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<blockquote data-quote="Yunru" data-source="post: 6701310" data-attributes="member: 6780961"><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"><span style="color: inherit"><span style="font-family: inherit"><strong><p style="text-align: center">What's Your Story: A Custom Background Guide</p><p></strong></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"><img src="http://www.freeartwallpapers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/cool-desktop-backgrounds-8143-8592-hd-wallpapers.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'">In this guide I will be using the standard CharOp colour scheme:</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"><strong><span style="color: gold">Gold</span></strong> is the best, you take this or you're hurting yourself.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"><strong><span style="color: turquoise">Sky Blue</span></strong> is great, this is one of the best options available.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"><strong><span style="color: blue">Blue</span></strong> is good, not as good as Sky Blue, but good.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"><strong><span style="color: black">Black</span></strong> is average. It'll do the job, but it's not great.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"><strong><span style="color: purple">Purple</span></strong> is for niche cases. Outside of these cases, it's bad.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"><strong><span style="color: red">Red</span></strong> is a trap, something for you to avoid.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"><strong><span style="color: green">Green</span></strong> is too situational for me to rate.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'">[spoiler="Reference Material Used"]Player's Handbook[/spoiler]</span>[spoiler="Reference Material Used"][/spoiler]</span>[spoiler="Reference Material Used"]</p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'">The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy</span></span>[/spoiler]</p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'">Outside of the DM just saying "No." background customisation is not an optional thing. That is to say, if you're playing with backgrounds, you can assume that you can customise your background.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'">A custom background is made up of several parts that we'll be covering:</span></span></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A Background Feature- Asides from the option to make one up with your DM, that's what I'll be going over in the first section.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Any two skills- That's right, <em>any</em> two skills. You don't have to jump the hoops of having class and background proficiencies match in order to take a skill outside both, simply customize your background.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A total of two languages or tools- There is a restriction here: The language or tool <strong>must</strong> be available through one of the existing backgrounds. Other than that, go mad.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The equipment package (or dice roll starting gold) from a pre-existing background.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Two Personality Traits, one ideal, one bond and one flaw- Note, these don't have to be from existing backgrounds, you can make them up to fit your character concept.</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Yunru, post: 6701310, member: 6780961"] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Open Sans][COLOR=inherit][FONT=inherit][B][center]What's Your Story: A Custom Background Guide[/center][/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Open Sans] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Open Sans][img]http://www.freeartwallpapers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/cool-desktop-backgrounds-8143-8592-hd-wallpapers.jpg[/img][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Open Sans] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Open Sans]In this guide I will be using the standard CharOp colour scheme:[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Open Sans][b][color=gold]Gold[/color][/b] is the best, you take this or you're hurting yourself.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Open Sans][b][color=turquoise]Sky Blue[/color][/b] is great, this is one of the best options available.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Open Sans][b][color=blue]Blue[/color][/b] is good, not as good as Sky Blue, but good.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Open Sans][b][color=black]Black[/color][/b] is average. It'll do the job, but it's not great.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Open Sans][b][color=purple]Purple[/color][/b] is for niche cases. Outside of these cases, it's bad.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Open Sans][b][color=red]Red[/color][/b] is a trap, something for you to avoid.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Open Sans] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Open Sans][b][color=green]Green[/color][/b] is too situational for me to rate.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Open Sans] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Open Sans][spoiler="Reference Material Used"]Player's Handbook[/spoiler][/FONT][spoiler="Reference Material Used"][/spoiler][/COLOR][spoiler="Reference Material Used"] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Open Sans]The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy[/FONT][/COLOR][/spoiler][COLOR=#333333][FONT=Open Sans][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Open Sans] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Open Sans] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Open Sans]Outside of the DM just saying "No." background customisation is not an optional thing. That is to say, if you're playing with backgrounds, you can assume that you can customise your background.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Open Sans] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Open Sans]A custom background is made up of several parts that we'll be covering:[/FONT][/COLOR] [LIST] [*]A Background Feature- Asides from the option to make one up with your DM, that's what I'll be going over in the first section. [*]Any two skills- That's right, [I]any[/I] two skills. You don't have to jump the hoops of having class and background proficiencies match in order to take a skill outside both, simply customize your background. [*]A total of two languages or tools- There is a restriction here: The language or tool [B]must[/B] be available through one of the existing backgrounds. Other than that, go mad. [*]The equipment package (or dice roll starting gold) from a pre-existing background. [*]Two Personality Traits, one ideal, one bond and one flaw- Note, these don't have to be from existing backgrounds, you can make them up to fit your character concept. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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