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<blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 7702132" data-attributes="member: 6801228"><p>So... is the current argument that at High levels the extra damage isn't comparable to high level spells so its okay?</p><p></p><p>Here's my rather simple and perhaps too simple comparison.</p><p></p><p>Dwarf and Half-orc are supposedly balanced options for melee. They get relatively minor combat bonuses (mostly the orcs crit and drop to 1 instead of 0) while dwarf gets... poison resistance I guess? </p><p></p><p>Chose Fighter or barbarian, it doesn't matter. Take goliath and Firbolg and replace powerful build and maybe 1 other ribbon with you are large and can use large weapons. They wade into combat.</p><p></p><p>longsword: Dwarf/Orc 1d8+mod LArge creature: 2d8+mod</p><p></p><p>Greataxe: Dwarf/Orc 1d12+mod Large Creature: 2d12+mod</p><p></p><p>Greatswrod: Dwarf/Orc 2d6+mod LArge Creature: 4d6+mod</p><p></p><p>Just eyeballing it, Large creatures essentially hit with a standard double dice critical hit on every single attack. </p><p></p><p>Essentially you are left with the PHB drow problem. You have to give a penalty that is so harsh, most people aren't going to want to play the race, because otherwise they are clearly better at combat than the other options.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chaosmancer, post: 7702132, member: 6801228"] So... is the current argument that at High levels the extra damage isn't comparable to high level spells so its okay? Here's my rather simple and perhaps too simple comparison. Dwarf and Half-orc are supposedly balanced options for melee. They get relatively minor combat bonuses (mostly the orcs crit and drop to 1 instead of 0) while dwarf gets... poison resistance I guess? Chose Fighter or barbarian, it doesn't matter. Take goliath and Firbolg and replace powerful build and maybe 1 other ribbon with you are large and can use large weapons. They wade into combat. longsword: Dwarf/Orc 1d8+mod LArge creature: 2d8+mod Greataxe: Dwarf/Orc 1d12+mod Large Creature: 2d12+mod Greatswrod: Dwarf/Orc 2d6+mod LArge Creature: 4d6+mod Just eyeballing it, Large creatures essentially hit with a standard double dice critical hit on every single attack. Essentially you are left with the PHB drow problem. You have to give a penalty that is so harsh, most people aren't going to want to play the race, because otherwise they are clearly better at combat than the other options. [/QUOTE]
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