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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CubicsRube" data-source="post: 8015101" data-attributes="member: 6848185">I've uploaded a first draft in the original post. Please excuse the rough formatting.I'm finding it difficult to get some of the stereotypes out of cultures, so I've moved away from a "Dwarvish Clanhold" or an "Elvish Grove" and instead made different cultural locations. In this I have provided usual inhabitants of these locations, but this can be up to the player and the GM to decide. For example, a Eyrie could consist largely of a group of Orc who have tired of war and petty squabbles and want to seek something better for themselves. A deep mountain holding could host a diverse cosmopolitan society.Secondly, I have moved ability score increases away from ancestry to class choice on the reasoning that training as a wizard would give you a boost to intelligence, a bard to charisma, etc.I have thirdly separated skill proficiency choices out of class (but not from background) to a free choice system. This may not please some people and is option.I've tried to keep many of the features as unchanged from the PHB as possible. However there have been a few instances where I have added or amended some items. Further work would be needed to balance out some of the features.In summary the draft as it stands has the following choices:<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Choose an ancestry - this gives physical features such as relentless endurance or poison resilience</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Choose your native language </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Choose the culture you grew up in - usually giving weapon/armour proficiencies, occasionally skill proficiencies, some magical abilities and other features that previously belonged to race</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Background - Same as PHB, background features expanded upon in some cases</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Proficiencies - 3 free skill choices - can be kept with class choice if preferred</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Ability scores - choose your preferred method</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Class - gives ability score increases in addition to normal class features</li> </ol></blockquote>

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