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Custom Background in Dungeons & Dragons 5e

Custom Background

1. Take a base background 2. Replace a feature from the chosen background with a feature from any other background 3. Take 2(two) skills 4. Take a total of two from languages or tool proficiencies 5. Take the gear from the base bg, if you choose to take starting coin for class equipment you dont get this.

Skill Proficiencies Two skills of your choice
Tool Proficiencies Up to two shared with language
Languages up to two shared with tools
Equipment From base background or none if you go with starting gold

Features

Replace a feature from the chosen background with a feature from any other background


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