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Message: <blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 5889347" data-attributes="member: 92511">Yeah, I suppose. The Class Abilities I presented are just a guesstimate of what might be available. It could very well be that the default/simple/basic game would simply state: This class gets these abilities. Done. No choosing necessary. OR it could be that they say this class gets this, singular, class ability with others coming into play/getting chosen as you level up...or every other level...or what have you.The Racial abilities, for the core, I would assume to be the racial tropes we all know (but oddly, not all love). In which case, and based off of multiple "Race" threads supposing about 5e, I would hope the options are available for  people to separate the innate/genetic abilities of a race (like vision and ability mod's) and allow options/choice to tack on whatever cultural style abilities they like (your campaign world has/wants some mountain elves? Ok, give them Stonecunning instead of Woodlore, Resistance to Cold instead of Enchantment magic. etc.). In the case of the core/basic game, this would likely be what I put forward as the "standard/default Race X package", iow, "This default race starts with XYZ" and the players wouldn't have to worry about anything beyond that. We've already been told that use of themes and backgrounds will be presented with 3 or 4 abilities (skills and/or feats) built-in...for those that want to use them as such or may be swapped out, or chosen/created whole hog on whim (and DM's discretion) regardless of theme or background. And/or I would expect the game is likely playable without the use of Theme or Background  at all if that's how the group decides to play.So, even minimalizing/defaulting the Class and Race components and taking the BG's and Themes as written, there will still be, again I guesstimate, 6-8 additional skills and "feats" for a starting, level 1, PC through their BG and Theme.Again, its a question of the level of modularity you want...which it sounds like 5e is being designed to accommodate. A group could just go "default/as presented" all across the board and be sated with their possibilities. OR a group could customize across Class/Race/Background/Theme (or choose for some and not others) as desired...which obviously would make for a more complex game and diverse characters (more possible combo's of abilities) out of the gate.  --SD</blockquote>

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