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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Garrand" data-source="post: 6340541" data-attributes="member: 6777752">I have to say I was a bit down on the concept of backgrounds when I first heard of them. I really dislike being railroaded into something; I much prefer to build my character as I see fit. However, we finally got around to trying 5e last night, and rolled up some characters instead of having a regular gaming session, as well as run a single encounter to see how things work. And I have to say my character concept really evolved  once we started adding the (few) backgrounds there were in the free PDF. I started out with the generic, haughty High Elf wizard (one of my favorite archetypes to play, and one of my go-to character types, along with dwarf fighters or clerics). Adding the criminal background put a unique spin on the concept, and the random tables resulted in a brash "never tell me the odds" freedom fighter that runs away. I certainly could come up with this on my own (I've been RPing since 1983 or thereabouts), but in situations where I don't have a clear character concept, rolling on some random tables and then rationalizing is almost a game in and of itself. In other instances I could simply pick out the appropriate stuff, or ignore it completely and do it on my own...Damon.</blockquote>