Multiclassing Essentials Characters with PHB1 & 2 MC Feats

[Pentius]

While I agree that MC feats are better than Skill Training, usually I've found there's a plausible background I can take if I want a skill that my PC's class wouldn't normally grant.

Reread the post I quoted. That was nothing about backgrounds. It was just choosing a skill and then justifying it with fluff, and that IS house rules territory.

I'm rereading it. "Plausible background I can take" says it pretty clear.

 

[drothgery]

I'm rereading it. "Plausible background I can take" says it pretty clear.

I was, in fact, refering directly to the backgrounds system introduced in PH2. When I said 'plausible background', what I meant was 'one that makes sense for this character', not inventing new ones out of whole cloth.