Special Backgrounds

[Mort]

One of the easier application that seems to be boycotted is the one surrounding Special Backgrounds. If you want to be part:

- A canon organization (Thayan, Zhentarim, Cowled Wizards, Purple Dragon Knights, etc.)
- Roots with nobility somewhere in Faerun
- An Order of Knights
- A Church
- Good Friend of Elminster
- Lord of some Non-Canon Land.

This is all possible, but it REQUIRES an application before creation. The only time when it doesnt is when you're character is lying about it. Please, please, do not invent these titles for your PCs if they are not lying about them. There's been a lot of farfetched stuff that has been popping about lately, enough that this rule needs to be reminded. Unless it is earned In-Character, your character shouldn't say he was a Lord, High Priest, member of a group of Knights from a distant non-canon/canon land (unless you are lying of course!).

Thank you.

[Talir]

Not only is this an excellent way of getting what you want, you might just end up with a flavorful loot of some manner to show off your ancestry/belongings!

[Mort]

Yes, it is an untapped resource that's usually a lot more fun than applying yet again for another Minotaur or some other exotic monster.

AND it's easier to be approved for!