Timeline for How can I trade the ability to speak for a bonus to sleight of hand, for a character inspired by Teller?

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May 10, 2016 at 15:15	comment	added	user28753		Re-fluff is implied in renaming. The book specifically uses the example of using licence to rename as a way to have a weapon not listed in the book, by using the stats of an existing weapon under a different name. Obviously, that would only work if the fluff for the weapon goes with that. Not that it matters. Saying that Pathetic is not stated to represent a disability, or being "re-fluffed", is frankly ridiculous. The entire point I was making is that Pathetic is a flaw without fluff. It is a generic flaw for any reason one of your ability scores might be reduced.
May 10, 2016 at 8:52	comment	added	BESW		This answer would probably fit the question better, in terms of the asker's request for rules-focused solutions, if it drew on the UA guidelines for creating new flaws rather than conflating license to re-name with license to re-fluff (not that re-fluffing isn't fine and dandy on its own, but it's clearly not what the asker is looking for in this context or they'd do it on their own and not be asking the question).
May 10, 2016 at 8:29	comment	added	Ceribia		I'm downvoting this because there is nothing in Unearthed Arcana that suggests that the Pathetic flaw is supposed to represent a disability and so nothing that ties it to being mute. It's an interesting fluff idea but I'm looking for a RAW answer to this question.
May 10, 2016 at 8:06	history	answered	user28753	CC BY-SA 3.0