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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rugult" data-source="post: 5614150" data-attributes="member: 53273">I can understand that the theme feats won't appeal to some players/GMs out there as they're something new.  I'll warn you that these feats are called on a lot in the campaign, and there are points where PCs with specific theme feats (or the 4e equivalent) gain bonuses or additional information at certain points in the campaign.Now if you want to work around the theme feats, there are some options...1)  Give the players an option to select an additional feat at first level.  Ensure these feats work into their background in order to prevent any sort of power-gaming.  Keep in mind that the theme feats are typically more powerful than a standard feat.2)  Go the route of standard traits.  Campaign traits can be easily pieced together based on other existing traits (see Paizo's Inner Sea Guide and other products) with minor modifications.If you do decide to go with standard campaign traits, I'm wondering if you'd be more interested in the typical "You're here because", or just generalized background story? In the later option, you could create them for each of the theme feats, just with drastically reduced powers.</blockquote>