Backgrounds

I know True20 is only a tentative system, but I figure one of the ways we'll find out if it should stay our system is if we work with it.

Today I made Backgrounds. Backgrounds are what True20 has instead of d20 Races. Every player gets to pick a Background, which gives you two background-specific feats, two skills at 4 ranks each, and two "Favored Feats" which I will explain another time. You don't have to pick one of these Backgrounds; you can always take the "Human" Background: one feat of your choice, one skill at 4 ranks. Backgrounds give you twice as many goodies, but you have to pick from a list.

The following Backgrounds were drafted: Academic, Adventurer, Aristocrat, Barrister. Beggar, Clergyman, Constable, Consulting Detective, Cowboy, Criminal, Engineer, Entertainer, Governess, Industrialist, Journalist, Labourer, Native, New Woman, Officer, Politician, Rogue, Seaman, Servant, Soldier, Solicitor, Spiritualist, Sportsman, Spy, Suffragette, Surgeon.

This is enough for us to get started; I am confident new ones will be added as players request them but most characters should find one that fits. There are three Supernatural Backgrounds planned but not drafted: Mechanical Man, Moreau, and Reanimated Corpse. They pose special challenges.