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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 9799328" data-attributes="member: 7635">What would work is to clearly define it as a macro to micro level. I am a dwarf (species). I grew up in Waterdeep (culture). I am a blacksmith (background). The first defines my biological abilities (size, speed, senses), the second defines the world I grew up in (religion, language, proficiencies) and the third my background or profession. Swapping any changes important elements. Swap dwarf to elf and my bio traits change. Change blacksmith to sage and my skills and feat changes. Swap Waterdeep to Shield Dwarf (Mythral Hall) and your language options change (from a cosmopolitan blend to the languages of mountain dwellers), religions change (from Gods of commerce to dwarf gods) you get some different tools or skills or maybe the ability to cast a cantrip. You can do that for multiple regions, like Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale, Cormyr, etc. So a dwarf from Waterdeep is different from a dwarf from Mythral Hall. A human and a dwarf who both live in Baldur's Gate have similar cultural traits but not biological. But you have to tie the cultures to specific places: you can't have a generic "city dweller" that applies to all cities because Waterdeep, Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter don't have the same culture. Which means you'd have to have a default setting in the PHB OR You'd have to have a fourth book to add them OR the characters using just the PHB would be incomplete.</blockquote>

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