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<p><strong><em>As a child, you were inquisitive when your playmates were possessive or raucous. In your formative years, you found your way to one of Faerûn's great institutes of learning, where you were apprenticed and taught that knowledge is a more valuable treasure than gold or gems. Now you are ready to leave your home – not to abandon it, but to quest for new lore to add to its storehouse of knowledge.</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>The most well-known of Faerûn's fonts of knowledge is Candlekeep. The great library is always in need of workers and attendants, some of whom rise through the ranks to assume roles of greater responsibility and prominence. You might be one of Candlekeep's own, dedicated to the curatorship of what is likely the most complete body of lore and history in all the world.</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>Perhaps instead you were taken in by the scholars of the Vault of the Sages or the Map House in Silverymoon, and now you have struck out to increase your knowledge and to make yourself available to help those in other places who seek your expertise. You might be one of the few who aid Herald's Holdfast, helping to catalogue and maintain records of the information that arrives daily from across Faerûn.</em></strong></p>
<p>Source: Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide</p>
<p><strong>Skill Proficiencies:</strong> History, plus your choice of one from among Arcana, Nature, and Religion<br />
<strong>Tool Proficiencies:</strong> None<br />
<strong>Languages:</strong> Two of your choice<br />
<strong>Equipment:</strong> The scholar's <span class="hover">robes<span>Value:1gp Weight:4lbs</span></span> of your cloister, a writing kit (small <span class="hover">pouch<span>Value:5sp Weight:1lb</span></span> with a <span class="hover">quill<span>Value:2cp Weight:0</span></span>, a <span class="hover">bottle of ink<span>Value:10gp Weight:0.0625lb</span></span>, <span class="hover">folded parchment<span>Value:1sp Weight:0</span></span>, and a <span class="hover">small penknife<span>Value:0 Weight:0</span></span>), a borrowed <span class="hover">book<span>Value:25gp Weight:5lbs</span></span> on the subject of your current study, and a <span class="hover">pouch<span>Value:5sp Weight:1lb</span></span> containing 10gp</p>
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<h2 id="toc1"><span><span style="font-size:80%;">Library Access</span></span></h2>
<p>Though others must often endure extensive interviews and significant fees to gain access to even the most common archives in your library, you have free and easy access to the majority of the library, though it might also have repositories of lore that are too valuable, magical, or secret to permit anyone immediate access.</p>
<p>You have a working knowledge of your cloister's personnel and bureaucracy, and you know how to navigate those connections with some ease.</p>
<p>Additionally, you are likely to gain preferential treatment at other libraries across the Realms, as professional courtesy shown to a fellow scholar.</p>
<h1 id="toc2"><span><span style="font-size:80%;">Suggested Characteristics</span></span></h1>
<p>Use the tables for the <a href="http://dnd5e.wikidot.com/background:sage">sage background</a> as the basis for your traits and motivations, modifying the entries when appropriate to suit your identity.</p>
<p>Your bond is almost certainly associated either with the place where you grew up or with the knowledge you hope to acquire through adventuring. Your ideal is no doubt related to how you view the quest for knowledge and truth – perhaps as a worthy goal in itself, or maybe as a means to a desirable end.</p>
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