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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FitzTheRuke" data-source="post: 9219817" data-attributes="member: 59816">Uh... I'm afraid you're mistaken. I just made a character this morning using it.That's because many of us aren't worried about something that is very clear being "overshadowed". Tell your players they can make their own; then they'll do it. I don't know what more needs to be said.I mean, that stuff is just to look cool. Many people LIKE to pick a default background and move on. Some people like to pick and choose each little detail. BOTH are represented by these rules. Me, I'm in the middle - I'll pick a background, sure, but I'll change anything that I like. I've made 20 or so characters using the UAs. I don't think I've ever used a background exactly as they print them (even if all I change is the language or tool proficiency, or the +1 ASI to a different secondary ability). Mostly, I'll change the feat. It's easy enough to do.Personally, I think that your CLASS should give you your +2 ASI at Level 1, and your "background" feat should give you your +1 ASI (and they should combine Level 1 and level 4 feats into a big list of half-feats.But: This is hardly something to get too worked up about! It's just a stylistic choice.</blockquote>