+1
Having that option available but clearly indicating to the players that it's atypical would be nice and a fair compromise.
Personally, I would not need that option, but I could see cases where it could make sense. For example, someone picking an druid elf. One could imagine that, being able to turn into furry beasts, that sort of magic could maybe have an impact on their actual appearance (aka body hair). That's also maybe why Halsin is so big for an elf.
I wanted to reply to that, that'd be perfect. I don't think anyone would feel that would be unreasonable to have it be a tickbox or something to enable showing it as non standard.
Your druid elf is a great example to go along with my insecure wizard.
Another would be an elf that had their bloodline cursed by another elf that really hated their ancestor to be as hairy as those "ape people". Now other elves doubt their elvish-ness. How is THAT not lore friendly?
There are hundreds of good ideas that can't be realized as is, which is the reason I made the thread. Players should have as much agency as possible, double especially during character creation.
