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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kalani" data-source="post: 6841687" data-attributes="member: 88085">You don't even need to justify the reasons as your DM has no authority to deny your choices. With that being said - skills should still ideally make sense for the character.  As such, I would think less about the specific skills and more about why the character themselves would have chosen to pursue those talents. If you (yourself) can't find a good reason, you might want to choose a different option that better fits the character or give it some more thought. Yes some skills are more powerful than others and there is a good temptation to take them. But if it doesn't fit the characters personality or modus operandi you might rethink them. For example: my gnome wizards class/background skills are deception, insight, investigation and persuasion. I also gave him thieves tools.  Why? Because he is charming, personable, and an inquisitive trickster who cares less about knowledge and more about the thrill of the discovery. While one skill/tool/language may seem out of place on a background - it can just as easily represent a side interest, hobby or natural talent of the character.In summary: pick the options you want but spend some time trying to figure out why the character would pick those options - not so you can justify them to your DM, but so you can add verisimilitude and dimension to your character</blockquote>