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<blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 8065063" data-attributes="member: 18182">Perhaps.But, 1) D&amp;D isn't a perfect sim of reality, and when you parse things out into race/species, class, and background, it creates lines (or categories) that are a little more concrete than they would be in reality. 2) D&amp;D isn't a historical game, it's a pseudo-historical game told from a modern mindset.I'd also bet that your farmer friends have more in common with their fellow Americans from a variety of backgrounds than they have differences.In game, if I have a culture or ethnicity based on 12th century England (tightly or loosely), I'm not going to parse that culture down into rural, town, and noble English cultures. It'll be one culture (and language), with multiple backgrounds available to represent those differences. And if I include ASIs in the game, they would not be assigned by species or culture, but either be floating or be assigned by background.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dire Bare, post: 8065063, member: 18182"] Perhaps. But, 1) D&D isn't a perfect sim of reality, and when you parse things out into race/species, class, and background, it creates lines (or categories) that are a little more concrete than they would be in reality. 2) D&D isn't a historical game, it's a pseudo-historical game told from a modern mindset. I'd also bet that your farmer friends have more in common with their fellow Americans from a variety of backgrounds than they have differences. In game, if I have a culture or ethnicity based on 12th century England (tightly or loosely), I'm not going to parse that culture down into rural, town, and noble English cultures. It'll be one culture (and language), with multiple backgrounds available to represent those differences. And if I include ASIs in the game, they would not be assigned by species or culture, but either be floating or be assigned by background. [/QUOTE]

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