Delver

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Delvers have, through some mishap, found themselves several floors below the surface of the dungeon. They're equipped with a wide variety of magical escape tools, and are well advised to use them to travel to earlier dungeon floors as quickly as possible.

Preferred Races

Felid, Spriggan, Kobold, and Vampire are the recommended races if you pick a Delver Background.

Starting Equipment

Some species may receive different items based on their unique restrictions.

• +0 weapon of choice (hand axe, spear, short sword, falchion, mace, or unarmed)
• +0 leather armour
• Scroll of fog
• Scroll of fear
• Scroll of magic mapping
• Potion of haste
• Wand of digging with 3 charges

Starting Skills and Stats

Adjusted for your species' aptitudes:

• Fighting: 3
• Chosen Weapon's Skill: 2
• Dodging: 2
• Stealth: 5

Choosing Delver adds 4 to your starting Strength, 2 to your starting Intelligence, and 6 to your starting Dexterity.

History

• This background was added in 0.26.