Background

A background grants players a set of abilities learned to level 1, plus some known crafting recipes and starting equipment. Character backgrounds are pre-defined – you can’t choose the exact abilities, recipes, or equipment you already know or own. This choice has been taken to have new heroes always start with a set of abilities and equipment that synergize properly with each other, allowing new players to have a more effective early game experience. Once a character learns new abilities and gains talent points, its background will no longer be significant.

Gladiator
Enslaved after the defeat of your barbarian tribe, you've earned the respect of the people of Syndesia as a champion of the Arena. For you, being chosen to assess a new, savage world is just another challenge to be overcome by your strength and resilience.

Difficulty: Easy

Starting Abilities

 * Heavy Blow
 * Net Trap
 * Second Wind

Starting Items

 * Primitive Spear
 * Hide Armor
 * Hide Boots
 * Simple Bandages (25)

Commander
The second child of a duke of Syndesia, you've been groomed since childhood to become a high-ranking army officer. As you were getting ready for your appointment, all has been taken away from you. Will you be capable of leading now?

Difficulty: Medium

Starting Abilities

 * Warcry
 * Inspire
 * Word of Power: Heal

Starting Items

 * Primitive Mace
 * Hide Armor
 * Hide Boots
 * Simple Bandages (25)

Arcanist
As the apprentice of a mediocre wizard in a Syndesian country town, you've always felt you deserved to be in a place more suitable for your fine intellect. You don't understand the magic that brought you to a new world, but you feel ready to figure it out and harness its power.

Difficulty: Medium

Starting Abilities

 * Firebolt
 * Magic Missiles
 * Mage Armor

Starting Items

 * Ragged Clothes
 * Ragged Cloth Hood
 * Simple Bandages (25)

Street Rat
Abandoned in front of a temple as an infant and raised in a run-down orphanage, you're done everything you needed to survive, including working as a hired blade. Given the hardship of your past, waking up in a new world is almost a relief for you.

Difficulty: Hard

Starting Abilities

 * Poisoning Strike
 * Death Mark
 * Assassinate

Starting Items

 * Primitive Dagger
 * Ragged Clothes
 * Ragged Cloth Hood
 * Simple Bandages (25)