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 While you are an adventurer, there is much more to your life than just battling beasts, hoarding treasure, and going on quests. When you’re not actively adventuring, you enjoy indulging in your personal interests and hobbies. Maybe you’re an avid reader and love nothing more than curling up with a good book in the local library or university. Or perhaps you’re a skilled blacksmith and spend your downtime creating intricate pieces of [[armor]] or [[weapons]]. Maybe you have a talent for playing music, and can often be found entertaining your fellow adventurers with songs on your lute. Whatever it may be, you find that having a hobby or interest outside of adventuring helps you to relax, unwind, and forget about the dangers and hardships of the road. Downtime between adventures also provides you with an opportunity to cultivate your reputation and manage a business.
+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.
+=== Starting Gear ===
+All backgrounds also grant you the following starting [[gear]]: Your profession and background may specify that you gain additional [[equipment]].
+. A) 2 one-handed melee [[weapons]], or B) 1 two-handed or hand-and-a-half melee weapon, or C) 1 one-handed melee weapon and a [[shield]] (buckler)
+. A) 1 shortbow and 20 arrows, or B) 1 crossbow and 20 bolts, or C) 3 javelins
+. or you can forego equipment in both 1. and 2. for an amethyst wand
+. A) 1 quarterstaff, or B) 1 hatchet, or C) 2 daggers, or D) 2 knives, or E) 1 cestus, or F) 1 brass knuckles
+. 2 trinkets
+=== Background Description and Occupation Tags ===
+If you choose a Profession with the same tag as your Background, you gain additional skill as noted in the Background.
+{| class="wikitable"
+!Background
+!Occupation Tag
+!Description
+|-
+|'''[[Born Warrior]]'''
+|''Militant''
+|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.
+|}