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<blockquote data-quote="TheSword" data-source="post: 8063022" data-attributes="member: 6879661">Corporal Carrot Ironfoundersson. His given name was because of his stature... 6’6” tall and broader across the shoulders than the waist.His dwarfish name is Kzad-bhat, which, roughly translated, means &quot;Head Banger&quot;. This is because he used to work in his adopted father's mine before his career in the City Watch, and as the dwarfs thought five foot a good roofheight in the mines he often banged his head.He’s the best example I can think of a person being raised in a different community to the extent that one would actually adopt that race’s traits.GM fiat works for customized backgrounds. I find it odd when we look for rules to force a DM to accept something that they wouldn’t otherwise do.If giving an elf who was raised among dwarves, Stonecunning and dwarven weapon and tool proficiency instead of an equivalent elf trait, is something that wouldn’t be agreed to normally. Why would you want to force the DM to accept it by adding a complicated points system that seems a gift to optimisers rather than improving the way the game is played?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TheSword, post: 8063022, member: 6879661"] Corporal Carrot Ironfoundersson. His given name was because of his stature... 6’6” tall and broader across the shoulders than the waist. His dwarfish name is [I]Kzad-bhat[/I], which, roughly translated, means "Head Banger". This is because he used to work in his adopted father's mine before his career in the City Watch, and as the dwarfs thought five foot a good roofheight in the mines he often banged his head. He’s the best example I can think of a person being raised in a different community to the extent that one would actually adopt that race’s traits. GM fiat works for customized backgrounds. I find it odd when we look for rules to force a DM to accept something that they wouldn’t otherwise do. If giving an elf who was raised among dwarves, Stonecunning and dwarven weapon and tool proficiency instead of an equivalent elf trait, is something that wouldn’t be agreed to normally. Why would you want to force the DM to accept it by adding a complicated points system that seems a gift to optimisers rather than improving the way the game is played? [/QUOTE]

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