Could be one that a player requested or that you personally house ruled, as long is it’s controversial. GO!
Pf1. Not sure if relevant to question. Regarding choosing background
A player requested to get a whole npc class level as “lvl 0” instead of background. We tried it out with the whole group (choose a Npc class, get everything then get an ordinary class as lvl 1. Dont count the npc level when calculating ECL, effective character level.)
Went super well, the group feels more heroic in the lower levels and its not super relevant at lvl 7+. Would do again
that’s pretty interesting. players need more hit points and skill ranks so not a bad idea
I like to think my rules aren’t sketchy, but the closest would be for character building my rules for uncommon and rare options are “tell me a story i can’t say no to”
For uncommon options I’m pretty willing to take anything as long as it’s not just an obvious power grab. For rare stuff i look more to see how much thought they’ve put into it and if it would negatively affect the rest of the party.
End result: I’ve had some pretty freak tables and others where everyone sticks to core ancestries.
The old “rule of cool”. Highly respectable

