Talk:Adept (5e Background)

Prodigy

While still mechanical, would granting +1 bonus on dice rolls on non-proficient tasks be okay? ~ BigShotFancyMan (talk) 08:03, 6 December 2018 (MST)

Just passing by and found this, I would feel alright with that if the total number of proficiencies was reduced to 3. If you don't mind, I will take a shot at balancing this background. I'll keep it to a single edit so it can be undone/compared easily. Zibby (talk) 01:06, 17 December 2018 (MST)

Now it doesn't give an extra spell, but it gives you the option to have any wizard cantrip when you could learn a cantrip anyway. Proficiencies are down to four, but I did leave the weapon one. It seemed to fit nicely as someone who has learned different types of things and is now adventuring for knowledge or just to use what they learned. Seeing as races can grant weapon proficiency, I don't feel like it's terribly balanced, especially since the total number of proficiencies is the same as other backgrounds. Feel free to edit/revert, but I think it's balanced now. Zibby (talk) 02:15, 17 December 2018 (MST)

Just undid the edit which granted wizard cantrips to non-casters, but let me explain. Right now, any spell list includes all wizard cantrips. So, you can effectively get any wizard cantrip you like while using Wisdom or Charisma as your spellcasting modifier. It is only marginally acceptable since it doesn't actually add any cantrips that you couldn't already get. The edit would have granted 4 cantrips to any fighter, monk, or rogue that picked this up, which is a huge mechanical benefit. In short, backgrounds do not normally add mechanical benefit at all, and this one was already in a grey area without handing out extra cantrips. Zibby (talk) 04:02, 31 March 2021 (MDT)

Proficiencies

Are weapon proficiencies normally allowed in Backgrounds? --63.142.81.74 16:39, 17 April 2019 (MDT)

They are not normally in backgrounds, no. DMs allow whatever they wish, sometimes even ruling against published content. Since it only grants proficiency in one specific weapon instead of simple or martial weapons, I don't find it overpowered in the least. This background will be useless to just about every martial class, and I doubt most casters will even use the weapon much. This is more for flavor than anything. Zibby (talk) 16:54, 17 April 2019 (MDT)