Warfare

Military Discipline

  • Follow orders under pressure

  • Maintain formation during battle

  • Protect allies during combat

  • Stand your ground against overwhelming odds

  • Keep watch while others rest

  • Obey a chain of command

Combat Experience

  • Lead an assault or charge

  • Hold a defensive position

  • Execute a tactical maneuver successfully

  • Fight despite injury or exhaustion

  • Use battlefield tactics creatively

  • Survive impossible combat conditions

Battlefield Resolve

  • Continue fighting despite fear

  • Protect civilians during conflict

  • Rally allies during a losing battle

  • Refuse to abandon wounded comrades

  • Face a powerful enemy without retreating

War has been your life for as long as you care to remember. You trained as a youth, studied the use of weapons and armor, learned basic survival techniques, including how to stay alive on the battlefield. You might have been part of a standing national army or a mercenary company, or perhaps a member of a local militia who rose to prominence during a recent war.

Source: Player's Handbook

Skill Proficiencies: Athletics, Intimidation
Tool Proficiencies: One type of gaming set, vehicles (land)

Quiet Roleplay Moments

  • Sharpen weapons or maintain armor

  • Reflect on past battles

  • Share war stories around a fire

  • Train during downtime

  • Visit graves or memorials

  • Show respect to fallen enemies

When you choose this background, work with your DM to determine which military organization you were a part of, how far through its ranks you progressed, and what kind of experiences you had during your military career. Was it a standing army, a town guard, or a village militia? Or it might have been a noble's or merchant's private army, or a mercenary company.