Doomsday Dawn Background Disappointment


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Just letting you know that I had multiple players choose the "Mind Quake Survivor" background because there were only two options that didn't suggest the character was a scholar, aristocrat, or goblin.

Not a huge problem with the Playtest but a bit disappointing and I hope that future campaign backgrounds will keep that in mind.

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Update: we did Chapter One over three sessions and another player joined in for the last session. In our party of seven we now have two Mind Quake Survivors (Monk and Cleric), two Pathfinder Hopefuls (Barbarian and Druid), one Osirionologist (Wizard), one Family Friend (Paladin) and a Goblin Renegade (Alchemist).

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It's not mandatory that everyone take a campaign background though.

I have someone with the hunter background and there is no problem.


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It's suggested, though why it is suggested I have no idea. Beyond the mindquake survivors and the family friend those backgrounds do absolutely nothing to tie you into the story that I could find. And the family friend comes with the benefit of a frat you can't use, because there is no downtime in DD.

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Shaheer-El-Khatib wrote:

It's not mandatory that everyone take a campaign background though.

I have someone with the hunter background and there is no problem.

This is true for most campaigns, but it is mandatory for the playtest.

Sidebar Doomsday Dawn p7 wrote:

BACKGROUNDS

Each player must choose a background from those listed on page 3 of this adventure; these backgrounds are designed not only to tie the primary characters to NPCs and themes found in “The Lost Star,” but to focus their strengths in specific areas of use for “The Lost Star,” “The Mirrored Moon,” and “When the Stars Go Dark.”

Also, even if it's not mandatory, it's often nice to be able to tie your character into a campaign, so considering whether a list of backgrounds is biased for particular types of characters (eg scholars) is at least worth being aware of so you don't do it by accident.

EDIT: Incidentally, the Osirionologist wizard will not be continuing the playtest so we're now down to a party of 6 with 4 sharing the same 2 backgrounds.

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