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I don't think we're in disagreement. In the post you responded to, I was attempting to make the exact same point you just made. In 2024, the DM explains what background options are available, not all of which are listed in the PHB. The DMG has rules for the many options the DM can provide.

I must not be explaining myself clearly, because I agree that DMs are able to offer custom backgrounds as additional background options. I'm not arguing that custom backgrounds don't exist in the 2024 ruleset. I'm simply observing that those rules are in the DMG, not the PHB. The only reason I...

That's not text encouraging players to collaborate with the DM to create custom backgrounds. That's text encouraging players to ask the DM what background options the DM offers. There's no rule suggesting the DM make custom backgrounds available by default the way the DM in your hypothetical...

Nothing in the PHB tells players to talk to the DM about customizing backgrounds.

I must have missed the custom background question in the UA surveys. I seem to recall being asked to rate the overall background rules in the playtest on a sliding scale, but that's about it.

I'm not seeing what's unfortunate about players who want to be passively entertained finding DMs who want to tell stories to passive players. I haven't met players and DMs like that, so I can't speak for them, but it sounds like it should be a win-win situation when they game together.

Just dropping in today with a short progress report. Over the past couple weeks, I’ve been making incremental progress on a few large tasks: I’ve nearly completed thirty settlement write-ups, and I’ve added more roads and trails to my regional maps to go with the handful of major trade routes...

Parts of a Pizza A pizza includes the following parts. Bread. A pizza has a base made of bread. Cheese. A pizza is topped with cheese. Tomato Sauce. A pizza has tomato sauce on it. That's a list of ingredients, not a recipe for baking a pizza. Just like saying "three abilities, two skills, a...

I don't know what you're talking about. There are no rules for DM's creating backgrounds in the PHB. The 2024 PHB says, "your DM might offer additional backgrounds as options." That's literally all it says about DMs and backgrounds. If a recipe for chocolate chip cookies ends by saying, "When...

I'm reading that same text, and I see no player-facing rules for creating custom backgrounds anywhere on any of the linked pages. Chapter 2 says: "You can choose any of the backgrounds detailed in chapter 4, and your DM might offer additional backgrounds as options." That's it. Those are the...

That's certainly a fair observation. I would never try to argue that every DM uses random tables, or that every DM who does roll on random tables accepts the results. I would only observe that some DMs do still roll on random tables and accept the results, whatever they may be.

In that case, allow me to rephrase my point, as well: I mentioned random encounter tables because I have used them and seen them in use at multiple tables in the recent past. So, to answer to your rhetorical question, "No, random encounter tables aren't a thing no one uses anymore."

More people use randomized setting elements than use the non-existent AI DM you've mentioned several times now. When discussing practical matters, I prefer to reference things I've seen in the here and now. I save hypotheticals for abstract discussions. But that's just me.

None of the language in your post appears anywhere in the 2024 PHB. Those are all just things you're assuming based on the way things worked in the 2014 rules. Yes, the DM can invent any rules they want. No, the 2024 PHB doesn't include any guidance for DMs wanting to create custom backgrounds...

Agreed. The Bastion events table is like a wandering monster table that randomizes encounters for verisimilitude. If a DM decides to utilize rules for random encounters, the DM shouldn't also get to change a friendly encounter into a hostile one on a whim. The entire point of the randomization...

Those aren't rules for creating custom backgrounds. Those are rules explaining how to apply what's written in a background description to a character you're creating, plus a statement saying a DM might provide you with more background options. Compare that to the "Customizing a Background"...

No, there are no rules for creating custom backgrounds in the Player's Handbook. Your statement is potentially misleading to people who don't have the book yet. "Itemizing what a background comprises" isn't a rule for creating custom backgrounds, just like itemizing what elements weapons have...

I'm not sure why you're quoting me here. I was responding to post a claiming most lands in Faerun had human majorities. I replied with examples of lands in Faerun with non-human majorities. Of course my hand-picked examples of lands with non-human majorities aren't going to be multicultural...

It's probably not what the OP is looking for but... ...a Githyanki (resistance to Psychic damage) under the effects of a Feign Death spell (resistance to all damage except Psychic damage).

Coming soon from ChatGPT: a campaign setting with nothing but AI-majority kingdoms.