I don't know if this was ever discussed before, but I thought it might be worth throwing out for comments.

I know I've often run into frustration at race/class/alignment combinations and had thought, "Wouldn't it be interesting if the immortals held a pre-creation role contest for illegal combinations."

I imagined possible pre-requisite options for entrance:

-Would have needed to play at least one memorable hero character
-Would have needed to play at least one memorable cabal character
-Would have needed to play at least one memorable Tattoo'd character

Any one, or even others, for reference and the role written would reflect strictly pre-academy, though after such could be notes about possible plans. Maybe they would need to decide on a sphere, cabal and/or immortal ahead of time.

The winner(s) could play the not-normally allowed combination described. For example: Felar Paladin, an Elven Assassin, a True Neutral Dark-Elf Druid, etc.

The people who have somehow broken out into a not-normally allowed combination did more than write a backstory. They roleplayed their asses of and after many, many, many hours of consistent roleplay and contribution via their character got rewarded.