D&D 5E And the backgrounds are...

[Jester David]

From the Adventurer's League player's guide, there's a list of backgrounds:
Acolyte
Charlatan
Criminal
Entertainer
Folk Hero
Guild Artisan
Hermit
Noble
Outlander
Sage
Sailor
Soldier
Urchin

That's 13 in total. Most are pretty obvious, but "outlander" is a bit of an odd duck.

 

[FireLance]

That's 13 in total. Most are pretty obvious, but "outlander" is a bit of an odd duck.

You mean, somewhat ... outlandish?

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

The 13th warrior should be an Outlander.

 

[gyor]

So what profiencies do you forumites think each background will get?

For Sailor water vehicles is pretty obvious, and like would be a gaming set or language, and Athetics, Intimidate, Survival, and Nature are possible skills. Just an example.

 

[gweinel]

I am the only one who thinks 13 are way too few? This seems to be probably the innovation and the stronger feature of the 5e character creation. It is pity to have only 13 default choices.
Of course anyone can make one, but is good to have more for lazy characters and dms.

 

[jadrax]

I am the only one who thinks 13 are way too few? This seems to be probably the innovation and the stronger feature of the 5e character creation. It is pity to have only 13 default choices.
Of course anyone can make one, but is good to have more for lazy characters and dms.

Well, at least one of thouse, Criminal, has an alternate background as spy.

At least three of them, Criminal, Soldier and Sage, have 8 Sub Backgrounds they split down into as well.

I mean, you look at Sage sub-backgrounds: Alchemist, Astronomer, Discredited academic, Librarian, Professor, Researcher, Wizard’s apprentice and Scribe. That's not bad going in terms of character ideas.

 

[Greg K]

I am the only one who thinks 13 are way too few? This seems to be probably the innovation and the stronger feature of the 5e character creation. It is pity to have only 13 default choices.
Of course anyone can make one, but is good to have more for lazy characters and dms.

I agree with you that there are too few. I think that the examples we have seen (e.g., Criminal and Soldier) should have been broken down into more specific backgrounds.

 

[jadrax]

'Gladiator' appears to be an Entertainer Variant according to reviews.

 

[transtemporal]

The 13th warrior should be an Outlander.

Oh man, 13th Warrior/Outlander movie crossover!

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Oh man, 13th Warrior/Outlander movie crossover!

We shall call it ... Beowulf!