Backgrounds

A hero may hail from various worlds, may be well-travelled and have many careers over the course of his life, but the benefits of a starting background are only applied once, at the time of character creation.

Many starting backgrounds have a prerequisite that the character must meet to qualify for the background. Each background provides a number of additional permanent class skills that the character can select from a list of choices. Once selected, a permanent class skill is always considered to be a class skill for the character. If the skill selected is already a class skill for the character, he or she also gains a one-time competence bonus for that skill of +1.

Some starting backgrounds provide a Leadership bonus or a bonus feat (in addition to the two feats a 1st-level character already receives). A character still must meet any prerequisites for these bonus feats. Finally, a starting background increases the character’s Credit bonus.

Choose one background from the available selections and apply the benefits to the character as noted in the background’s description. All of the backgrounds described here are Imperial backgrounds not universal backgrounds. Special backgrounds exist for races such as Tau and Eldar, though they are not discussed here.

List of backgrounds

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