I meant that, by comparison, my choice was way stronger than anything the other players chose. So I thought about getting a skill that would be similar to a lower rarity magic item, so I can get something that is cool and thematic, while not outshining the others in my group.
I recently started a campaign where I'm playing a Yuan-ti Pureblood Warlock. We started at lvl 5 and rolled for stats, so I got myself a 20 CHA for the lvl 4 ASI. My DM granted us magic items and gave us a lot of freedom to choose from the DMG. I got a Rod of Pact Keeping +1, Bracers of...
I mostly play humans BECAUSE of the Variant Rule, and because I find it easier to get into a character that share the same race as me. But in my table, I'm almost always the only human, the other members tend to be elfs or half-elfs (there is this one guy that ALWAYS make a rogue, either Elf or...