I was poking through another forum and thought this worth sharing...
http://www.tgdmb.com/viewtopic.php?t=50511&start=0
To explain: Some of the people there use the same set of houserules.
In them, backgrounds are little bonuses and the like your character gets to represent where they came from.
Here's a sample:
Modron creation
You were made to help fulfill the will of Primus. For some reason, right now it means you are to join an adventuring party. They say you don't need to know why. They always say that.
Benefits:You have a faint Law aura and have a perfect memory giving you the Sound Imitation ability. Your second automatic language is Modron, allowing you to talk with gear spirits and other machines.
Also, Modrons might have some missions for you in the future, but right now you are supposed to adventure, gaining power, knowledge and magic items to be more useful when your services will again be needed.
Rogue Modron
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Benefits: Same as Modron creation.
Other: You could not keep your mind inside the tight mindset of a typical Modron and went rogue. It could have happened a second or a century ago. After that one of two things could have happened. You could have filled out all the paperwork (on Mechanus, there are forms for everything) and officially become an exile, never to be recognized as a Modron by any servant of Primus. Or you could have escaped, retaining the ability to command Modrons of lower rank at the price of being under constant attack of Primus’ soldiers.
Another of my favorites is go find out what happened to the other crew of Modron we sent into certain death.
Rogue Modron is really good scenario. Hard Disk Failure. Please report to your local re-programing center for further instructions.