FitzTheRuke
Legend
What do you mean by "untested"? It was in the very first UA.There was an untested change that assigns sample backgrounds all ASIs and has those same backgrounds with a single proscribed feat.
Yeah, they're going with it. It scored high. The thing is: Because you can make up your OWN background, you can ALSO take one of their example backgrounds and change LITERALLY ANYTHING YOU WANT about it. So you can take their "Gladiator" and give it +2 to INT and the Magic Initiate feat (Call it a survivor of the Spell Pit fighting ring if you want some good fluff).I hate that change, but the photos from the 24PHB (not yet final) make it pretty clear
Or you can just make your BG up whole-cloth. Their backgrounds are for quick-picks.