<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=334346.msg15919837#msg15919837">Quote from: Marie Reynolds on 15-07-2021, 00:06:58</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Those come from  having a class you don't have to pay discretionary points to get those. So nothing to balance out.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>I'm not sure I understand what you're saying here.<br/><br/>The D&D 5e classes don't pay<em>discretionary</em>points for the backgrounds because the cost of the background is explicitly built into their basic 1st-level class features.<br/><br/>That's not the case for the Anime 5e classes (for some reason).<br/><br/>I believe Gunmetal is correct.  It doesn't really seem fair to give some PCs a free background and not others.<br/><br/>(If we do end up with extra points on account of this, I'm happy to spend them only on stuff for character flavor that doesn't directly affect adventuring.  Arianna really doesn't need any more roguishness, but this is an anime game, so we<em>do</em>still need a team chef...)<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=334346.msg15919804#msg15919804">Quote from: AidenWhite on 14-07-2021, 23:35:07</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I think I'll be fine without a background, I already have connected +2 for plot stuff/useful ingame stuff. Plus, I can't think of one that'd fit him character-wise so I'd be getting it for the sole purpose of minmaxing. I might look through a list later though and see if there's one that could fit.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>You could just take Outlander.  I realize Kyrios didn't literally grow up in the wild, but he's still an outdoorsman by profession, so it makes sense for him to have those skills.