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does anyone else think half-orcs get gypped?
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<blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 3247856" data-attributes="member: 2011"><p>Not really.</p><p></p><p>It means that 90% of the time, the saves will be the same. 10% of the time, the Dwarf will save versus a spell whereas another race would have failed the save. Affecting 10% of saves is more or less affecting one combat in ten (or less) since most combats do not have saves versus spells (or SLAs) and the ones that do, it is rarely more than two saves versus spells per PC (if a PC is making more than 2 saves per spell combat and not doing something about it, he's on the losing end anyway).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Basically, that matters little.</p><p></p><p>For NPCs, it doesn't matter too much if one has or does not have a magical item. If the DM wants the NPC to cast x level spells, he will either give him the stats or the magical items to get him there, or he will not.</p><p></p><p>For PCs, it is extremely rare that a PC will not have a stat boosting item. Hence, nearly all 17th level PC casters will have a 19 stat one way or the other if the player wants that to happen. The game really is designed for PCs to have stat boosting items, especially for their primary stats.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KarinsDad, post: 3247856, member: 2011"] Not really. It means that 90% of the time, the saves will be the same. 10% of the time, the Dwarf will save versus a spell whereas another race would have failed the save. Affecting 10% of saves is more or less affecting one combat in ten (or less) since most combats do not have saves versus spells (or SLAs) and the ones that do, it is rarely more than two saves versus spells per PC (if a PC is making more than 2 saves per spell combat and not doing something about it, he's on the losing end anyway). Basically, that matters little. For NPCs, it doesn't matter too much if one has or does not have a magical item. If the DM wants the NPC to cast x level spells, he will either give him the stats or the magical items to get him there, or he will not. For PCs, it is extremely rare that a PC will not have a stat boosting item. Hence, nearly all 17th level PC casters will have a 19 stat one way or the other if the player wants that to happen. The game really is designed for PCs to have stat boosting items, especially for their primary stats. [/QUOTE]
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