Cultures MOC

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Use this MOC to track customs, class markers, social norms, languages, taboos, and material culture.

Cultural Norms

• People are nocturnal.
• Going out during the daytime is dangerous and associated with disappearances.
• Wood, dirt, plants, trees, and woodland creatures are signs of wealth.
• Wealthy gold is engraved, carved, and filigreed.
• Poor gold is often lumpy and poorly shaped.
• Lavish dishes may include meats from woodland creatures.

Dragoncrest Culture

• The wealthy district displays plants openly as status symbols.
• Visitors to the maintained forest section are recorded and registered.
• Access to wood appears economically and socially significant.

Peoples and Ancestries Seen

• dragonborn - race of legend
• Kenku - Nelly
• Half-orc - Rowan I
• Orc - Mark
• Eladrin - Lio
• Halfling - Mattalic Longlisten

Cultural Questions

• Who is allowed to own plants, dirt, or wood?
• What laws govern forest access?
• How do people structure daily life around nocturnal schedules?
• Why are weapons rare in a magic-common society?

Maintenance

• Track customs only after they affect choices, status, access, conflict, or clues.