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<blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 8695542" data-attributes="member: 6801228">Would you say there are some differences between a woman from France and a Woman from Vietnam? Sure, the individual matters for the immediate story, but the context that individual comes from informs what that story is. I have a player currently playing a Kobold who went and demanded of his Dragon Mistress that he be given command of half the tribe and be recognized as her equal, because he's that awesome. He fled for his life (Yes, obviously he should have died but &quot;my character died in my backstory&quot; doesn't work for 99% of backstory concepts) and is set on revenge against her. This story doesn't work nearly as well without the context that Kobolds are seen as disposable minions and servants by dragons.So, &quot;where do goliaths come from and what do they believe&quot; helps inform what that family is doing and if they are traditional or not. It helps inform whether or not that Coffee trader is bizarrely out of place, or perfectly normal. If Goliaths don't believe in money, then a Goliath who is a trader may not accept coin, or maybe they do and that is strange and leads to questions.The same thing could happen if you run into an elf with a massive, full beard. Most people are going to pause and go &quot;wait... what?&quot; because elves are almost always clean-shaven. It is a very easy way to signal &quot;something is strange here&quot; by knowing that the individual is going against the common path.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chaosmancer, post: 8695542, member: 6801228"] Would you say there are some differences between a woman from France and a Woman from Vietnam? Sure, the individual matters for the immediate story, but the context that individual comes from informs what that story is. I have a player currently playing a Kobold who went and demanded of his Dragon Mistress that he be given command of half the tribe and be recognized as her equal, because he's that awesome. He fled for his life (Yes, obviously he should have died but "my character died in my backstory" doesn't work for 99% of backstory concepts) and is set on revenge against her. This story doesn't work nearly as well without the context that Kobolds are seen as disposable minions and servants by dragons. So, "where do goliaths come from and what do they believe" helps inform what that family is doing and if they are traditional or not. It helps inform whether or not that Coffee trader is bizarrely out of place, or perfectly normal. If Goliaths don't believe in money, then a Goliath who is a trader may not accept coin, or maybe they do and that is strange and leads to questions. The same thing could happen if you run into an elf with a massive, full beard. Most people are going to pause and go "wait... what?" because elves are almost always clean-shaven. It is a very easy way to signal "something is strange here" by knowing that the individual is going against the common path. [/QUOTE]

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