Someone who has achieved a level in a class is not some nobody farmboy who's never been in a battle before. Being a 1st level wizard or fighter automatically puts you in a league of your own and sets you a part from common farmhands or even experienced soldiers.
Level 1 characters are allowed to have interesting backstories in 5e.
Beyond that most of them aren't even that crazy as far as backgrounds go. We've got:
- A 20 something Githyanki fighter who's never been to the Astral Plane before and worries about dying before she achieves anything worth remembering.
- An amnesiac cleric who might be on her first major mission for her goddess so far as we know currently.
- A 200 year old vampire spawn... Who lived in Baldur's Gate as a servant of a powerful vampire and probably spent most of his time going to parties and spying for his master.
- A prodigy wizard who slept with the goddess of magic, then went on an adventure to win her back and royally botched it. Mentions he is weaker than he used to be.
- A folk hero who made a pact with a fiend to gain the power he needed to become famous. Also mentions being weaker than he once was, suggesting he's not on good terms with his patron or the tadpole is messing with him.
They all have a good reason to be first level ranging from lost power to lost memories or simply not having been on a big adventure yet.
Good post. Agreed.
cant be explain any better. but with a bit of spoiler :P
Last edited by MatThee0g; 11/11/20 05:27 PM.
