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<blockquote data-quote="ECMO3" data-source="post: 9416362" data-attributes="member: 7030563">As for Scholar, it is not one of the 2024 backgrounds, so that is not a good example to use.&nbsp; If you want to build a scholar you need to use a custom background.As far as sailor -&nbsp; strength is the ability typically used for climbing checks, not dexterity.In any case, sailor on a Longboat is not climbing rigging at all, and neither is a sailor on many of the Spelljammers or a dozen other examples I could use that background for.&nbsp; Further, I don't know what the 3 abilities for a sailor are, but it is a safe bet I can certainly come up with an example that would have warranted other abilities or other feats.As an example - Rollibar, the ships mage on Sea Sprite in the Drizzt novels for example is a sailor, and if I was his apprentice on Sea Sprite the magic intitate and +2 intelligence ASI would be right on point (maybe with strength as the +1 for climbing rigging, or maybe a +1 Wisdom for the time I spent looking at nautical charts, or maybe +1 Constitution for holding my breath while using the mending cantrip to close a hole in the hull underwater, or maybe something else), but without Intelligence and Magic Initiate I can't do that.&nbsp; No other 2024 background would remotely match the backstory for that character and the Sailor mechanics, whatever they are, will not generally match the backstory either for a character that is undeniably a sailor.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ECMO3, post: 9416362, member: 7030563"] As for Scholar, it is not one of the 2024 backgrounds, so that is not a good example to use. If you want to build a scholar you need to use a custom background. As far as sailor - strength is the ability typically used for climbing checks, not dexterity. In any case, sailor on a Longboat is not climbing rigging at all, and neither is a sailor on many of the Spelljammers or a dozen other examples I could use that background for. Further, I don't know what the 3 abilities for a sailor are, but it is a safe bet I can certainly come up with an example that would have warranted other abilities or other feats. As an example - Rollibar, the ships mage on Sea Sprite in the Drizzt novels for example is a sailor, and if I was his apprentice on Sea Sprite the magic intitate and +2 intelligence ASI would be right on point (maybe with strength as the +1 for climbing rigging, or maybe a +1 Wisdom for the time I spent looking at nautical charts, or maybe +1 Constitution for holding my breath while using the mending cantrip to close a hole in the hull underwater, or maybe something else), but without Intelligence and Magic Initiate I can't do that. No other 2024 background would remotely match the backstory for that character and the Sailor mechanics, whatever they are, will not generally match the backstory either for a character that is undeniably a sailor. [/QUOTE]

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