Dungeons & Dragons 5e Background: Demolition Expert
Demolition Expert
You have a love for technology and an unquenchable thirst for explosives. As a demolition expert, you spend time tinkering with bombs, dynamite, and other dangerous devices, creating new ways to harness weapons of destruction. Perhaps you are a guild member honing your craft for potential buyers or a rebel looking to bring down a corrupt institution by blowing up its headquarters. Whatever the case, your explosive blasts bring down buildings, your enemies, and sometimes yourself.
Skill Proficiencies Arcana, Investigation
Tool Proficiencies Tinker's Tools
Languages One of your choice
Equipment Tinker's tools, blueprints of an explosive experiment you're working on, a set of common clothes, and a belt pouch containing 10 gp.
Features
Explosive Results
You have a strong knowledge of the structures of buildings and how to bring them down. When using items such as bombs, dynamite, or items your DM agrees are appropriate, they deal double damage to objects and structures.Suggested Characteristics
You've never met an explosive you didn't like and have seen more destruction than some may ever see in a lifetime.
Traits
| d8 | Personality Trait | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | I am always doodling explosive blueprint designs. | |
| 2 | I am overly cautious when it comes to safety protocols. | |
| 3 | I am obsessed with reading other experts' work. | |
| 4 | I enjoy watching structures explode and fall. | |
| 5 | The world is too serious. We all die in the end. | |
| 6 | I could die in a blast. Might as well party today. | |
| 7 | I stick to my blueprints without deviation. | |
| 8 | I am a weapon of mass destruction. |
Ideal
| d6 | Ideal | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Science. Logical protocols will lead me farther than any religion. | ||
| 2 | Fun. I love a day filled with explosive results. | ||
| 3 | Good. I only use explosives to topple evil civilizations. | ||
| 4 | Free Thinking. What others do with my inventions is none of my business. | ||
| 5 | Discovery. Experimenting on new explosives has the potential to reveal bigger results. | ||
| 6 | Creativity. There are so many ways to add an explosive to mundane items. |
Bond
| d6 | Bond | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | My blueprint journal is the most important thing to me. | |
| 2 | I am haunted by the memories of someone accidentally caught in one of my explosions. | |
| 3 | I created an explosive device that could destroy a city. Sadly, I lost it. | |
| 4 | I have a nemesis who thinks they can outdo my work. | |
| 5 | I was exiled from my childhood village. I will return and burn it to the ground. | |
| 6 | My tools are family heirlooms passed down from generation to generation. | |
Flaw
| d6 | Flaw | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | I will not do anything quietly. | |
| 2 | Like my inventions, I also have a short fuse. | |
| 3 | I see myself as expendable and walk straight into danger. | |
| 4 | I'm on the run after an explosion destroyed a noble's property. | |
| 5 | I'm incapable of admitting a flaw in my logic. | |
| 6 | I'm so cautious it prevents me from taking action. |
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