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<blockquote data-quote="Sword of Spirit" data-source="post: 7914169" data-attributes="member: 6677017"><p>If I had my way, this paragraph in the rules would be in glowing text and emit a beckoning melody whenever you turned to Chapter 4. As it is, many players, even including long-time players, seem to have no idea about it's existence.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(209, 72, 65)"><strong>Customizing a Background</strong></span></p><p>You might want to tweak some of the features of a</p><p>background so it better fits your character or the</p><p>campaign setting. To customize a background, you</p><p>can replace one feature with any other one, choose any</p><p>two skills, and choose a total of two tool proficiencies</p><p>or languages from the sample backgrounds. You can</p><p>either use the equipment package from your background</p><p>or spend coin on gear as described in chapter 5. (If</p><p>you spend coin, you can’t also take the equipment</p><p>package suggested for your class.) Finally, choose two</p><p>personality traits, one ideal, one bond, and one flaw.</p><p>If you can’t find a feature that matches your desired</p><p>background, work with your DM to create one.</p><p></p><p>Unlike gnomes, half-elfs, feats, and multiclassing, this isn't called out as an optional rule. It's as core as hill dwarves and ability checks. You are in no way bound to the skill, tool, or language choices of a chosen background. This means that every single PC is entitled to 2 skills of their choice from the entire skill list, and a combination of any 2 languages and/or tools.</p><p></p><p>(As always, make sure you are aware of any house rules when creating a character, and please create characters responsibly <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />.)</p><p></p><p>We don't really have a long list of stickies I could ask to have this added to, but maybe if I remember I'll bump it once a year or something for new players.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sword of Spirit, post: 7914169, member: 6677017"] If I had my way, this paragraph in the rules would be in glowing text and emit a beckoning melody whenever you turned to Chapter 4. As it is, many players, even including long-time players, seem to have no idea about it's existence. [COLOR=rgb(209, 72, 65)][B]Customizing a Background[/B][/COLOR] You might want to tweak some of the features of a background so it better fits your character or the campaign setting. To customize a background, you can replace one feature with any other one, choose any two skills, and choose a total of two tool proficiencies or languages from the sample backgrounds. You can either use the equipment package from your background or spend coin on gear as described in chapter 5. (If you spend coin, you can’t also take the equipment package suggested for your class.) Finally, choose two personality traits, one ideal, one bond, and one flaw. If you can’t find a feature that matches your desired background, work with your DM to create one. Unlike gnomes, half-elfs, feats, and multiclassing, this isn't called out as an optional rule. It's as core as hill dwarves and ability checks. You are in no way bound to the skill, tool, or language choices of a chosen background. This means that every single PC is entitled to 2 skills of their choice from the entire skill list, and a combination of any 2 languages and/or tools. (As always, make sure you are aware of any house rules when creating a character, and please create characters responsibly ;).) We don't really have a long list of stickies I could ask to have this added to, but maybe if I remember I'll bump it once a year or something for new players. [/QUOTE]
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