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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 9428609" data-attributes="member: 6801228">Okay, there are two things here that you put as one thing. The old description for urchin says "You grew up on the streets alone, orphaned, and poor. You had no one to watch over you or to provide for you, so you learned to provide for yourself ..." and now it says "You grew up on the streets surrounded by similarly ill-fated castoffs, a few of them friends and a few of them rivals. You slept where you could and did odd jobs for food. At times, when the hunger became unbearable, you resorted to theft. Still, you never lost your pride and never abandoned hope. Fate is not yet finished with you."Note that this IS more inclusive. You didn't grow up alone and orphaned, you could have, but you were surrounded by other cast-offs, you slept where you could, which might not have always been the street. You could have had someone watch over and provide for you. This is a lot more inclusive of a lot more stories than urchin was. And, if you stop and read the description... well, it ALSO covers that sort of traveler you are talking about. Sleeping where you could is exactly like "They might sleep rough in the wilderness or they might sleep at inns or in people's barns or whatever" Coming from a wealthy upbringing is possible, but if you are wandering around enough, you get the archetype of the wealthy person who leaves behind their wealth to live on the road as a common person, someone who grows a long scraggly beard and "At times, when the hunger became unbearable, you resorted to theft. "Additionally, there is a synonym at play here. A synonym for Wayfarer is Vagrant. I think you would have been far happier with Vagrant as the background title for this background, but since I suspect this is meant to also cover migrant workers, refugees, circus performers, and more I'm fine with the more polite and positive sounding Wayfarer. Then those who make their lives out in nature get Guide or Hermit, while those who go a more criminal route get Criminal and Charlatan. It is a nice little half-way point between those four.</blockquote>

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