large at a representative of your house.
Feature: Kept in Style
As of you are in the Waterdeep or elsewhere in the north of your house seems to be your everyday needs. Basically, your name a-d signet are the much sufficient to cover many of your expenses; such as the inns, taverns, and festhalls you frequent are glad to be recorded your debt and also send an accounting to your family’s estate in the waterdeep for being settle what you owe.
Actually, this is an advantage which enables you for living a cool and comfortable lifestyle by without having to pay 2gp per a day for it, or it reduces the cost of a wealthy or even aristocratic lifestyle by such amount. Of course you may not be maintaining the less affluent lifestyle and then use the difference like an income-so the benefit is a line of the credit, its not an actual monetary reward.
charlatan background 5e is also one of our suggected backgrounds.