Shrapp Hamnier
Explorer
I am trying to compile a list of races that are a bit underpowered, and ways to make them more appealing from a mechanical perspective. I tend to play with and DM for players who look at their race and say "why would I choose this one?" Many of them would like to play them for roleplay, but the mechanics of some races are just vastly inferior to say the free feat of humans.
To start the list I guess, I have never seen a dwarf player in my games. They have tons of little things, but what I notice most people get held up with is that the weapon proficiencies are wasted (either the class also gives proficiency to those or another prefered weapon, or it is a class like a spellcaster where you typically don't care about those proficiencies).
My suggestion to modify dwarf is a simple one. If the class and race proficiencies overlap, they get to chose two of those to gain expertise with. In addition, the racial proficient weapons may be used as a spellcasting focus.
I would love your ideas on what races have issues and/or ideas on how to improve them!
To start the list I guess, I have never seen a dwarf player in my games. They have tons of little things, but what I notice most people get held up with is that the weapon proficiencies are wasted (either the class also gives proficiency to those or another prefered weapon, or it is a class like a spellcaster where you typically don't care about those proficiencies).
My suggestion to modify dwarf is a simple one. If the class and race proficiencies overlap, they get to chose two of those to gain expertise with. In addition, the racial proficient weapons may be used as a spellcasting focus.
I would love your ideas on what races have issues and/or ideas on how to improve them!