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<blockquote data-quote="(Psi)SeveredHead" data-source="post: 6182705" data-attributes="member: 1165">This is all true, but d20 is a granular system and doesn't deal well with such small things. I've literally never seen a d20 game that deals with the risks of heart attacks.And of course, ideology, aka don't offend anyone. It's too easy to do so, even if you're well-meaning, so the topic is best left alone.This was actually done in the FR, with regional human feats in FRCS. Humans from Lantan could take a feat that gave them cantrips, because it was a really &quot;magical&quot; area. Humans from certain areas could take a feat that gave resistance to disease (those areas had been hit by a plague), and maybe from one area could take a feat to give resistance to cold environmental conditions. (That's even weaker than resist cold 5 though, so I wonder if anyone ever took those feats.)Alternatively, D&amp;DN-style backgrounds could cover this sort of thing. A &quot;woodsman&quot; background doesn't sound very urban. A &quot;city rat&quot; background doesn't sound very rural. But most PCs are likely to take backgrounds like &quot;soldier&quot;, &quot;noble&quot; or &quot;scholar&quot; instead. These have their own implications. (Nobles are pretty much both urban and rural, having country estates and spending time in their local capital.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="(Psi)SeveredHead, post: 6182705, member: 1165"] This is all true, but d20 is a granular system and doesn't deal well with such small things. I've literally never seen a d20 game that deals with the risks of heart attacks. And of course, ideology, aka don't offend anyone. It's too easy to do so, even if you're well-meaning, so the topic is best left alone. This was actually done in the FR, with regional human feats in FRCS. Humans from Lantan could take a feat that gave them cantrips, because it was a really "magical" area. Humans from certain areas could take a feat that gave resistance to disease (those areas had been hit by a plague), and maybe from one area could take a feat to give resistance to cold environmental conditions. (That's even weaker than resist cold 5 though, so I wonder if anyone ever took those feats.) Alternatively, D&DN-style backgrounds could cover this sort of thing. A "woodsman" background doesn't sound very urban. A "city rat" background doesn't sound very rural. But most PCs are likely to take backgrounds like "soldier", "noble" or "scholar" instead. These have their own implications. (Nobles are pretty much both urban and rural, having country estates and spending time in their local capital.) [/QUOTE]

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