Backgrounds

Where was your character before the events of the party? What was your character doing for a living in their past? Did they receive a family heirloom or perhaps found some unique treasure in some lost ruins?
The background of your character is as important as the attributes and the weapons or spells they have. Background not only help the player determine how their character got their skills in the game, but it could help decide how to place their points in the attributes. Is your character really strong? Why and what happen to those characters to have such a high strength? Background defines what happened to the character before they became the main characters in the game.

Family size and heritage

Every single being on the planet had to grow up, backgrounds determine who helped influenced the character starting with their family and culture.
Small family in a tiny town, mom was a ______ and dad he was a _______. The blanks determine the skills the child would have picked watching mom and dad. Thus, what mom and dad would have taught their child.
Big family of ____. With ___ number of sisters and with ____ number of brothers. I was the ____ of the family. having to the one to lead or follow everyone else...
Poor family out in the Farmside of the city. I know what hard work means and had no real childhood. like I saw so many other kids in the city playing with toys and pretending to be a ___ or the ++++. I learned all about farming and raising good quality cattle for the butchers in the city.
Only one parent is alive since the other died because of _______. I know what heart break can do to you. I have seen it firsthand from my living parent could not let go of __. Did not have parents but the cleric from the orphanage not only looked after us but he helped find what each of us was talented at and motivated us to strive to follow that talent. I seem to have a talent in _______ and in _______.
I am a ________ so my family raised in the ways of the ________. I know the History of my people and I can perform courtship relations of my people in any ball or social event.

Professions I have or held before...

• Arena champion- Fight can specialize in two fighting styles.
• Arena fighter- Fight can specialize in one fighting style and 1 unarmed.
• Bar keep- Tinker and can specialize in alcohol mixtures.
• Bar wench- Flirt with customers to get better coin. Can specialize in low brow flattery.
• Bar brawler- Grapple throwing drunks out of bars and taverns. Can specialize in wrestling or improvised weapons.
• Clockwork student- Tinker can specialize in clock working.
• Mage- Mysticism- Arcane studies in lore, can specialize in evoking, or methods of magic (look in casting magic for more information.)
• Guard of noble- noble court lore spec.- excellent fighters and noble as asset or friends in high place talent.
• Priest- Lore religion is where your magic comes from. Not Mysticism.
• Ranger- Survival skills specialty in type of terrain. lore in herbs and wildlife. shoot in hunting bow.
• Druid- priest/ess of nature. Mysticism, lore in herbs and fae spirits. Earth Magic is your style.
• Rogue- Stealth is the game. lore is poisons.
• Bard- Spy of the court, Historian of the city, or Musician of the tavern. Charisma and Manipulation are the tools you need.