Additional backgrounds

This mod is completely finished (at the moment). No further updates are planned except for potential bug fixes, although I can link them to the inspiration system if there is a quick enough way to do so.

This mod adds all the remaining general, League of Adventurers-specific and setting-specific major backgrounds from 5E that are currently not included in the base game. Backgrounds from which you can select a skill have been set to a fixed value or divided into subbackgrounds where possible.

NOTE: None of the backgrounds added by this mod are connected to the Inspiration Earning System. It will take a lot of work unless someone comes up with a "shortcut" that allows me to use triggers from a different background and allow them to work normally. This may happen in time, but don't expect it anytime soon.

All backgrounds add only relevant skills, as there is no good way to add a choice of spells or feats through the background.

Haunted One has been unlocked for non-Dark Urge characters.

I specifically excluded all backgrounds that are a variation of the existing background with a change in the background characteristic, as these characteristics are not implemented in BG3, and otherwise the backgrounds would be identical.

36 common backgrounds were added:

Anthropologist

Archeologist

Athlete

City Guard

Clan artisan

The Scientist in Confinement

Pridvornyy

Bezlikiy

Faction Agent (divided into 5)

Long-distance traveler

Feylost

Fisher

Giant Foundling

Hermit

Agent at home

Heir

Investigator

Knight of the Order (divided into 3)

Marine

Mercenary Veteran

Awarded

Destroyed

Cutter rune

Moryak

Shipwright

Smuggler

City bounty hunter

Member of the Utgardt tribe

Noble Waterdhavian

Witch's Hand

Added 18 backgrounds from D&D Adventurer's League:

Curse of Strahd

Double Agent Black Fist

Dragon Casuality

The Iron Road Thief

Plane Rebel

Stoyanovsky prisoner

Tickle nomad

Mulmaster

Caravan Specialist

Earthspur Miner

Harborfolk

Mulmaster Aristocrat

Plane refugee

Hillsfar

Cormantor refugee

Privoratny Urchin

Hillsfarian merchant

Hillsfarian Smuggler

The Secret Personality

Shadow fanatic

Sheriff's Office

Added 29 setting-specific backgrounds:

Acquisitions inc.

The famous scion of an adventurer

Bad Merchant

Gambler

Plaintiff

Rival trainee

Amonkhet

Initiator

Vizir

Dragonlance

Knight of Solamnia

Magician of supreme sorcery

Innistrade

Inquisitor

Ravnika

Azorius functionary

Boros Legionnaire

Operative Dimir

Agent Golgary

Anarchus Gruul

Engineer Izzet

Representative Orzhov

Rakdos cultist

Selesnia Initiator

Simic scientist

Strickshaven

Laurehold Student

Student Prizmari

Student Quandrix

Student Silverkville

Student Witherbloom

Wildmant

Grinner

Volstracker's agent

Spelljammer

Astral drift

Wildspacer

All icons are taken or modified from images found on https://www.vecteezy.com and https://publicdomainvectors.org, except for D&D and Strixhaven icons.

FUTURE PLANS:

Integrate into ImprovedUI Assets submode (already done!)

Add backgrounds specific to the setting and the Adventurers League (done!)

Connect to Inspiration? (too much work, unless someone finds a "shortcut")

Do you want to allow the selection of specializations if possible? (this is probably not possible at the moment)

INSTALLATION:

Place the .pak file in the mods directory (AppData/Larian Studios/Baldur's Gate 3/Mods).

Set the mode to active in the BG3 mode manager

Export to game