Backgrounds

People don't come from nowhere. When creating a character, one of the most important aspects is that character's past. Where they a blue-blooded noble? An underworld pickpocket? Or just an everyday street rat? Backgrounds represent a character's upbringing, culture, and early life. By selecting a Background, you are choosing your character's past and experiences.

Selecting a Background
When selecting a Background, they generally consist of two parts: a homeland, and a past (For example, a Mistral Upper Class or a Vacuo Dust Rat). Backgrounds fundamentally serve three purposes: determining a character's starting Ability modifiers, their Background Traits, and providing that character with a basic story-based background.

A Background is not the sole indicator of a character's past, indeed, most adventurers tend to deviate from the norm. While most consider an Atlesian Noble to be a stuck up human racist, characters such as Weiss and Winter Schnee have shown that the norm is not always the rule. A character is whatever the player makes of them, and are limited only by their own imagination.

Background Traits
An important aspect of a Background is their Background Traits. A Background Trait is a unique ability that can only be obtained through a character's Background. These Background Traits represent the skills a character has obtained prior to their life as an adventurer.

Faunus- You are a Faunus, and possess an animal trait that you can use to your benefit. You gain the Faunus Feat as a bonus Feat. Rich- Your family is extremely wealthy, and as such your starting Lien is doubled. Street Smart- You grew up in the streets, whether by choice or by circumstance. Do to your experience, you can reroll any Deception check, but the result of the reroll must be accepted, even if it is worse.
 * Faunus Rebel
 * Faunus Runaway
 * Menagerie Faunus
 * Atlesian Noble
 * Mistral Upper Class
 * Mistral Lower Class
 * Vacuo Dust Rat
 * Vale Street Rat