This is what I've been contemplating in my nascent heartbreaker. Roll the ability score math into proficiency bonus, and have skills be background based.
An interesting thing about this thread is that it made me appreciate how good the changes to the Rock Gnome for the 2024 edition are. Now they are the iconic domestic fey; able to magically repair, clean and tidy up around the house.
High fantasy style middle-aged full-faced female wizard wearing cat-eye frame glasses, casting the lightning bolt spell, with dark grey wavy short dreadlock hair, an inverted diadem across her forehead, white and gold robes with a popped collar. She is of African American descent. Dungeon...