Even though the clashing of cultures can make it hard for some parents of different races to create a properly blended family, your parents did their best. They may have moved away from disaproving family, taken up a nomadic lifestyle, or simply toughed it out. Alternatively, they could have been showered with support that allowed your family to flourish.
Consider your family dynamics to help shape yourcharacter and their personality. Did it take a village to raise them, or did their parents stick it out on their own? Do they know their extended family, and what do those relationships look like? Were they raised divorced from their culture, or were they fully immersed in it?
- Skill Proficiencies: Choose two of the following skills that are most relevant to your upbringing: Deception, History, Nature, Religion, or Survival.
- Languages: You can read, speak, and write the native languages of your parents (2 languages such as elvish, dwarvish, orcish, etc.). If you already know one of them, choose another language relevant to your upbringing.
- Equipment: A care package from your parents or another family member containing 7 days of rations, common clothes, a homemade blanket, and 10 gp.
If one of the races you chose when creating your half-race normally gets proficiency with any weapons or armor, you gain that proficiency. If both races get weapon or armor proficiencies, you must choose one or a blend of the two that does not exceed the lowest number of proficiencies gained by either race. If neither race normally gets these proficiencies, choose either 4 appropriate weapon proficiencies or expertise with one of the skills granted by this background.
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Consider your family dynamics to help shape yourcharacter and their personality. Did it take a village to raise them, or did their parents stick it out on their own? Do they know their extended family, and what do those relationships look like? Were they raised divorced from their culture, or were they fully immersed in it?
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