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<blockquote data-quote="Cap'n Kobold" data-source="post: 8218577" data-attributes="member: 6802951">Definitely overpowered.Background features are narrative and social features generally for use in RP situations. Not combat bonuses.&nbsp;Most of the time, what you're actually doing with farming tools does not require a lot of skill. Just hard work. Being good at farming is more about knowing what needs doing when and actually doing it, as well as a bunch of subsidiary skills &nbsp;I mean you're entitled to hold that position, but as a reminder, a background is considerably less powerful than most feats. The closest it gets level to is Skilled, which is generally regarded as awful. Prodigy is much more powerful, since Expertise is generally better than another proficiency. Magic initiate is thought of as good, since cantrips are highly prized and generally very limited at low levels. Most spellcasters I've played would have happily given up access to a couple of first level spells for cantrips if that were possible.&nbsp;The cantrips selected are very powerful and versatile, and generally in high demand. This isn't like a magewright casting: this is full-out access to the full cantrip, and a background consisting of only the cantrip, maybe a tool, and an actual Background Feature (rather than the suggested one) would probably still get use.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cap'n Kobold, post: 8218577, member: 6802951"] Definitely overpowered. Background features are narrative and social features generally for use in RP situations. Not combat bonuses. Most of the time, what you're actually doing with farming tools does not require a lot of skill. Just hard work. Being good at farming is more about knowing what needs doing when and actually doing it, as well as a bunch of subsidiary skills I mean you're entitled to hold that position, but as a reminder, a background is considerably less powerful than most feats. The closest it gets level to is Skilled, which is generally regarded as awful. Prodigy is much more powerful, since Expertise is generally better than another proficiency. Magic initiate is thought of as good, since cantrips are highly prized and generally very limited at low levels. Most spellcasters I've played would have happily given up access to a couple of first level spells for cantrips if that were possible. The cantrips selected are very powerful and versatile, and generally in high demand. This isn't like a magewright casting: this is full-out access to the full cantrip, and a background consisting of only the cantrip, maybe a tool, and an actual Background Feature (rather than the suggested one) would probably still get use. [/QUOTE]

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