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<blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 9234696" data-attributes="member: 58172">For Human backgrounds, there are the &quot;generic&quot; medievalesque backgrounds, that tend to be multicultural, like Farmer, Guard, and Artisan. The backgrounds are only true for some reallife cultures, but more than one, and across more than one continent.At the same time, I want to see distinct local backgrounds for each region. Examples of &quot;regions&quot; are these adjacent regions southward down the Sword Coast: Icewind Dale, Neverwinter (including its expansive territory), Waterdeep, and Baldurs Gate. In the cases of the last three, the main city also represents its wider region. Icewind Dale lacks a main city, but is a comparable amount of territory. Likewise around the planet Torlil, the regions divide up similarly. When setting books come out, new backgrounds help present a player-facing regional flavor.Some backgrounds can be unique to a specific locale within a specific region.Probably, for the 2024 Players Handbook, the generic backgrounds are sufficient for the Human species. But each Nonhuman species would also have distinctive backgrounds, carefully chosen to represent its native diversity and flavor.Meanwhile, a character of any species can select a background from any species, or create a background from scratch (that both the player and the DM agree on).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Yaarel, post: 9234696, member: 58172"] For Human backgrounds, there are the "generic" medievalesque backgrounds, that tend to be multicultural, like Farmer, Guard, and Artisan. The backgrounds are only true for some reallife cultures, but more than one, and across more than one continent. At the same time, I want to see distinct local backgrounds for each region. Examples of "regions" are these adjacent regions southward down the Sword Coast: Icewind Dale, Neverwinter (including its expansive territory), Waterdeep, and Baldurs Gate. In the cases of the last three, the main city also represents its wider region. Icewind Dale lacks a main city, but is a comparable amount of territory. Likewise around the planet Torlil, the regions divide up similarly. When setting books come out, new backgrounds help present a player-facing regional flavor. Some backgrounds can be unique to a specific locale within a specific region. Probably, for the 2024 Players Handbook, the generic backgrounds are sufficient for the Human species. But each Nonhuman species would also have distinctive backgrounds, carefully chosen to represent its native diversity and flavor. Meanwhile, a character of any species can select a background from any species, or create a background from scratch (that both the player and the DM agree on). [/QUOTE]

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