>>3838964
>But beards are a must have, so that the drunken barbarian doesn't look like he shaves every morning
Why? He keeps his sword sharp enough to shave with a whetstone every morning. Debearding is the test and a ritual. Oh, your barbarian doesn't maintain his weaponry? Bad character.
>I don't care if the game has beard mechanics or branching paths for beard havers
Therefore it doesn't matter to the game. It's fluff, unimportant, irrelevant, you can LARP as anything you want, create any background, without any optional face sliders. But these are video games.