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<blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 9256724" data-attributes="member: 1210">You can do that without having ability modifiers tied to background, though. You just assign one of your high stats to Strength.I feel having &quot;my character knows one of the most powerful wizards in the multiverse&quot; is a bit presumptuous, and a bit special snowflake, for my tastes; but if you're going to do it, you don't need a special background at all, you just make it part of your backstory (assuming you have the DM's buy-in).If you want to know the most powerful anythings in the nation, much less the multiverse, you should- at least in my game- seek them out in play, not assume that you did it before you even start play. That is similar to the pc who wants &quot;I was a great hero and general in the last major war&quot; or &quot;I'm the kingdom's heir&quot; as part of their backstory. Unless the DM is willing to go for it, those are the kinds of things that happen through play, not before play.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="the Jester, post: 9256724, member: 1210"] You can do that without having ability modifiers tied to background, though. You just assign one of your high stats to Strength. I feel having "my character knows one of the most powerful wizards in the multiverse" is a bit presumptuous, and a bit special snowflake, for my tastes; but if you're going to do it, you don't need a special background at all, you just make it part of your backstory (assuming you have the DM's buy-in). If you want to know the most powerful anythings in the nation, much less the multiverse, you should- at least in my game- seek them out in play, not assume that you did it before you even start play. That is similar to the pc who wants "I was a great hero and general in the last major war" or "I'm the kingdom's heir" as part of their backstory. Unless the DM is willing to go for it, those are the kinds of things that happen through play, not before play. [/QUOTE]

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