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Message: <blockquote data-quote="UngeheuerLich" data-source="post: 9417061" data-attributes="member: 59057">Yeah. Also cool. Probably they thought more about mundane sailors though and gave them tavern bawling. I think custom backgrounds are needed (and we get it in the DMG). If your job on the ship was exactly what you described, why should a DM say no? But what I wanted to do was proving, that nothing in the rules hinders you playing a sage barbarian by the book and be a good and useful character. With 16 con and 15 str, you will still be a great barbarian. That extra wisdom might help you perceive something or resist a mind control effect once in a while. Your spells/rituals will make your utility greater as that of a regular barbarian. So no, you are not actively hindered in playing your barbarian by just taking the sage background.</blockquote>