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Backgrounds are passive bonuses characters have. These bonus can be a game mechanic, a buff or simply something for Roleplay (with unknown effects ingame)

Backgrounds

SKILLS

Name: Animal Affinity
Effect: +10 taming (does not count towards cap)
Description: Animals domestic or otherwise have always trusted you

Name: Career Criminal
Effect: +10 stealing (does not count towards cap)
Description: You have adapted to a life of crime and find it hard to live any other way

Name: Chef
Effect: +10 cooking (does not count towards cap)
Description: —

Name: Chemist
Effect: +10 alchemy (does not count towards cap)
Description: —

Name: Engineer
Effect: +10 tinkering (does not count towards cap)
Description: —

Name: Escape Artist
Effect: +10 lockpicking (does not count towards cap)
Description: They haven't made a prison you couldn't escape

Name: Iron Willed
Effect: +10 magic resist (does not count towards cap)
Description: For whatever reason you naturally repel supernatural energies

Name: Keen Eyed
Effect: +10 detect hidden (does not count towards cap)
Description: For whatever reason you have always been naturally perceptive

Name: Larcenist
Effect: +10 stealing (does not count towards cap)
Description: —

Name: Light Step
Effect: +10 stealth (does not count towards cap)
Description: You are practiced at leaving little to no trace behind you

Name: Metallurgist
Effect: +10 blacksmith (does not count towards cap)
Description: —

Name: Nomad
Effect: +10 camping (does not count towards cap)
Description: —

Name: Physician
Effect: +10 apothecary (does not count towards cap)
Description: —

Name: Scribe
Effect: +10 inscription (does not count towards cap)
Description: —

Name: Seamstress
Effect: +10 tailoring (does not count towards cap)
Description: —

Name: Woodwright
Effect: +10 carpentry (does not count towards cap)
Description: —

STATS

Name: Gifted
Effect: +3 int (cap)
Description: You are naturally brilliant

Name: Graceful
Effect: +3 dex (cap)
Description: You move with the grace of a cat

Name: Strong
Effect: +3 str (cap)
Description: Either naturally large or surprisingly strong, you never have an issue with pickle jars

MISC

Name: Blessed
Effect: +10 taming (does not count towards cap)
Description: animals domestic or otherwise have always trusted you

Name: Branded
Effect: +10 taming (does not count towards cap)
Description: animals domestic or otherwise have always trusted you

Name: Chosen
Effect: +10 taming (does not count towards cap)
Description: animals domestic or otherwise have always trusted you

Name: Conditioned
Effect: +10 taming (does not count towards cap)
Description: animals domestic or otherwise have always trusted you

Name: Connected
Effect: +10 taming (does not count towards cap)
Description: animals domestic or otherwise have always trusted you

Name: Cursed
Effect: +10 taming (does not count towards cap)
Description: animals domestic or otherwise have always trusted you

Name: Dwarf (short)
Effect: +10 taming (does not count towards cap)
Description: animals domestic or otherwise have always trusted you

Name: Entitled
Effect: +10 taming (does not count towards cap)
Description: animals domestic or otherwise have always trusted you

Name: Giant
Effect: +10 taming (does not count towards cap)
Description: animals domestic or otherwise have always trusted you

Name: Haggler
Effect: +10 taming (does not count towards cap)
Description: animals domestic or otherwise have always trusted you

Name: Hauntingly Beautiful
Effect: +10 taming (does not count towards cap)
Description: animals domestic or otherwise have always trusted you

Name: Lucky
Effect: +10 taming (does not count towards cap)
Description: animals domestic or otherwise have always trusted you

Name: Natural Leader
Effect: +10 taming (does not count towards cap)
Description: animals domestic or otherwise have always trusted you

Name: Pain Tolerance
Effect: +10 taming (does not count towards cap)
Description: animals domestic or otherwise have always trusted you

Name: Party Animal
Effect: +10 taming (does not count towards cap)
Description: animals domestic or otherwise have always trusted you

Name: Picky Eater
Effect: +10 taming (does not count towards cap)
Description: animals domestic or otherwise have always trusted you

Name: Pragmatic
Effect: +10 taming (does not count towards cap)
Description: animals domestic or otherwise have always trusted you

Name: Scarred
Effect: +10 taming (does not count towards cap)
Description: animals domestic or otherwise have always trusted you

Name: Strong Back
Effect: +10 taming (does not count towards cap)
Description: animals domestic or otherwise have always trusted you

Name: The Old Ways
Effect: +10 taming (does not count towards cap)
Description: animals domestic or otherwise have always trusted you

Name: Very Ugly
Effect: +10 taming (does not count towards cap)
Description: animals domestic or otherwise have always trusted you

Name: Well Traveled
Effect: +10 taming (does not count towards cap)
Description: animals domestic or otherwise have always trusted you