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<blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 8442058" data-attributes="member: 58172">According to the new race format, every race is presumed to know two languages: Common and one other language that both the player and the DM agree on.If you want your other language to be Elven, that is no problem.Not every elf needs to know how to wield a sword. And if your character is an Ancients Paladin or a Fey Ranger or Eldritch Knight, you already know how to wield a sword anyway, regardless of background.Moreover, backgrounds can swap proficiencies. If you already have skill or tool from elsewhere (such as class), you can instead pick any other proficiency that you want. Also, DMs and players are encouraged to design their own backgrounds.Personally, I have no problem switching any two skill proficiencies for one specific martial proficiency, such as a longsword.Consider a High Elf Acolyte background. Perhaps it is more animistic and knowledgeable about various Fey and Elemental creatures and cultures, and their significance to cultures in the Material Plane.The choice of proficiencies might be:• Nature• Arcana or Religion• LongswordThen the special asset might be contacts and privileges in a specific elven faith community in a specific elven city.Each background depends on the culture and the character concept.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Yaarel, post: 8442058, member: 58172"] According to the new race format, every race is presumed to know two languages: Common and one other language that both the player and the DM agree on. If you want your other language to be Elven, that is no problem. Not every elf needs to know how to wield a sword. And if your character is an Ancients Paladin or a Fey Ranger or Eldritch Knight, you already know how to wield a sword anyway, regardless of background. Moreover, backgrounds can swap proficiencies. If you already have skill or tool from elsewhere (such as class), you can instead pick any other proficiency that you want. Also, DMs and players are encouraged to design their own backgrounds. Personally, I have no problem switching any two skill proficiencies for one specific martial proficiency, such as a longsword. Consider a High Elf Acolyte background. Perhaps it is more animistic and knowledgeable about various Fey and Elemental creatures and cultures, and their significance to cultures in the Material Plane. The choice of proficiencies might be: • Nature • Arcana or Religion • Longsword Then the special asset might be contacts and privileges in a specific elven faith community in a specific elven city. Each background depends on the culture and the character concept. [/QUOTE]

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