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<blockquote data-quote="TheCosmicKid" data-source="post: 8063815" data-attributes="member: 6683613">What would culture do mechanically?Say you're in a medieval-history-based campaign and your party has a human noble fighter of the Frankish culture and a human noble fighter of the Kurdish culture. These two characters, if the players know what they're doing, are going to feel very different. But how exactly does the cultural difference show up in the crunch? Their species obviously defines their broad physical capabilities. Their background defines the skills and knowledge they've gained. Their class makes them good at fighting. But their cultures, it seems to me, don't do anything like that. The only obvious thing I can think of that they affect on the character sheets is language proficiency.Yes, in a fantasy setting, one can -- and many do -- say things like &quot;the elves of the Forest Conclave all learn the art of archery&quot;. But real cultures seem rarely to be like that, and even in fantasy, probably not all cultures are like that. If you make culture a discrete character build option, though, you've got to give every culture something. So what would you give an elf who's from a culture that isn't as, um, focused as the Forest Conclave?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TheCosmicKid, post: 8063815, member: 6683613"] What would culture do mechanically? Say you're in a medieval-history-based campaign and your party has a human noble fighter of the Frankish culture and a human noble fighter of the Kurdish culture. These two characters, if the players know what they're doing, are going to feel very different. But how exactly does the cultural difference show up in the crunch? Their species obviously defines their broad physical capabilities. Their background defines the skills and knowledge they've gained. Their class makes them good at fighting. But their cultures, it seems to me, don't do anything like that. The only obvious thing I can think of that they affect on the character sheets is language proficiency. Yes, in a fantasy setting, one can -- and many do -- say things like "the elves of the Forest Conclave all learn the art of archery". But real cultures seem rarely to be like that, and even in fantasy, probably not [I]all[/I] cultures are like that. If you make culture a discrete character build option, though, you've got to give every culture something. So what would you give an elf who's from a culture that isn't as, um, [I]focused[/I] as the Forest Conclave? [/QUOTE]

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