Pf1. Not sure if relevant to question. Regarding choosing background
A player requested to get a whole npc class level as “lvl 0” instead of background. We tried it out with the whole group (choose a Npc class, get everything then get an ordinary class as lvl 1. Dont count the npc level when calculating ECL, effective character level.)
Went super well, the group feels more heroic in the lower levels and its not super relevant at lvl 7+.
Would do again
Pf1. Not sure if relevant to question. Regarding choosing background
A player requested to get a whole npc class level as “lvl 0” instead of background. We tried it out with the whole group (choose a Npc class, get everything then get an ordinary class as lvl 1. Dont count the npc level when calculating ECL, effective character level.)
Went super well, the group feels more heroic in the lower levels and its not super relevant at lvl 7+. Would do again
that’s pretty interesting. players need more hit points and skill ranks so not a bad idea