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WOTC still can't get the backgrounds right in the new FR book.
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<blockquote data-quote="Tessarael" data-source="post: 9798547" data-attributes="member: 12909"><p>This is a good point. I was curious and took a look on <a href="https://5e.tools/backgrounds.html" target="_blank">https://5e.tools/backgrounds.html</a> to see which pairs of ability scores lacked much choice in Background. On that link, you can filter by ability score bonus to see what is available. </p><p></p><p>The key pairings of most interest are Constitution + another ability score, or Dexterity + another ability score, i.e., boosting a primary ability score and an ability score that boosts HP or AC. Strength + Constitution indeed has the least options, with only Farmer or Soldier in the 2024 PHB. </p><p></p><p>However with Heroes of Faerun, all ability score pairings now have at least 5 Backgrounds from what I can see. It looks like they intentionally addressed this issue in Heroes of Faerun by adding more options. With Heroes of Faerun, the options for both Strength + Constitution boosts expands to Dead Magic Dweller, Farmer, Flaming Fist Mercenary, Ice Fisher, Rashemi Wandered, and Soldier. It is still a list where you may be limited to 2 to 3 choices depending on where the campaign is set.</p><p></p><p>The least supported pairing of ability score bonuses is Strength + Intelligence with only five options when Heroes of Faerun is included: Artisan, Guard, Knight of the Gauntlet, Lords' Alliance Vassal, and Noble - 3 of which are in the 2024 Player's Handbook, the other 2 are very campaign dependent.</p><p></p><p>This is the same problem as occurred with tying ability score bonuses to races in D&D 2014. For example in the 2014 Player's Handbook, the only races that gave both a Wisdom bonus and a Dexterity bonus were Half-Elf, Human, and Wood Elf. This was addressed with subsequent publications providing many more races with different options that had a variety of ability score bonuses.</p><p></p><p>So ultimately for D&D 2024, once more settings are published, there will be more background options that cater to more choices for what you want in a character build. Providing those backgrounds are not tightly tied to a specific setting, it should be okay.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tessarael, post: 9798547, member: 12909"] This is a good point. I was curious and took a look on [URL]https://5e.tools/backgrounds.html[/URL] to see which pairs of ability scores lacked much choice in Background. On that link, you can filter by ability score bonus to see what is available. The key pairings of most interest are Constitution + another ability score, or Dexterity + another ability score, i.e., boosting a primary ability score and an ability score that boosts HP or AC. Strength + Constitution indeed has the least options, with only Farmer or Soldier in the 2024 PHB. However with Heroes of Faerun, all ability score pairings now have at least 5 Backgrounds from what I can see. It looks like they intentionally addressed this issue in Heroes of Faerun by adding more options. With Heroes of Faerun, the options for both Strength + Constitution boosts expands to Dead Magic Dweller, Farmer, Flaming Fist Mercenary, Ice Fisher, Rashemi Wandered, and Soldier. It is still a list where you may be limited to 2 to 3 choices depending on where the campaign is set. The least supported pairing of ability score bonuses is Strength + Intelligence with only five options when Heroes of Faerun is included: Artisan, Guard, Knight of the Gauntlet, Lords' Alliance Vassal, and Noble - 3 of which are in the 2024 Player's Handbook, the other 2 are very campaign dependent. This is the same problem as occurred with tying ability score bonuses to races in D&D 2014. For example in the 2014 Player's Handbook, the only races that gave both a Wisdom bonus and a Dexterity bonus were Half-Elf, Human, and Wood Elf. This was addressed with subsequent publications providing many more races with different options that had a variety of ability score bonuses. So ultimately for D&D 2024, once more settings are published, there will be more background options that cater to more choices for what you want in a character build. Providing those backgrounds are not tightly tied to a specific setting, it should be okay. [/QUOTE]
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