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<blockquote data-quote="Iosue" data-source="post: 9480426" data-attributes="member: 6680772">The point of my original post is that I don't believe the custom background &quot;rules&quot; in the DMG are going to be much beyond, &quot;You can let your players create their own background by choosing their ASI (one at +2 and one at+1 or three at +1), one Origin Feat, two Skills, one Tool, and 50 GP worth of equipment.&quot; And then maybe some advice to new DMs for how to fluff Backgrounds to fit their worlds.To whit (my bolding),That's the whole of the custom background rules in 2014. The stuff in the DMG only expands on it from the perspective of the DM, and integrating it in their world, and some advice for creating Background Features, which no longer exist in the 2024 rules.And I don't see any restriction here about tool proficiencies. It says choose two from the ones provided in the sample backgrounds, which cover all the tools with the single exception of the Poisoner's kit, proficiency of which is only available in the Assassin subclass. I mean, technically that's a restriction, but it's hardly salient. The game certainly wouldn't break by a custom background that provided proficiency in the Poisoner's kit, and I doubt the designers actually intended to wall it off.With the simplification of Backgrounds in 2024 (no special features, no BIFT tables), it's easier than ever to create a custom background, and the PHB lists everything that's needed. I mean, I suppose the DMG will provide a line like the above, but it's not necessary.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Iosue, post: 9480426, member: 6680772"] The point of my original post is that I don't believe the custom background "rules" in the DMG are going to be much beyond, "You can let your players create their own background by choosing their ASI (one at +2 and one at+1 or three at +1), one Origin Feat, two Skills, one Tool, and 50 GP worth of equipment." And then maybe some advice to new DMs for how to fluff Backgrounds to fit their worlds. To whit (my bolding), That's the whole of the custom background rules in 2014. The stuff in the DMG only expands on it from the perspective of the DM, and integrating it in their world, and some advice for creating Background Features, which no longer exist in the 2024 rules. And I don't see any restriction here about tool proficiencies. It says choose two from the ones provided in the sample backgrounds, which cover all the tools with the single exception of the Poisoner's kit, proficiency of which is only available in the Assassin subclass. I mean, [I]technically[/I] that's a restriction, but it's hardly salient. The game certainly wouldn't break by a custom background that provided proficiency in the Poisoner's kit, and I doubt the designers actually intended to wall it off. With the simplification of Backgrounds in 2024 (no special features, no BIFT tables), it's easier than ever to create a custom background, and the PHB lists everything that's needed. I mean, I [I]suppose[/I] the DMG will provide a line like the above, but it's not necessary. [/QUOTE]

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