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So looking for a consensus from fellow content authors. When creating specific Racial Properties that essentially are a Hindrance, do you just create a stand-alone Racial Property or actually bootstrap the Hindrance in as well.
An example would be Outsider, many races seem to have a version of this. So do you? Quote:
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For me, if there's an Hindrance (or an Edge) already then I will bootstrap it. At least I've tried to be consistent with it, but like you I can't say I always have been.
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It's been so very long since I've even done a data file (despite having done a bunch of them) that I really don't remember what I did. I THINK if there was an available hindrance I'd probably bootstrap that if I could, otherwise I'd build it out standalone. In practice I wouldn't be surprise if I did more of them standalone, though, because I think bootstrapping things was sometimes harder to do in older versions of the ruleset we had. I really can't remember for sure, though.
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For me, it depends on if there are any special properties to this version of the Hindrance. Outsider is a good example. Some versions have specific text that it is good to include. It also depends on if the Hindrance has a bunch of background code I would have to duplicate if I didn't bootstrap. But I try to bootstrap whenever I can, just so there aren't multiple versions I have to keep track of.
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