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Farmers exist around the world, across a multitude of cultures. Same as Sailors, Scribes, and Charlatans. You devalue the term...
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That's pretty funny man, but yeah, no, you've totally failed to prove your case. In fact you've shown they're not equivalent, quite...
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But in 5.5 background is profession with limited skill options, artisans and scribes for instance cannot choose the religion, nature...
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In Level Up you are welcome to use the farmer culture for either if you don't think one of the several dwarf or elf cultures are...
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You can be a sailor, and not a viking. You can be a viking, and not a sailor. Sailor, is a Background. Viking, is not. Fin.
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You suggested that a Background was a culture because it had all the components of a culture (langage, skills, etc). Now, maybe what...
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Well I should have been clearer, by Roman I mean a Roman from Rome specifically. You could use for example A5E's Cosmopolitan Culture...
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Completely untrue. They can play any edition, as long as they sculpt the dice out of jasper.
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Ok so you accept that I'm correct, because those three are solid cultures with specific characteristics, and you were complete unable to...
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Roman British Celt Athenian Need me to go on?
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What does any of that have to do with Background and Culture being different choices for my D&D character?
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