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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Three_Haligonians" data-source="post: 1728130" data-attributes="member: 19546">Alright, fair enough, in the real world, people who were born with physical differences in the middle ages may have had a tough time making it to age three.  However, so too would any child!  Most children did not survive past infancy in the middle ages due to a number of factors including poor nutrition and illness.  No one would accuse your character of being unplayable because she was more likely to die in her first year of life, nor, I doubt, would they question your background if all of your characters brothers and sisters grew to adulthood.Part of the beauty of D&D is developing an interesting character.  Shakespeare created a character who, in her infancy, was rejected by her father and cast into the wilderness (The Winter's Tale).  Luckily for Pertida (the character in question) no one told Shakespeare that the odds of Pertida being rescued were unlikely, and that she wasn't a "viable option".  Whats more, many people create characters who have lost their family to some horrible misfortune, making the character the last of thier family.  I've yet to see someone look at such a background and say "well, how did YOU survive the misfortune, then?"Clearly this character is extraordinary...ALL characters in D&D are extraordinary...if you don't believe me, try lifting over your head the amount of weight your character can.  If you can do that...move 120 feet in six seconds.  If you can do both those things...you've got my seal of extraordinaryness <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />   along with Ogrork the Mighty's character.In his early life, I'm assuming SOMEONE was looking out for him until he became independant.  Consider this writing on Neandertal: "From their remains, it has been discovered that some of the Neandertal people suffered from rickets...people suffering from rickets have soft bones which cause them to have swollen joints and distorted limbs—sometimes they are extremely bow-legged, but in more severe cases they are completely crippled and unable to walk....Their bones demonstrate that they kept on living long after the onset of their disability. This shows that these people had tender feelings for each other—sometimes apparently providing support for those they knew would never get better."  This is how Neandertal cared for members of their communities who were unable to become dependant, which is a worse case than Ogrork the Mighty's character.  My point?  Its been said that NPCs and PCs would make fun of this character and would have little to do with him.  Consider this: if your character has less compassion than a neandertal, what does that say about him?T from Three Haligonians</blockquote>

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