Background: Ulmhorde Tribal Member

Though you might have only recently arrived in civilized lands, you are no stranger to the values of cooperation and group effort when striving for supremacy. You learned these principles, and much more, as a member of a tribe amongst the Ulmhorde.

Your people have always tried to hold to the old ways. Tradition and taboo have kept the Hordes strong while the kingdoms of others have collapsed into chaos and ruin. But for the last few generations, some bands among the tribes were tempted to settle, make peace, trade, and even to build towns. Perhaps this is why Ulm chose to raise up the totems among the people as living embodiments of his power. Perhaps they needed a reminder of who they were and from whence they came.

The Chosen of Ulm led bands back to the old ways, and most of your people abandoned the soft ways of civilization.

You might have grown up in one of the tribes that had decided to settle down, and now that they have abandoned the true path, you find yourself adrift. Or you might come from a segment of the Ulmhorde that adheres to tradition, but you seek to bring glory to your tribe by achieving great things as a formidable adventurer.

Skill Proficiencies

Athletics, Survival

Tool Proficiencies

One type of musical instrument or artisan's tools

Languages

One of your choice

Equipment

A hunting trap, a totemic token or set of tattoos marking your loyalty to Uthgar and your tribal totem, a set of traveler's clothes, and a pouch containing 10 gp

FEATURE: UGLUK HERITAGE

You have an excellent knowledge of not only your tribe's territory, but also the terrain and natural resources of the rest of the Ulmhorde's lands, as well as (through legends and/or scouting missions) that of the Tragekian United Hordes or Dradehalia (which one is your choice, based on where your tribe was principally located). You are familiar enough with any ilderness area that you find twice as much food and water as you normally would when you forage there.

Additionally, you can call upon the hospitality of your people, and those folk allied with your tribe, often including members of druid circles, tribes of nomadic elves, and Patheonic priesthoods.

SUGGESTED CHARACTERISTICS

Use the tables for the outlander background in the Player's Handbook as the basis for your traits and motivations, modifying the entries when appropriate to suit your identity as a member of an Ulmhorde tribe.

Even if you have left your tribe behind (at least for now), you hold to the traditions of your people. You will never cut down a still-living tree, and you may not countenance such an act being done in your presence. The Ulmhorde's ancestral mounds--great hills where the totem spirits were defeated by Ulm and where the heroes of the tribes are interred--are sacred to you.

Your bond is undoubtedly associated with your tribe or some aspect of Ulmhorde philosophy or culture (perhaps even Ulm himself). Your ideal is a personal choice that probably hews closely to the ethos of your people and certainly doesn't contradict or compromise what being an Ulmhorde stands for.