Background Skill Proficiencies

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# Background Skill Proficiencies

**Characters no longer acquire Backgrounds as listed from the PHB.**

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### Ingenious Proficiency
Unless you are a spellcaster, Intelligence can be one of the least useful scores in *Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition*. To remedy that, your cunning mind unlocks the potential to learn more skills and knowledge than others.

When creating a character, you gain a number of **Intelligence Points** equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum of 0).

##### Intelligence Points Cost
| Benefit | Cost |
|:-:|:-:|
| An extra Class Skill Proficiency | 2 |
| Expertise for a Skill you are proficient in | 3 |
| Language Proficiency | 1 |
| Tool Proficiency | 1 |
| Expertise for a Tool you are proficient with | 2 |

When you permanently increase your Intelligence modifier, you may spend additional points as normal. Proficiencies learned by spending points cannot be lost once gained.