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<blockquote data-quote="Zaruthustran" data-source="post: 6671377" data-attributes="member: 1457">Shiroiken said it. The backgrounds in the book are examples. You can swap around any skills you like. Or create an entirely new background. Also, like he pointed out: 5e doesn't have skill checks. It has ability checks, to which skill proficiency can be added as appropriate. Seriously! Look up &quot;skill check&quot; in the PHB index. It says &quot;see ability check: skill.&quot; So when your rogue encounters that magical lock, the DM will say &quot;make an Int check to figure what's up with this glowing lock.&quot; To which you can reply, &quot;does Arcana proficiency apply?&quot; And if it does, you add your bonus. He might even rule the act of disabling the lock be based on an Int check instead of a Dex check, with Thieves Tools proficiency applying. Point being: ability checks, not skill checks.All that said: human (variant human) and half elf grant skill proficiencies.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Zaruthustran, post: 6671377, member: 1457"] Shiroiken said it. The backgrounds in the book are examples. You can swap around any skills you like. Or create an entirely new background. Also, like he pointed out: 5e doesn't have skill checks. It has ability checks, to which skill proficiency can be added as appropriate. Seriously! Look up "skill check" in the PHB index. It says "see ability check: skill." So when your rogue encounters that magical lock, the DM will say "make an Int check to figure what's up with this glowing lock." To which you can reply, "does Arcana proficiency apply?" And if it does, you add your bonus. He might even rule the act of disabling the lock be based on an Int check instead of a Dex check, with Thieves Tools proficiency applying. Point being: ability checks, not skill checks. All that said: human (variant human) and half elf grant skill proficiencies. [/QUOTE]

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