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This comment brings up kind of a
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fundamental restriction in the 2024 D
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and D rules because we have such a
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limited number of backgrounds currently.
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Like we just got a bunch of new ones,
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but we still don't have a huge roster.
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But because we have so few, there are
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objectively correct choices when you're
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matching a background to a class. Like
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farmer is a very obvious choice for
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fighter because you can get strength and
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constitution gives you the tough feat.
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Like for each individual class, there
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are maybe two or three backgrounds in
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the player's handbook that give you the
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ability scores that you need and a feat
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that actually works for you. That's
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incredibly restrictive. Since the 2024
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rules are an update to fifth edition, a
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lot of us are very accustomed to the
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post Tasha's world that we've been in
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for five plus years where ability scores
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are more flexible, where we've got 30
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plus species options to choose from. But
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remember back to the early days of 2014
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5e, we had the exact same problem except
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the ability scores were coming from our
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race. So like if you wanted to play a
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monk, you wanted dexterity and wisdom
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increases and the only way to get that
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in the player's handbook was wood elf.
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So wood elf monk was the answer. So,
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we're basically in that same space that
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we were in the early 2014 5D rules where
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we just don't have enough options yet to
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allow a lot of flexibility. So, if
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that's a problem for your game, if
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you're really chafing at those
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restrictions, consider the custom
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background rules, consider third-party
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content, consider just making stuff up
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at home. Um, there's a lot of things
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that you can do. I understand the
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restrictions are very frustrating for a
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lot of people and that's perfectly fine.
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like the the restrictions will become
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less of a problem as we get more
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character options. We just got Heroes of
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Forgotten Realms which gave us a bunch
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of new options and Forge of the
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Artificer is coming in I think early
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December or like at the end of November.
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So hopefully we'll get some more options
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there. Um, but as we get more and more
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background options, especially ones that
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use existing feats, especially from the
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player's handbook, I think we're going
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to see those restrictions loosen as we
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have more choices and backgrounds become
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less of a restriction on the
