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Lorehold Student

Historical study supported by spirit magic and the Lorehold curriculum.

Background benefits

BenefitDescription
Skill ProficienciesHistory, Religion
LanguagesTwo of your choice

Starting equipment

A bottle of black ink, an ink pen, a hammer, a hooded lantern, a tinderbox, a tome of history, a school uniform, and a pouch containing 15 gp

Lorehold Initiate

You gain the Strixhaven Initiate feat (presented later in the chapter) and must choose Lorehold within it. In addition, if you have the Spellcasting or Pact Magic feature, the spells on the Lorehold Spells table are added to the spell list of your spellcasting class. (If you area multiclass character with multiple spell lists, these spells are added to all of them.) Lorehold Spells

Spell levelSpells
1Comprehend Languages, Identify
2Borrowed Knowledge, Locate Object
3Speak with Dead, Spirit Guardians
4Arcane Eye, Stone Shape
5Flame Strike, Legend Lore

Source & compatibility

Source: Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos · page 31 · Legacy 5e.

Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos; locally supplied reference, original publisher rights retained.

Campaign adaptation: Legacy background reference: choose 2024 background ability increases and an appropriate Origin feat with the DM before applying it. Do not add this legacy background on top of a second background.

Compatibility: Original option; manual use pending compatibility review.