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Wow, uhm, an ELO rating of 3642 is pretty good... https://computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/4040/ (Highest ever for a human 2882 which is apparently a 0.7% chance of a draw and 0.004% chance of a win).

I think I would agree with you on plausible based on upthread.

Would you do things like giving the person with sailor background a bonus or advantage on obviously ship related things? (Or not make them make a knowledge check on something basic)? Fair enough.

@Oofta and @mamba, upthread @Faolyn agreed with this? How does it sound to you?

Yells, "No feathers! But no feathers!" and then just gives up.

How but... the DNA... 37 pairs of chromosomes (well maybe 20 or 25) with X and Y for sex ones vs. 41 pairs with Z and W for sex ones. The egg laying vs. not... And then I remember Barsoom. Nevermind.

This gives me an opening to ask something I was pondering... Should backgrounds develop, or are they things that happened in the past and there they are? If the later, then should the game award backgrounds as players do things? If you literally save the peasants in the kingdom from the...

I'm sometimes curious how the Olympics (or equivalent) work in different places. In Marvel, can Hawkeye go out for the Olympics in Archery? Can Cap in Track or Wrestling? Quicksilver in Running? Where is the line? How do they tell? Do they just not have the Olympics? Are the upper...

I imagine most fantasy worlds have perfectly ordinary (to that world) birds and trees that don't exist in the real world - but are "totally natural" there. (I wish I had more artistic talent, if so I would probably create more!) For the Owlbear, does it matter how they came to be? Are Rat...

Would it be accurate to say you lean on the side of it working if it is at all plausible, give them something even if its not what they want, and there are sometimes where it just won't but maybe signal that to the player before they invest a lot in it if you know its coming?

Ahhhh.... the rabbit hole.... it's opening up with its big sharp nasty.... Anyway: Is there a cut-off for how much training and practice is required to make it extraordinary? Most humans get formal training to read and write and do math. What reading level/speed would be ordinary and what...

I am really not trying to go down a rabbit hole here and so don't need a response. But I'm trying to work this out in my head for my own uses in the future - so feel free to give one if you think it would help. (Thanks either way!) Everyone in the world clearly doesn't have the potential to...

I would hope most DMs would do things like grant advantage or a bonus on rolls for things a sailor would usually be good at even if the background doesn't say it. On the other hand I would hope most player's wouldn't be like: D&D (2024) - Do you plan to adopt D&D5.5One2024Redux?

At first Han was really, really, really, pissed at Chewie. But the look on Boba Fett's face when Chewie started negotiating passage for the two of them to Kashyyk was priceless. Fett never forgave them for that one. Han, on the other hand, couldn't wait to have Chewie do the same the next...

Did they take them there because it thwarted their ability? Or did the characters happen to do things that would get them taken to Strahd? (Do most people usually choose backgrounds because they will explicitly be useful, or because they sound like they will make an interesting character?)...

PHB page 5 doesn't address every detail, like fudging (that seems like a specific ask?) but does seem to note the DM is in the lead and determines the results and can improvise.

[Ninja'd by @Maxperson ] Welcome to Dungeons and Dragons? On DMing (as per the DMG) On Backgrounds... But of course... I assume that it is hard to give everything that the Acting, Exploring, Instigating, Fighting, Optimizing, Problem Solving, ad Storytelling players all want. In...