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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Epic Meepo" data-source="post: 9485587" data-attributes="member: 57073">Page 177 of the 2024 PHB has a list of features that all backgrounds have, but it does not have any rules players can use to pick new values for those features. In most cases, it's easy enough to figure out, but that's not the same as having an actual, explicit rule.Case in point: The actual rules for creating a custom background from the 2024 DMG, as revealed in the video in the OP, place explicit restrictions on what equipment a custom background can offer. Those restrictions aren't mentioned anywhere in the 2024 PHB.If I take the Parts of a Background section of the PHB and assume I can choose anything I want that conforms to that background format, I can create a background that gives me a magic weapon as my starting equipment. The actual rules for custom backgrounds in the DMG don't allow that.</blockquote>