Here is a table expanding on the original Darker Dungeons rookie background with tweaked stats and spell options.
| Backgrounds | Hit Points | Hit Die | Proficiency Bonus | Armor Proficiencies | Weapon Proficiencies | Variant: Starting Cantrips |
| Acolyte | 3 + CON | 1d4 | +2 | — | Simple | 3 cleric or warlock |
| Anthropologist | 3 + CON | 1d4 | +2 | Light | Simple | 2 bard or druid |
| Archeologist | 4 + CON | 1d6 | +2 | Light | Simple | 1 druid or wizard |
| Azorius Functionary | 4 + CON | 1d6 | +2 | Light | Simple | 1 cleric or sorcerer |
| Boros Legionnaire | 5 + CON | 1d8 | +2 | Light, Medium, Shields | Simple, Martial | 1 cleric or warlock |
| Charlatan | 4 + CON | 1d6 | +2 | Light | Simple | 2 bard or sorcerer |
| City Watch | 5 + CON | 1d8 | +2 | Light, Medium, Shields | Simple, Martial | — |
| City Watch (Investigator) | 4 + CON | 1d6 | +2 | Light | Simple | 1 bard or wizard |
| Clan Crafter | 5 + CON | 1d8 | +2 | Light, Medium | Simple, Martial | — |
| Cloistered Scholar | 3 + CON | 1d4 | +2 | — | Simple | 3 cleric or wizard |
| Courtier | 4 + CON | 1d6 | +2 | Light | Simple | 1 bard or cleric |
| Criminal | 4 + CON | 1d6 | +2 | Light, Medium | Simple | — |
| Dimir Operative | 5 + CON | 1d8 | +2 | Light | Simple | 2 bard or warlock |
| Entertainer | 4 + CON | 1d6 | +2 | Light | Simple | 2 bard or wizard |
| Faction Agent | 5 + CON | 1d8 | +2 | Light | Simple, Martial | — |
| Far Traveler | 6 + CON | 1d10 | +2 | Light | Simple, Martial | — |
| Fisher | 5 + CON | 1d8 | +2 | — | Simple | 2 druid or sorcerer |
| Folk Hero | 4 + CON | 1d6 | +2 | Light | Simple, Martial | — |
| Golgari Agent | 3 + CON | 1d4 | +2 | Light, Medium, Shields | Simple | 1 druid or warlock |
| Gruul Anarch | 7 + CON | 1d12 | +2 | All Armor, Shields | Simple | — |
| Guild Artisan | 3 + CON | 1d6 | +2 | Light | Simple | 2 cleric or sorcerer |
| Haunted One | 3 + CON | 1d4 | +2 | — | Simple | 3 druid or warlock |
| Hermit | 3 + CON | 1d4 | +2 | — | Simple | 3 druid or wizard |
| Inheritor | 4 + CON | 1d6 | +2 | Light | Simple, Martial | 2 bard or warlock |
| Izzet Engineer | 3 + CON | 1d4 | +2 | Light, Medium | Simple | 2 warlock or wizard |
| Knight of the Order | 6 + CON | 1d10 | +2 | All Armor, Shields | Simple, Martial | — |
| Marine | 5 + CON | 1d8 | +2 | Light, Medium, Shields | Simple | — |
| Mercenary Veteran | 6 + CON | 1d10 | +2 | Light, Medium | Simple, Martial | — |
| Noble | 4 + CON | 1d6 | +2 | Light, Medium | Simple, Martial | — |
| Orzhov Representative | 3 + CON | 1d4 | +2 | Light | Simple | 2 cleric or wizard |
| Outlander | 4 + CON | 1d6 | +2 | Light | Simple, Martial | 1 cleric or druid |
| Rakdos Cultist | 4 + CON | 1d6 | +2 | Light, Medium | Simple, Martial | 1 sorcerer or warlock |
| Sage | 3 + CON | 1d4 | +2 | — | Simple | 3 sorcerer or wizard |
| Sailor | 5 + CON | 1d8 | +2 | Light, Medium | Simple | — |
| Selesnya Initiate | 4 + CON | 1d6 | +2 | Shields | Simple | 2 cleric or druid |
| Shipwright | 5 + CON | 1d8 | +2 | Light, Shields | Simple, Martial | — |
| Simic Scientist | 7 + CON | 1d12 | +2 | — | Simple | 1 druid or sorcerer |
| Smuggler | 5 + CON | 1d8 | +2 | Light, Medium | Simple, Martial | — |
| Soldier | 6 + CON | 1d10 | +2 | All Armor, Shields | Simple, Martial | — |
| Urban Bounty Hunter | 5 + CON | 1d8 | +2 | Light | Simple, Martial | 1 bard or sorcerer |
| Urchin | 3 + CON | 1d4 | +2 | — | Simple | 3 sorcerer or warlock |
| Uthgardt Tribe Member | 7 + CON | 1d12 | +2 | — | Simple, Martial | — |
| Waterdhavian Noble | 4 + CON | 1d6 | +2 | Light, Medium | Simple | 1 bard or cleric |
