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<blockquote data-quote="Verision" data-source="post: 4369117" data-attributes="member: 72236"><p><strong>My own personal crusade</strong></p><p></p><p>I know I'm going to get booed off stage for this one, but I must say it. I <strong>REALLY</strong> don't think you should give homebrew races natural attacks (or proficiency bonuses to unarmed attacks) <strong>at least</strong> not in the base abilities of the race. Doing so with feats is probably more acceptable, but the simple fact that <strong>no official PC playable race has a natural attack </strong>says to me that it shouldn't be done. </p><p> </p><p>Maybe you think I'm crazy. Maybe you think a Natural Attack isn't that powerful and can't be that much of a big deal. Maybe you think the race can't get by without it. Maybe you think it'll "warp the suspension of disbelief" if the race can't use what is "obviously" a natural weapon. I don't know. </p><p> </p><p>My point though is this: Almost every Monstrous race in 3.x had a natural attack and almost every homebrewed race I see for 4e has a natural attack. But the Minotaur in 4e doesn't have a natural attack and the 3.x version did. If the Minotaur doesn't get a natural attack, then no race should.</p><p> </p><p>Having said all this, you can obviously do whatever you want with your own personal homebrew. But that doesn't make it 4e legal.</p><p> </p><p>This is my personal crusade; I will not give up. Natrual Attacks and Natural Armour don't exist in 4e.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Verision, post: 4369117, member: 72236"] [b]My own personal crusade[/b] I know I'm going to get booed off stage for this one, but I must say it. I [B]REALLY[/B] don't think you should give homebrew races natural attacks (or proficiency bonuses to unarmed attacks) [B]at least[/B] not in the base abilities of the race. Doing so with feats is probably more acceptable, but the simple fact that [B]no official PC playable race has a natural attack [/B]says to me that it shouldn't be done. Maybe you think I'm crazy. Maybe you think a Natural Attack isn't that powerful and can't be that much of a big deal. Maybe you think the race can't get by without it. Maybe you think it'll "warp the suspension of disbelief" if the race can't use what is "obviously" a natural weapon. I don't know. My point though is this: Almost every Monstrous race in 3.x had a natural attack and almost every homebrewed race I see for 4e has a natural attack. But the Minotaur in 4e doesn't have a natural attack and the 3.x version did. If the Minotaur doesn't get a natural attack, then no race should. Having said all this, you can obviously do whatever you want with your own personal homebrew. But that doesn't make it 4e legal. This is my personal crusade; I will not give up. Natrual Attacks and Natural Armour don't exist in 4e. [/QUOTE]
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