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Silverquill Student

Persuasive speech and writing supported by light and shadow magic.

Background benefits

BenefitDescription
Skill ProficienciesIntimidation, Persuasion
LanguagesTwo of your choice

Starting equipment

A bottle of black ink, an ink pen, a book of poetry, a school uniform, and a pouch containing 15 gp

Silverquill Initiate

You gain the Strixhaven Initiate feat (presented later In addition, if you have the Spellcasting or Pact Magic feature, the spells on the Silverquill 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.) Silverquill Spells

Spell levelSpells
1Dissonant Whispers, Silvery Barbs
2Calm Emotions, Darkness
3Beacon of Hope, Daylight
4Compulsion, Confusion
5Dominate Person, Rary's Telepathic Bond

Source & compatibility

Source: Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos · page 35 · 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.