Meaningful Backgrounds

Normally, backgrounds give you three novice skills. I've changed them so that every background gives two novice and one advanced skill. In order to let you rank up the advanced skill, you also get a hidden 4 point bonus toward unlocking skills in that category, so this means earlier unlocks for that skill category, giving each background more importance. If you're concerned about how some skills are not very useful, I also have a mod to help with that, called Better Bad Skills. If you want even more, try Meaningful Backgrounds Plus.

Three new backgrounds are also added! The Fixer, Privateer, and Sentry are now available. They do not, however, have any background dialogue options (which almost never matter anyway). Also, all backgrounds that have a weapon specialization will now start the game with an appropriate weapon.

For obvious reasons, you need to start a new character for this to do anything. An update script will correctly apply the hidden 4-point bonus to those updating this from an older version.

The list of changes is below.

· Beast Hunter Fitness, Ballistics -> Rifle Certification, Gastronomy

· Bouncer Boxing, Security -> Intimidation, Fitness

· Bounty Hunter Piloting, Targeting Control Systems -> Shield Systems, Boost Pack Training

· Chef Gastronomy, Dueling -> Nutrition, Scavenging

· Combat Medic Pistol Certification, Medicine, Wellness -> Energy Weapon Dissipation

· Cyber Runner Stealth, Security, Theft -> Gymnastics

· Cyberneticist Medicine, Security, Lasers -> Incapacitation

· Diplomat Persuasion, Commerce, Wellness -> Diplomacy

· Explorer Lasers, Astrodynamics, Surveying -> Scanning

· Fixer Negotiation, Theft, Security

· Gangster Shotgun Certification, Boxing -> Deception, Theft

· Homesteader Geology -> Botany, Surveying, Weight Lifting

· Industrialist Persuasion, Security, Research Methods -> Weapon Engineering

· Long Hauler Weight Lifting, Piloting, Ballistic Weapon Systems -> Payloads

· Pilgrim Scavenging, Surveying, Gastronomy -> Environmental Conditioning

· Privateer Energy Weapon Systems, Commerce, Targeting Control Systems

· Professor Astrodynamics, Geology -> Space Suit Design, Research Methods

· Ronin Dueling, Stealth, Scavenging -> Isolation

· Sculptor Medicine -> Heavy Weapons Certification, Geology, Persuasion

· Sentry Particle Beams, Weightlifting, Medicine

· Soldier Fitness -> Pain Tolerance, Ballistics, Boost Pack Training

· Space Scoundrel Pistol Certification -> Engine Systems, Piloting, Persuasion

· Xenobiologist Lasers -> Zoology, Surveying, Fitness

· [FILE NOT FOUND] Wellness, Ballistics -> Demolitions, Piloting

Also available on Nexus: https://www.nexusmods.com/starfield/mods/11430

LOAD ORDER: This only changes the background perk records, so just make sure it's lower than anything else that might do that.