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<blockquote data-quote="buzz" data-source="post: 1067703" data-attributes="member: 6777">Well, you could use the race creation guidelines in the DMG and technically classify your PC as the race &quot;One-legged Human.&quot; Said race would have the drawbacks of missing a leg, such as not being able to move faster than a hustle, a stiff penalty on skills like Balance, etc. Then, you simply compensate them for it somehow using ability score adjustments or some other type of race-approved bennie.Which still begs the question of why the PC should have an advantage in X for having a disadvantage in Y. Not to mention the fact that they'll probably have access to magic that can restore their leg in a few levels anyway.IMHO, a reasonable XP bonus seems like the best way to handle flaws.As for your rich princess, go ahead and make her rich. The DM then just needs to compensate by having your group face more powerful opponents (to counter all of the expensive gear you'll have access to because of her wealth). Or force the PC to take levels of aristocrat, which is weaker than the average PC class; sort of balances out... kinda. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="buzz, post: 1067703, member: 6777"] Well, you could use the race creation guidelines in the DMG and technically classify your PC as the race "One-legged Human." Said race would have the drawbacks of missing a leg, such as not being able to move faster than a hustle, a stiff penalty on skills like Balance, etc. Then, you simply compensate them for it somehow using ability score adjustments or some other type of race-approved bennie. Which still begs the question of why the PC should have an advantage in X for having a disadvantage in Y. Not to mention the fact that they'll probably have access to magic that can restore their leg in a few levels anyway. IMHO, a reasonable XP bonus seems like the best way to handle flaws. As for your rich princess, go ahead and make her rich. The DM then just needs to compensate by having your group face more powerful opponents (to counter all of the expensive gear you'll have access to because of her wealth). Or force the PC to take levels of aristocrat, which is weaker than the average PC class; sort of balances out... kinda. :) [/QUOTE]

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