Background Instance
list: API endpoint for returning a list of backgrounds.
retrieve: API endpoint for returning a particular background.
GET /v2/backgrounds/a5e-ag_entertainer/?format=api
{ "url": "https://api.open5e.com/v2/backgrounds/a5e-ag_entertainer/?format=api", "key": "a5e-ag_entertainer", "benefits": [ { "name": "Ability Score Increases", "desc": "+1 to Charisma and one other ability score.", "type": "ability_score" }, { "name": "Adventures And Advancement", "desc": "Some of your admirers will pay you to plead a cause or smear an enemy. If you succeed at several such quests, your fame will grow. You will be welcome at royal courts, which will support you at a rich lifestyle.", "type": "adventures_and_advancement" }, { "name": "Connection and Memento", "desc": "Roll 1d10, choose, or make up your own.\r\n\r\n#### Entertainer Connections\r\n\r\n|d10|Connection|\r\n|---|---|\r\n|1|Your rival, an equally talented performer.|\r\n|2|The cruel ringleader of the sinister circus where you learned your trade.|\r\n|3|A noble who wants vengeance for the song you wrote about him.|\r\n|4|The actor who says that there's always room in their troupe for you and your companions.|\r\n|5|The noble who owes you a favor for penning the love poems that won their spouse.|\r\n|6|Your former partner, a slumming noble with a good ear and bad judgment.|\r\n|7|The rival who became successful and famous by taking credit for your best work.|\r\n|8|The highly-placed courtier who is always trying to further your career.|\r\n|9|A jilted lover who wants revenge.|\r\n|10|The many tavernkeepers and tailors to whom you owe surprisingly large sums.|\r\n\r\n#### Entertainer Mementos\r\n\r\n|d10|Memento|\r\n|---|---|\r\n|1|Your unfinished masterpiece—if you can find inspiration to overcome your writer's block.|\r\n|2|Fine clothing suitable for a noble and some reasonably convincing costume jewelry.|\r\n|3|A love letter from a rich admirer.|\r\n|4|A broken instrument of masterwork quality—if repaired, what music you could make on it!|\r\n|5|A stack of slim poetry volumes you just can't sell.|\r\n|6|Jingling jester's motley.|\r\n|7|A disguise kit.|\r\n|8|Water-squirting wands, knotted scarves, trick handcuffs, and other tools of a bizarre new entertainment trend: a nonmagical magic show.|\r\n|9|A stage dagger.|\r\n|10|A letter of recommendation from your mentor to a noble or royal court.|", "type": "connection_and_memento" }, { "name": "Equipment", "desc": "Lute or other musical instrument, costume.", "type": "equipment" }, { "name": "Pay the Piper", "desc": "In any settlement in which you haven't made yourself unpopular, your performances can earn enough money to support yourself and your companions: the bigger the settlement, the higher your standard of living, up to a moderate lifestyle in a city.", "type": "feature" }, { "name": "Skill Proficiencies", "desc": "Performance, and either Acrobatics, Culture, or Persuasion.", "type": "skill_proficiency" } ], "document": { "name": "Adventurer's Guide", "key": "a5e-ag", "type": "SOURCE", "display_name": "Adventurer's Guide", "publisher": { "name": "EN Publishing", "key": "en-publishing", "url": "https://api.open5e.com/v2/publishers/en-publishing/?format=api" }, "gamesystem": { "name": "Advanced 5th Edition", "key": "a5e", "url": "https://api.open5e.com/v2/gamesystems/a5e/?format=api" }, "permalink": "https://a5esrd.com/a5esrd" }, "name": "Entertainer", "desc": "" }