Baldurian Noble origin

[The Konrad]

Where is my noble house, my parents' estate, my butler, my masseuse?
I could have plotted to "accidentially" get the Ravenguards out of the picture myself just to play the politics game and claim stewardship myself.
I've been spending months in the wilderness with peasants and leeches who are into bear sex and now I finally came to the city and then NOTHING HAPPENS.

Don't make me a noble Baldurian with ZERO STAKES in Baldur's Gate.

[Settings]

Origin's don't... actually matter much... it's more like a free proficiency package than it is a story element.

[The Konrad]

Right you are, but why?

Considering how much is story relevant, why does the Origin not matter?
At least make an origin that doesn't have stakes in Baldur's Gate then.
I would have been fine with a Neverwinter Noble origin. Rolling its eyes everytime the bourgeoisie pretend to do something sophisticated.

[White Rider]

Yeah Backgrounds just give you proficiencies, influence how you get inspiration, and the occasional dialogue option. The dialogue options are enough really for a game of this scale.

If you had a multiplayer game with more than one person with the same background it'd be weird if you both got the same background related quest, so there's no background quests to stop that issue happening.

[Drake]

Considering you can't change it ingame, You would assure your background would actually matter for the story. Because that's how it pretty much works in pnp, the background is there to tie you to the world (like the people you know, people who know you etc.).

That's just a missed opportunity.

[BaronCappuccino]

Having Astarion say something different than, "We clearly walked in different circles" when you claim to be Baldurian would've been a suitable nod without throwing your character a full fledged estate.

[The Konrad]

Tyranny and Dragon Age origins managed to do origins just fine with a much smaller scope and budget. For me that's no excuse, but anyway.

I understand why it doesn't have an effect, but then it should have been an origin that doesn't interfere with THE MAIN QUEST.

Origin BALDURIAN FISHMONGER isn't a problem when dealing with Gortash, Ravenguard, Florrick etc.
Why the hell did they get my (or our) expectations up with Baldurian Noble for NOTHING relevant to happen?

The moment Astarion said: "Clearly we move in different circles" it was clear that this is going to be problem for my roleplaying experience. Easily avoided problem, I don't understand why nobody bothered taking a bit more care with the custom backgrounds.