The theme system completely doesn't do any bit of what I'm trying to do here.
As to the comments of the vague skills the problem I have with that is, 4e already has a lot of things built in for skill bonuses, this is incompatable with throwing out the skill system.
Additionally I like the idea of keeping the automatic skills granted by the class, that makes sure that Wizards still have Arcana and Rogues still have stealth, no matter what background they choose.
I think I'm good with Quickleaf's addtions and the slight mod Rampant made on this page.