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I think the issue is for some folks the chair itself is part how they see themselves so if you go magical like, a hover/spider chair then it isn't how they see themselves represented. Personally I find the idea of self insert characters weird anyway. The reason I roleplay is to play someone...

I have the VHS... lol would have to find a player somewhere to watch it.

I think there are some really good series that only got one season in the UK (which is usually six or so episodes). Some you might be able to find streaming, I'm listing ones that are good inspiration for RPGs. Some examples Ultraviolet (1998) - Cop discovered a government backed vampire...

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Yeah but elves are skinny humans with pointy ears.

Who spends most of his time in a school, or paved areas until he gets his flying chair. Which stops being a wheelchair and becomes a levitation device which isn't generally accepted as representation of a wheelchair, more a magic fix. But some folks might be okay with it. Oooh disability being...

Well that's because the only case I've seen of someone wanting to use any of these rules is an able bodied person wanting to use the spider chair in Cyberpunk Red, and I suspect most likely for the unbalanced reasons I've mentioned.

Which is kind of my point, I think presenting these rules they aren't going to be suitable for everyone but they can make a useful starting point for a discussion between the GM and player at a table where that sort representation matters to that player. Exactly a one size fits all response...

No my lesson from that is one can, with the right support (which may or may not be a magic wheelchair), sorry if that wasn't clear.

I think if you want a better idea of a wheelchair user "off road" this BBC video about a nature program researcher who uses a wheelchair is better. Which shows generally he needs an assistant (sometimes two), specialist equipment, and occasionally there are still places where it just isn't...

Yes in real life people do amazing things but they are still on smooth ramps, so ideal conditions for wheels, unlike the typical adventuring locations.

Can't have penalties in the new D&D it makes people sad.

Which is unfortunate, because when fantasy wheelchairs are introduced there are often real issues with verisimilitude and game balance. Wheelchairs are introduced to be inclusive, so folks in wheelchairs can have a self insert type character into the fantasy setting, which is clearly a good...

True but a culture-wide animosity is pretty common and species and culture have been pretty much the same thing in D&D. Could easily come from your character's culture. If you are going to have cultures in the PHB why not also have negative aspects of those cultures?

Biologically it makes sense, but I thought the whole point of these "Mytrals" was to get away from biology and make abilities come from the culture, not their biology?

So if they were part of a Wood Elf community they would only be able to get one of the two Mythal traits.... so they would be sort of a half-elf? Erm....

Ah so to be one of the traditional elves, you are taxed your background feat to get what you would have got previously?

I mean, if literally every race in Warhammer can be racist and it not be a problem, I don't know why D&D has an issue with a little bit of racial animosity between dwarves and elves.

Clearly not been asking any Warhammer players…

If you offer a mechanical benefit for being “raised by elves” and no drawback it stops being a fun character concept and becomes a optimisation build requirement. You can’t have a system like this in isolation. There need to be similar “cultural” benefits for other species, that they lose if...