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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 9332246" data-attributes="member: 29398">And it would be ridiculous - in a well-designed D&amp;D setting with decent rules.&nbsp; Not my fault 5e gives us neither; so I have my own setting.True; though the alignment is merely a tendency and the different statblock is to reflect actual measurable differences between the species.&nbsp; Humans speak many different laugnages; Elves a few.Nope.&nbsp; Not even all PCs are literate; except Mages, where it's automatic (otherwise how could they read their spellbooks).Nope.&nbsp; Most non-adventuring NPCs don't, and not all PCs do either, if the player chooses such or if the character only knows its native language (which can never be Common).Until recently I had a sailor character in my game, and his being a sailor came up constantly while the party was on the coast.&nbsp; A few sessions ago it was relevant whether the party had a leatherworker in its ranks (they didn't) to make little booties for their sled dogs.&nbsp; And so on.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 9332246, member: 29398"] And it would be ridiculous - in a well-designed D&D setting with decent rules. Not my fault 5e gives us neither; so I have my own setting. True; though the alignment is merely a tendency and the different statblock is to reflect actual measurable differences between the species. Humans speak many different laugnages; Elves a few. Nope. Not even all PCs are literate; except Mages, where it's automatic (otherwise how could they read their spellbooks). Nope. Most non-adventuring NPCs don't, and not all PCs do either, if the player chooses such or if the character only knows its native language (which can never be Common). Until recently I had a sailor character in my game, and his being a sailor came up constantly while the party was on the coast. A few sessions ago it was relevant whether the party had a leatherworker in its ranks (they didn't) to make little booties for their sled dogs. And so on. [/QUOTE]

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