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<blockquote data-quote="Kobold Stew" data-source="post: 6015458" data-attributes="member: 23484"><p>I like the background traits: while I get the logical inconsistencies can develop (as GX describes), the trait is something that just is -- not a mechanical benefit, but a storytelling option. I have no difficulty imagining a world where nobles don't have a plot of land once I have taken the initial step of all would-be adventurers have the same starting gold. Really, after that, the playing field is leveled, and the game rewards players differently based on the choice made. You can have a Cleric Knight or a Rogue Priest, and the world stays intact. </p><p></p><p>Giving nobles a larger spending budget at level 1 or a castle with retainers or whatever doesn't do that.</p><p></p><p>What I <em>would</em> like to see is there being a fixed list of backgrounds. That's not to say you can't mix-and-match your three favorite skills (that'll happen anyways at tables), but when you mix-and-match, you don't get access to a trait. There are these set backgrounds, or you can just pick three skills to be trained in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kobold Stew, post: 6015458, member: 23484"] I like the background traits: while I get the logical inconsistencies can develop (as GX describes), the trait is something that just is -- not a mechanical benefit, but a storytelling option. I have no difficulty imagining a world where nobles don't have a plot of land once I have taken the initial step of all would-be adventurers have the same starting gold. Really, after that, the playing field is leveled, and the game rewards players differently based on the choice made. You can have a Cleric Knight or a Rogue Priest, and the world stays intact. Giving nobles a larger spending budget at level 1 or a castle with retainers or whatever doesn't do that. What I [I]would[/I] like to see is there being a fixed list of backgrounds. That's not to say you can't mix-and-match your three favorite skills (that'll happen anyways at tables), but when you mix-and-match, you don't get access to a trait. There are these set backgrounds, or you can just pick three skills to be trained in. [/QUOTE]
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