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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 6742615" data-attributes="member: 996">&quot;Truth is the first casualty of war,&quot; even a war as petty and metaphorical as the edition war.Kits in 2e, PrCs/templates in 3e, and Backgrounds/Themes in 4e, were all further levels of character customization as are Backgrounds in 5e, and, hopefully as will be PrCs when done in 5e.&nbsp; Yes, PrCs, since they replace levels in some full class under the 3e-style MCing mechanic, so both take and give, but that just allows for that much more customization, if there's some class-level that doesn't fit your build.In Dark Sun, 2 years in.&nbsp; Which included Backgrounds.&nbsp; Though, clearly, there were folks who 'tuned out' even before then.Themes were a bit of a balance concern in 4e, which had very tight, systematic, balance, but ultimately they proved to be just fine.&nbsp; In 5e that would be a non-issue.&nbsp;&nbsp; 5e Backgrounds are very much like 4e Backgrounds, but also a bit like Themes and some 5e Sub-Classes are also a bit like class-specific Themes, while PrCs are similar from a different angle, that doesn't overlap with Backgrounds so much.&nbsp; Even so I could see Themes making it in at some point as a sort of 'Advanced Background,' that grants some goodies at higher level.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 6742615, member: 996"] "Truth is the first casualty of war," even a war as petty and metaphorical as the edition war. Kits in 2e, PrCs/templates in 3e, and Backgrounds/Themes in 4e, were all further levels of character customization as are Backgrounds in 5e, and, hopefully as will be PrCs when done in 5e. Yes, PrCs, since they replace levels in some full class under the 3e-style MCing mechanic, so both take and give, but that just allows for that much more customization, if there's some class-level that doesn't fit your build. In Dark Sun, 2 years in. Which included Backgrounds. Though, clearly, there were folks who 'tuned out' even before then. Themes were a bit of a balance concern in 4e, which had very tight, systematic, balance, but ultimately they proved to be just fine. In 5e that would be a non-issue. 5e Backgrounds are very much like 4e Backgrounds, but also a bit like Themes and some 5e Sub-Classes are also a bit like class-specific Themes, while PrCs are similar from a different angle, that doesn't overlap with Backgrounds so much. Even so I could see Themes making it in at some point as a sort of 'Advanced Background,' that grants some goodies at higher level. [/QUOTE]

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