Background Variant

This is an overhaul to the current background system of Dungeons & dragons 5th edition rule set. The goal of this overhaul is to give the background a bigger role when creating a character, This by applying some changes and adding new traits to each background.

One of the changes is that skill proficiencies you choose at first level are selected from a list on your by background instead of your class.

Another change is that the Intelligence ability score determines the amount of skill proficiencies a character gets. This change is made to make the Intelligence ability score more valuable option for other classes other than the Wizard. The current state of the Intelligence ability score provide little extras compared to other ability scores.

As an extra to make each background more unique a custom feature is added tot the traits. This feature can be a extra cantrip, maneuver, or something handy.

And finally each background will provide one ability score improvement, this to encourage builds between unconventional character race and class combinations. For example a Mountain Dwarf Wizard can pick the Sage background to achieve the Intelligence score of 16.