Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="James Gasik" data-source="post: 8572863" data-attributes="member: 6877472">Well thanks for sharing, I've had similar experiences.&nbsp; Personally, I find the Background features too vague and too niche to begin with.&nbsp; My Halfling was a Noble, and there was an adventure where we had to get into a wealthy noble's house. &quot;Say&quot;, I said.&nbsp; &quot;I can simply request lodging from the Duke with Position of Privilege, and we'll get in no problem!&quot;&nbsp; Thus I prepared to introduce myself as Cade, the Ninth Duke of Emberhill.&nbsp; The DM started flipping through his notes and was like &quot;what does your ability do again?&quot;I repeated it verbatim and he was like &quot;uh, that seems like a stretch.&nbsp; I guess you can roll Persuasion, but you'll be at disadvantage, the Duke hasn't heard of a Halfling noble before.&quot;As a Battlemaster, I got similar results any time I tried to use &quot;Know Your Enemy&quot;, so I finally just acknowledged it was a 'ribbon' ability and not meant to do much.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="James Gasik, post: 8572863, member: 6877472"] Well thanks for sharing, I've had similar experiences. Personally, I find the Background features too vague and too niche to begin with. My Halfling was a Noble, and there was an adventure where we had to get into a wealthy noble's house. "Say", I said. "I can simply request lodging from the Duke with Position of Privilege, and we'll get in no problem!" Thus I prepared to introduce myself as Cade, the Ninth Duke of Emberhill. The DM started flipping through his notes and was like "what does your ability do again?" I repeated it verbatim and he was like "uh, that seems like a stretch. I guess you can roll Persuasion, but you'll be at disadvantage, the Duke hasn't heard of a Halfling noble before." As a Battlemaster, I got similar results any time I tried to use "Know Your Enemy", so I finally just acknowledged it was a 'ribbon' ability and not meant to do much. [/QUOTE]

Verification