A fun roleplaying opportunity for use in your game. Basically, you choose the type of scam you like to commit for your own profit. When you choose this background, you also choose a Favorite Scheme. You also get the equipment to support your second identity including a disguise kit and an item to corroborate your preferred method of procuring valuables. So, you get a couple Skill proficiencies that help you maintain this false identity and Tool proficiencies for disguising yourself and forging paperwork to further prove it. You have all the necessary paperwork to prove that identity and the ability to forge documents. The basic idea of the Charlatan background is your character has a secret, secondary identity. They know what it takes to survive in an urban environment and can navigate the busy streets faster than most.Ĭharlatan is a really fun background for Rogues as they make for great Face characters. That said, Urchin is still a great background pick for playing a Rogue in 5e.Ĭhoose the Urchin background if you want to play a Rogue who grew up on the streets. You get a little mouse pet, a couple of fun skill proficiencies, and a pretty decent roleplaying feature for city-based adventures. I’ll admit some bias I love the Urchin background. You also get some fun roleplay items to play into your character’s backstory.įinally, the Urchin’s feature makes traveling in a city easier and faster. The equipment from the Urchin background isn’t anything too fancy with the exception of the pet mouse. Unfortunately, one of those proficiencies includes the Thieves’ Tools which you already get from choosing the Rogue class. This background also gives a Rogue two Tool proficiencies. But, getting them through Urchin instead from the Rogue itself frees up your options for other skills. These two skills are also found in the Rogue’s selection to start.
You get two Skill proficiencies that line up perfectly with how a Rogue plays. Urchin is a great background for Rogues in D&D 5e. With that out of the way, here are my picks for the 10 best Rogue backgrounds in D&D 5e. But, this list is a good start for new and experienced players looking for some inspiration for their character. You can make almost any background work for a Rogue and still have fun playing them. Now, determining the best backgrounds for Rogues is pretty subjective. While that’s not inherently bad, you might have more fun picking the background that fits the idea behind your character best. If you pick a background based purely on what you get, then that’s a bit too much like powergaming. When pick your Rogue’s background, you should always pick the background that fits your character best. This article goes over 10 of the best Rogue backgrounds in D&D 5e so both new and old players can find inspiration for their character. Sure, you could go with the classic but what other good options do you have? But, you’re at a loss for what background to choose. So, you’ve decided to play a Rogue for your first (or seventeenth) game of Dungeons & Dragons 5 th Edition.
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