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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 9138282" data-attributes="member: 23751"><p>You are conflating "skilled" with "thematically appropriate."</p><p></p><p>Sure you can give a fighter a 20 intelligence, proficiency and expertise at arcana, but that will never make it appropriate thematically for the Champion or Battlemaster that does it.</p><p></p><p>Where in the PHB does it say that players can just swap out class or background skills like they want to?</p><p></p><p>No dude. You get history and arcana as a sage because that's where you got those skills. You do not get "skulking" and "explaining yourself" from being a sage. You get it from being an urchin or something. You are trying to cheese two different backgrounds into one background there. The second skulking background you are adding is not ever going to be a part of the sage background. Just as sage is never going to be a part of the urchin background, even if the urchin spent time sneaking into college classes to learn.</p><p></p><p>Unless you're talking about what happens if your background gives you a duplicate skill. Even then, the new skill isn't a part of the background. It's just designed so that you don't get gimped out of a skill. It's not the sage background giving you stealth. It's that you duplicated arcana or history and need to pick something different.</p><p></p><p>Show me the core book(PHB, MM or DMG) RAW that allows it. Splatbooks are all 100% optional. None of it is RAW.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 9138282, member: 23751"] You are conflating "skilled" with "thematically appropriate." Sure you can give a fighter a 20 intelligence, proficiency and expertise at arcana, but that will never make it appropriate thematically for the Champion or Battlemaster that does it. Where in the PHB does it say that players can just swap out class or background skills like they want to? No dude. You get history and arcana as a sage because that's where you got those skills. You do not get "skulking" and "explaining yourself" from being a sage. You get it from being an urchin or something. You are trying to cheese two different backgrounds into one background there. The second skulking background you are adding is not ever going to be a part of the sage background. Just as sage is never going to be a part of the urchin background, even if the urchin spent time sneaking into college classes to learn. Unless you're talking about what happens if your background gives you a duplicate skill. Even then, the new skill isn't a part of the background. It's just designed so that you don't get gimped out of a skill. It's not the sage background giving you stealth. It's that you duplicated arcana or history and need to pick something different. Show me the core book(PHB, MM or DMG) RAW that allows it. Splatbooks are all 100% optional. None of it is RAW. [/QUOTE]
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