According to this, "Racial and cultural items like "an elven-crafted shield" or "a Mhoragian satchel" are fine, since different races and cultures would reasonably have recognizable styles or techniques."
I've had two different merchants back in 2020 deny a request to alter a weapon of mine to have T'Kirem in the short description. Both of them were concerned that they don't know what a T'Kirem style would look like. I did suggest that since they're known as the bear clan, it can have a bear on it. I showed them both the ALTER 21 policy but they still said they didn't want to risk it. One of them said they would submit T'Kirem to QC and that maybe in the future if I get another GALD opportunity I try it then.
I understand the merchant has the final word on if they want to do an alter or not. And I respect if they want to make sure they aren't breaking any rules.
All I want is to know if we can be assured that all racial and cultural items will be acceptable across the board - a Lassaran hat or half-krolvin boots for example.
In all fairness, I will say that if there's any race that probably sounds funny as an alter, it would be something like human trousers. But it does raise the question, according to ALTER 21, are human alters allowed?
^Conrash, dwarven cleric of Icemule and follower of Oleani
