A table showing which cultures can choose which backgrounds during Character Creation in Pillars of Eternity.
' | ' | Aedyr | Deadfire Archipelago | Ixamitl Plains | Old Vailia | Rauatai | The Living Lands | The White that Wends |
+1 Resolve | +1 Dexterity | +1 Resolve | +1 Intellect | +1 Constitution | +1 Might | +1 Perception | ||
Aristocrat | +2 Lore | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
Artist | +2 Lore | X | ||||||
Clergyman | +2 Lore | X | ||||||
Colonist | +2 Survival | X | X | X | ||||
Dissident | +1 Lore & +1 Stealth | X | X | X | X | |||
Drifter | +1 Stealth & +1 Survival | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
Explorer | +1 Lore & +1 Survival | X | X | X | ||||
Hunter | +1 Stealth & +1 Survival | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
Laborer | +1 Athletics & +1 Mechanics | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
Mercenary | +1 Athletics & +1 Lore | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
Merchant | +1 Lore & +1 Mechanics | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
Mystic | +2 Lore | X | ||||||
Philosopher | +2 Lore | X | ||||||
Raider | +1 Athletics & +1 Stealth | X | ||||||
Scholar | +2 Lore | X | X | |||||
Scientist | +1 Lore & +1 Mechanics | X | ||||||
Slave | +1 Athletics & +1 Survival | X | X | X | X |