diff --git a/core/players-handbook-2024/backgrounds/background-acolyte.xml b/core/players-handbook-2024/backgrounds/background-acolyte.xml
index 75d13a88..4b3cd7c7 100644
--- a/core/players-handbook-2024/backgrounds/background-acolyte.xml
+++ b/core/players-handbook-2024/backgrounds/background-acolyte.xml
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 			<p>You devoted yourself to service in a temple, either nestled in a town or secluded in a sacred grove. There you performed rites in honor of a god or pantheon. You served under a priest and studied religion. Thanks to your priest’s instruction and your own devotion, you also learned how to channel a modicum of divine power in service to your place of worship and the people who prayed there.</p>
 		</description>
 		<rules>
-			<grant type="Proficiency" id="ID_PROFICIENCY_SKILL_INSIGHT" />
-			<grant type="Proficiency" id="ID_PROFICIENCY_SKILL_RELIGION" /> 
+			<grant type="Proficiency" id="ID_WOTC_PHB24_PROFICIENCY_SKILL_INSIGHT" />
+			<grant type="Proficiency" id="ID_WOTC_PHB24_PROFICIENCY_SKILL_RELIGION" /> 
 			<grant type="Grants" id="ID_INTERNAL_GRANTS_BACKGROUND_ASI" />
 			<!-- <grant type="Feat" id="_________" /> -->
 			<grant type="Proficiency" id="ID_WOTC_PHB24_PROFICIENCY_TOOL_PROFICIENCY_CALLIGRAPHERS_SUPPLIES" />	
diff --git a/core/players-handbook-2024/backgrounds/background-farmer.xml b/core/players-handbook-2024/backgrounds/background-farmer.xml
index c99bae00..841b5583 100644
--- a/core/players-handbook-2024/backgrounds/background-farmer.xml
+++ b/core/players-handbook-2024/backgrounds/background-farmer.xml
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 			<p>You grew up close to the land. Years tending animals and cultivating the earth rewarded you with patience and good health. You have a keen appreciation for nature's bounty alongside a healthy respect for nature's wrath.</p>
 		</description>
 		<rules>
-			<grant type="Proficiency" id="ID_WOTC_PHB24_PROFICIENCY_SKILL_SLEIGHTOFHAND" /> 
-			<grant type="Proficiency" id="ID_WOTC_PHB24_PROFICIENCY_SKILL_STEALTH" />
+			<grant type="Proficiency" id="ID_WOTC_PHB24_PROFICIENCY_SKILL_ANIMALHANDLING" /> 
+			<grant type="Proficiency" id="ID_WOTC_PHB24_PROFICIENCY_SKILL_NATURE" />
 			<grant type="Grants" id="ID_INTERNAL_GRANTS_BACKGROUND_ASI" />		<!--
 			<grant type="Feat" id="_________" />-->
 			<grant type="Proficiency" id="ID_WOTC_PHB24_PROFICIENCY_TOOL_PROFICIENCY_CARPENTERS_TOOLS" />	
diff --git a/core/players-handbook-2024/backgrounds/background-sailor.xml b/core/players-handbook-2024/backgrounds/background-sailor.xml
index 5e45a5a7..aa2747f2 100644
--- a/core/players-handbook-2024/backgrounds/background-sailor.xml
+++ b/core/players-handbook-2024/backgrounds/background-sailor.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 			<table>
 				<tr><td><b>Ability Scores:</b></td><td> Strength, Dexterity, Wisdom</td></tr>
 				<tr><td><b>Feat:</b> </td><td> Tavern Brawler (see chapter 5)</td></tr>
-				<tr><td><b>Skill Proficiencies:</b></td><td> : Acrobatics and Perception</td></tr>
+				<tr><td><b>Skill Proficiencies:</b></td><td> Acrobatics and Perception</td></tr>
 				<tr><td><b>Tool Proficiency:</b></td><td> Navigator's Tools</td></tr>
 				<tr><td><b>Equipment:</b></td><td> <i>Choose A or B:</i> (A) Dagger, Navigator's Tools, Rope, Traveler’s Clothes, 20 GP; or (B) 50 GP</td></tr>
 			</table>
diff --git a/core/players-handbook-2024/backgrounds/background-scribe.xml b/core/players-handbook-2024/backgrounds/background-scribe.xml
index ddd8fd8e..12f6b1c8 100644
--- a/core/players-handbook-2024/backgrounds/background-scribe.xml
+++ b/core/players-handbook-2024/backgrounds/background-scribe.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 			<table>
 				<tr><td><b>Ability Scores:</b></td><td> Dexterity, Intelligence, Wisdom</td></tr>
 				<tr><td><b>Feat:</b> </td><td> Skilled (see chapter 5)</td></tr>
-				<tr><td><b>Skill Proficiencies:</b></td><td> : Investigation and Perception</td></tr>
+				<tr><td><b>Skill Proficiencies:</b></td><td> Investigation and Perception</td></tr>
 				<tr><td><b>Tool Proficiency:</b></td><td> Calligrapher’s Supplies</td></tr>
 				<tr><td><b>Equipment:</b></td><td> <i>Choose A or B:</i> (A) Calligrapher's Supplies, Fine Clothes, Lamp, Oil (3 flasks). Parchment (12 sheets), 23 GP; or (B) 50 GP</td></tr>
 			</table>
diff --git a/core/players-handbook-2024/backgrounds/background-soldier.xml b/core/players-handbook-2024/backgrounds/background-soldier.xml
index 7446dc08..910e9209 100644
--- a/core/players-handbook-2024/backgrounds/background-soldier.xml
+++ b/core/players-handbook-2024/backgrounds/background-soldier.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 		</description>
 		<rules>
 			<grant type="Proficiency" id="ID_WOTC_PHB24_PROFICIENCY_SKILL_ATHLETICS" /> 
-			<grant type="Proficiency" id="ID_WOTC_PHB24_PROFICIENCY_SKILL_PERCEPTION" />
+			<grant type="Proficiency" id="ID_WOTC_PHB24_PROFICIENCY_SKILL_INTIMIDATION" />
 			<grant type="Grants" id="ID_INTERNAL_GRANTS_BACKGROUND_ASI" />		<!--
 			<grant type="Feat" id="_________" />-->
 			<select type="Proficiency" name="Gaming Set (Soldier)" supports="Gaming Set" />
diff --git a/core/players-handbook-2024/backgrounds/background-wayfarer.xml b/core/players-handbook-2024/backgrounds/background-wayfarer.xml
index 14cd80f7..e2c51c0b 100644
--- a/core/players-handbook-2024/backgrounds/background-wayfarer.xml
+++ b/core/players-handbook-2024/backgrounds/background-wayfarer.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 			<table>
 				<tr><td><b>Ability Scores:</b></td><td> Dexterity, Wisdom, Charisma</td></tr>
 				<tr><td><b>Feat:</b> </td><td> Lucky (see chapter 5)</td></tr>
-				<tr><td><b>Skill Proficiencies:</b></td><td> : Insight and Stealth</td></tr>
+				<tr><td><b>Skill Proficiencies:</b></td><td> Insight and Stealth</td></tr>
 				<tr><td><b>Tool Proficiency:</b></td><td> Thieves' Tools</td></tr>
 				<tr><td><b>Equipment:</b></td><td> <i>Choose A or B:</i> (A) 2 Daggers, Thieves' Tools, Gaming Set (any), Bedroll, 2 Pouches, Traveler's Clothes, 16 GP; or (B) 50 GP</td></tr>
 			</table>