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#1 Seuleslintan Aug 04, 2014 12:14:46	hello there   in the HDQ Encounter are new optional Backgrounds   Optional Features Below are two optional features that you can choose in place of the feature normally granted by your background. Optional Feature: Cult of the Dragon Infiltrator You have infiltrated the ranks of the Cult of the Dragon. Having spied on the organization for quite some time, you are familiar with its inner workings and customs. You have a second identity as an initiate of the cult, enough of a facade to blend in as a simple grunt or servant. Optional Feature: Dragon Scholar You have studied dragons and their lore for many years. You can automatically identify locations built or used by dragons and can identify dragon eggs and scales by sight. If you fail an Intelligence check to recall lore relating to dragons, you know someone or some book you can consult for the answer unless the DM rules that the lore is unknown.     this tow optional Features replace the background features/bonusses?   so no skill proficiencies? no bonus Languages?   edit: what kind of infos would you give an dragon scholar? Weaknesses of special dragonkinds? behaviour? or only identifiy locations/eggs and scales?   and why does the dragon scholar get no dragonic language ^^
#2 Aldente Aug 04, 2014 13:10:01	I haven't seen the packet, but that looks to me as though you select one of the standard backgrounds as you normally would (e.g., Acolyte, Sage, Soldier, etc.). You keep the skill proficiencies, languages, and tool proficiencies. You swap out the standard feature for one of these instead.
(Reply to #2) Seuleslintan	https://www.dropbox.com/s/kkjy2ww8t6ihx9s/Backgrounds-HoardoftheDragonQueen.odt   hmm if you would take sage and switch the feature to dragon sage, it looks more usefull
#4 Aldente Aug 04, 2014 19:07:41	Those provide nice flavor options.
#5 DM_HEEGZ Aug 04, 2014 21:19:19	Seuleslintan wrote:
#6 Seuleslintan Aug 04, 2014 22:39:57	Tyranny of Dragons is an epic story told across two adventure products—Hoard of the Dragon Queen and The Rise of Tiamat. This D&D Encounters edition of Hoard of the Dragon Queen presents the first three episodes of that adventure. It is designed for characters of 1st to 3rd level, and with an optimal party size of four. The full adventure of Hoard of the Dragon Queen takes characters to 7th or 8th level, at which point they are ready to continue with The Rise of Tiamat. Tyranny of Dragons is set in the Forgotten Realms on Faerûn’s western shore—the Sword Coast. A thin strip of civilization stretches down this coast, where widely spaced cities are arranged like beads on a string. A combination of roads and wagon tracks loosely connect the cities that stretch from Luskan in the north to Calimport in the south, passing through Neverwinter, Waterdee   @ontopic ive seen just now ^^ every background uses 1 feature now you can exchange the feature, but the background is still there ^^ with the bonus proficients/languages
(Reply to #6) Seuleslintan	Tyranny of Dragons is an epic story told across two adventure products—Hoard of the Dragon Queen and The Rise of Tiamat. This D&D Encounters edition of Hoard of the Dragon Queen presents the first three episodes of that adventure. It is designed for characters of 1st to 3rd level, and with an optimal party size of four. The full adventure of Hoard of the Dragon Queen takes characters to 7th or 8th level, at which point they are ready to continue with The Rise of Tiamat. Tyranny of Dragons is set in the Forgotten Realms on Faerûn’s western shore—the Sword Coast. A thin strip of civilization stretches down this coast, where widely spaced cities are arranged like beads on a string. A combination of roads and wagon tracks loosely connect the cities that stretch from Luskan in the north to Calimport in the south, passing through Neverwinter, Waterdeep   @ontopic ive seen just now ^^ every background uses 1 feature now you can exchange the feature, but the background is still there ^^ with the bonus proficients/languages
#8 Be3Al2 Aug 05, 2014 1:06:47	I like how it also says that you can create your own backgrounds. Thus, I would guess that you might pick one of the features above, two skills, two sets of tools/lanugages and buy the starting equipment.