A character’s background represents what the character did prior to becoming an adventurer. Creating a unique background or customizing an existing one from the Player's Handbook can reflect the particular theme of your campaign or elements of your world. You can also create a background to help a player craft the story they have in mind for their character.
This is for creating a background using the 2024 ruleset since D&D Beyond has not updated their character builder to handle custom backgrounds with the new rules. This follows the rules presented in the new Dungeon Master's Guide on page 55.
Ability Scores. For ability scores you will need to do this on the Abilities tab in the Character Builder. This option will only show up after you have selected your Species.
Origin Feat. You will have to add your origin feat separately in the Character Sheet. Go to the Features and Traits -> Feats -> Manage Feats -> then select your Origin Feat.
- Ability Scores: Pick three ability scores the seem appropriate for the background. Increase one of these scores by 2 and a different one by 1, or increase all three scores by 1. None of these increases can raise a score above 20.
- Feat: Choose one feat from the Origin category.
- Skill Proficiencies: Choose two skills appropriate for the background. There needn’t be a relationship between the skill proficiencies a background grants and the ability scores it increases.
- Tool Proficiencies: Choose one tool used in the practice of the background or often associated with it.
- Equipment: Assemble a package of equipment worth 50 GP (including unspent gold). Don’t include Martial weapons or armor, as you get them from your class choices.
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