Ian ElliottIn the 5e-adjacent version of Nextworld, I used feats to add things like tieflings and assimar (you are an ancestry modified by a "born," "legacy," or "touched" heritage). Currently seeing if I can make the same idea fit into SWADE'S Edges. #Nextworld #ttrpg #SavageWorlds #SWADE
A born heritage means the character is actually from that other realm (think eladrin in 5e), but the realms that have this option have their own version of the base ancestries, so you can be a fae elf, a fae dwarf, a fae ogre, etc.
A legacy heritage means the character has ancestry from that other realm. You get less benefits than the born heritage, but you also don't get the bane that comes with all born heritages. Born and Legacy heritages can only be taken at character creation and never changed.
A touched heritage means something happened to the character during life that imbued them with some part of that other realm. This is the weakest of the three but it has none of the drawbacks and can be taken or changed at any normal time to take or change edges.