Hello everyone! Welcome back to my background series (if you haven’t checked our other backgrounds you can do it so by clicking on 5e backgrounds list and today we’re going to be taking a look at wildspacer 5e background. And it is found in the Spelljamer: Adventures in Space – Astral Adventurer’s Guide. If you’re curious about how this background works for your character build or any role play opportunities then make sure to check out this article and you’ll get an idea on how to use this dnd background. So without any further ado guys, let’s get started today’s blog post. Let’s begin with its description first. So the description reads as followed:
Description
You were being raised in a void of wildspace – which is home to many asteroid miners, moon farmers, and other hardy folk. So probably you grew up in the far-flung settlement which is like the Rock of Bral, or else you’ve spent your beginning years on a crew of a spelljamming ship, that is performing helpful chores such as swabbing the deck, loading and offloading cargo, and scraping barnacles off the hull.
So whatever your history was, the life in the wildspace has been toughened you so well which you’re as brave as a miniature giant space hamster whenever it comes to facing the terrors and other challenges of the airless night. You can also check out this astral drifter background 5e.
Now let’s move on to its mechanics here.
Mechanics
Skill Proficiencies: Athletics, Survival
Tool Proficiencies: Navigator’s tools, vehicles (space)
Equipment: A belaying pin (club), a set of traveler’s clothes, a grappling hook, 50 feet of hempen ropeValue: 1gp Weight: 10lbs, and a pouch containing 10gp
Features
Close Encounter
You actually had the harrowing encounter with one of the Wildspace’s so many terrrors. You were escaped with your life, but of course the an encounter left you with one scar or two, or probably a recurring nightmare. You can roll on the Close Encounter table in order to determine which creature nearly got the best of you.
| d10 | Creature |
|---|---|
| 1 | Beholder |
| 2 | Cosmic Horror |
| 3 | Feyr |
| 4 | Lunar Dragon |
| 5 | Mind Flayer |
| 6 | Neh-thalggu |
| 7 | Neogi |
| 8 | Space Clown |
| 9 | Vampirate |
| 10 | Void Scavver |
Wildspace Adaptation
You gain the Tough feat. In addition, you learned how to adapt to zero gravity. Being weightless doesn’t give you disadvantage on any of your melee attack rolls. Apart from this you can also check out 5e backgrounds that give languages from the table. And also read this dnd 5e explorer background.