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Your background provides narrative and mechanical information about who you are, what walk of life you come from, and where you might be headed. When you create a character at level 1, you choose your background from the list below. Seven of the nine backgrounds grant you additional skills if you take a profession with the corresponding occupation tag. Note that your background also determines your starting wealth. All backgrounds grant you the “Starting Gear” found on p. 303 in Chapter 6.
Your background provides narrative and mechanical information about who you are, what walk of life you come from, and where you might be headed. When you create a character at level 1, you choose your background from the list below. Seven of the nine backgrounds grant you additional skills if you take a profession with the corresponding occupation tag. Note that your background also determines your starting wealth. All backgrounds grant you the “Starting Gear” found on p. 303 in Chapter 6.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Background
!Occupation Tag
!Description
|-
|Born [[Warrior]]
|MIilitant
|Blood, toil, and sweat have marked you a proven [[soldier]].
|-
|[[Criminal]]
|Underworld
|You deal in activities not endorsed by the law.
|-
|[[Entrepreneur]]
|Mercantile
|You own, supply, or represent a successful business.
|-
|[[Knave]]
|None
|Having tried multiple professions, nothing is quite a fit.
|-
|[[Noble]] Title
|Aristocratic
|By birth or deed, you are a minor noble in a nation.
|-
|[[Outlander]]
|Wanderer
|You live on the fringes of society, perhaps in the wilds.
|-
|[[Student]]
|Academic
|You endlessly toil to deepen a field of academic study.
|-
|[[True Believer]]
|Religious
|You are a devotee of a specific religion or faith system.
|-
|[[Urchin]]
|None
|You’ve grown up on the streets, always fending for yourself.
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