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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nichwee" data-source="post: 5102289" data-attributes="member: 84242">I think I'll house-rule this, slightly, if I DM.1) If a PC wants to gain a Background Benefit he/she must complete a small page of text on your background and list at least two backgrounds it uses/plays into (choose two backgrounds).2) I will then choose what Background Benefit the PC gets out of the options. 3) PCs are allowed to request a change in benefit and I will be open to the idea if good reasons are given ("I want it" isn't a good reason. "I know I'm a fighter but I wanted him to be a street theif growing up so wanted Thievery - look I gave him good Dex+Int rather than just pump Con some more for the HP, to represent how he was more quick-wits and fast hands when he was younger" is a good reason - with proof the idea mattered to you).4) Benefits may be removed/XP may be docked/random penalties may occur if a Background is produced and then seems not to effect the way the character does anything outside the direct mechanical effect given (Appeal to the DM to get a specific benefit for RP reasons and then don't RP it = face my wrath).Basically, if the Background Benefit really matters to the way the PC is formed none of them should break things, as they should just make sense in a well rounded character. Tho "Use BestStat for HP, not Con" only thematically fits a character that is directly tapped for greatness by the Gods, so I would want a real good background to explain that, and would probably make a point of throwing it in the players face regularly. Basically, being Harry Potter/Luke Skywalker/Hercules comes with aggro that can quickly get annoying (random monsters want YOU dead - focus fire - or townsfolk are awed by you - you never go unnoticed - or want to manipulate you.)</blockquote>

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