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Message: <blockquote data-quote="discosoc" data-source="post: 6876277" data-attributes="member: 6801554">I gave an off the cuff example, but you do highlight a potential problem.  For another off the cuff response, I'd probably do something like give each background a few extra skills to cover it.  So the barbarian would only lack proficiency in stuff like athletics if he chose a background that also lacked it (perhaps a barbarian "elder" type character that had a scholar background).  That barbarian would would certainly still be able to handle most athletics checks by virtue of high strength, but not as well as one who took, say, the outlander background.Something like that.  Still, good point.</blockquote>