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<blockquote data-quote="maceochaid" data-source="post: 9446741" data-attributes="member: 6789608">I always appreciate Treantmonk's take on things and his background run down is definitely going to be my springboard for how I set up some extra backgrounds for my first games. [MEDIA=youtube]g0ULX8boyI8[/MEDIA]Some of my takeaways for what could happen if I don't provide options will be a optimizing focused player making a Monk feeling pressured into taking Sailor. Similarly if I just open it up entirely and say &quot;free choose your background&quot; the Magic Initiate (Wizard) will be taken by all my players. Essentially I want to add clone backgrounds that suffer from feats Treantmonk lists as mechanically week or with a poor attribute match (Adding Templar so Paladins or Clerics feel they can take something Acolyte-ish), and use the attribute scores to dampen the power level of feats that seem to powerful (Sage with a bonus to intellect scores is the only way to get Magic Initiate (Wizard) so not every fighter takes the same feat).I will have some players that are very flavor focused and will choose based on flavor, and I don't want them to feel outshadowed by optimizers. I will also always have players who love the &quot;Gaminess&quot; of DnD and I want to pull them into role playing by having optimization options that can support a story.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="maceochaid, post: 9446741, member: 6789608"] I always appreciate Treantmonk's take on things and his background run down is definitely going to be my springboard for how I set up some extra backgrounds for my first games. [MEDIA=youtube]g0ULX8boyI8[/MEDIA] Some of my takeaways for what could happen if I don't provide options will be a optimizing focused player making a Monk feeling pressured into taking Sailor. Similarly if I just open it up entirely and say "free choose your background" the Magic Initiate (Wizard) will be taken by all my players. Essentially I want to add clone backgrounds that suffer from feats Treantmonk lists as mechanically week or with a poor attribute match (Adding Templar so Paladins or Clerics feel they can take something Acolyte-ish), and use the attribute scores to dampen the power level of feats that seem to powerful (Sage with a bonus to intellect scores is the only way to get Magic Initiate (Wizard) so not every fighter takes the same feat). I will have some players that are very flavor focused and will choose based on flavor, and I don't want them to feel outshadowed by optimizers. I will also always have players who love the "Gaminess" of DnD and I want to pull them into role playing by having optimization options that can support a story. [/QUOTE]

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