Oh you really dont want to went this path ...
Bcs once you do, everything and i mean EVERYTHING is possible ...
It wouldnt be just a tall Dwarf, it would be a GIANT Dwarf aswell!
Or an Orc who will not reach even your knees.
Elves who will have so much facial hair, they basicaly become Wookie.
Or werewolves that are unable to grow fur!
(have you seen such thing? can you imagine? its far beyond scary, thats bloody terrifying!)
Just thrust me, leave magic out of this and nobody gets hurt.
The main thing I want to say is that borders are important.
Agreed ...
But as PrivateRaccoon pointed out, all we need to is hide it under "extraordinary" parts of character creation.
That way its perfectly wisible that you are creating anomaly, if you dont care ... proceed ... if you do, then probably dont.
As I said, I can imagine a situation where in the ordinary dnd world our character or another one will have the wrong feature, that they should be. A different color of eyes, skin, hair than is inherent in this race. I think this is acceptable. Very close to an impermissible assumption, but still possible.
Well thats just matter of personal prefferences tho isnt it?
I absolutely can't imagine an elf with a beard. I just don't see the development of such a representative of this race.
Just a question ... can you imagine an Elf with body hair? Like chest, legs, arms, armpits etc.
Bcs feel free to corect me but as far as i know, Elves in DnD dont have either of those.
And yet, thanks to Chubblot we know that Halsin do.
(Yes i know it may be still just work in progress and this may not be his final body ... but NOW he do. :P )
Why did he grow a beard and most importantly, how.
Who knows how exactly genetic works ... especialy in the world where different species can crossbreed?
Maybe he is distantly relative to Dwarf, or Human, or i dunno ... maybe his grant, grant, grant, grand father spend too much wildshaped into a bear.
I mean ...
If you breed Human and Elf ... you get Half-Elf ... so far this is easy.
If Half-Elf breeds with an Elf ... what do you get?
And if that kid will then breed with an Elf ... what do you get?
And if that kid will then breed with an Elf ... what do you get?
And if that kid will then breed with an Elf ... what do you get?
I believe you get the idea.
Were you ever interested in our (as humans ... as real humans) genetic herritage, its quite fascinating stuff!
Today in our world there is litteraly no "pureblood" person, we all come from all the globe, at least partialy.
Of course, everything can be implemented, but the question remains - where will be the trait that shows us that THIS is a dwarf, and THIS is an elf, and that is muscular, with fangs and evil - an Orc, etc.
Well thats the point, isnt it?
How do you recognize if you are talking with Elf or a Drow? If they both can have curly brown hair, green eyes and sun tanned white skin?
Thats right, you dont!
And thats why we have rules ...
BUT! (And this is a big butt
)
There are ways to bypass them, and that is totally fine for people who just dont care.
it will be the face of the game. Those are bearded elves who will flash on videos on YouTube and in guides. Excessive assumption.
You said it yourself ... people WILL mod this almost certainly ... so yes, bearded elves WILL flash on videos and guides, no matter what. :P
I don't see any point in including this in the game itself.
And that is totally fine.
