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Backgrounds help to define a character's personal history before becoming an adventurer. Backgrounds may grant Specialization, Language Skills, and Knowledge Skills. It also provides a starting set of Version 1/Notes/14 Equipment/Equipment and 06 Qualities.
Skills
Backgrounds grant +2 to 2 specific Skills and +1 to 2 other specific skills. Players also get to choose and additional skill to increase by 2 and two other skills to increase by 1
Specialization
Backgrounds grant a single Novice skill specialization. The skill that this specialization is applied to is set to +5 and can not be increased by other benefits of this Background.
Language Skills
Backgrounds can grant one additional Language Skills
Knowledge Skills
Each background grants up to 4 Knowledge Skills. Two of these skills are the players choice.