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<blockquote data-quote="CreamCloud0" data-source="post: 9096627" data-attributes="member: 7034710"><p>i don't deny these opinions will probably ruffle a few feathers but i'm giving them anyway</p><p>floating asi were never "<em>needed</em>" for you to make your perfect weird character, be that a 'gnome barbarian who did deadlifts every day of their life' or 'the absolutely weakest orc who ever became a wizard' (although i'm not denying floating is nice for ease of optimisation)</p><p>following on from that, fixed asi do make sense and i think they are important for emphasising the strengths and theme of a species, i acknowledge that +2 dex or cha isn't the cornerstone of flavour but it contributes by giving a foundation of 'this is what these guys are meant to be about' and mechanically setting a baseline of 'this species X is inherently biologically more capable of doing thing Y' we're not comparing the spanish with germans with english here these are whole different species built different from the ground up</p><p></p><p>alignment is a good and interesting tool actually if people would stop all projecting their own definitions of what each one means onto it or using overly simplistic interpretations (also people need to gain some objectivity in judging alignment because personal bias is one hell of a hand on the scales)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CreamCloud0, post: 9096627, member: 7034710"] i don't deny these opinions will probably ruffle a few feathers but i'm giving them anyway floating asi were never "[I]needed[/I]" for you to make your perfect weird character, be that a 'gnome barbarian who did deadlifts every day of their life' or 'the absolutely weakest orc who ever became a wizard' (although i'm not denying floating is nice for ease of optimisation) following on from that, fixed asi do make sense and i think they are important for emphasising the strengths and theme of a species, i acknowledge that +2 dex or cha isn't the cornerstone of flavour but it contributes by giving a foundation of 'this is what these guys are meant to be about' and mechanically setting a baseline of 'this species X is inherently biologically more capable of doing thing Y' we're not comparing the spanish with germans with english here these are whole different species built different from the ground up alignment is a good and interesting tool actually if people would stop all projecting their own definitions of what each one means onto it or using overly simplistic interpretations (also people need to gain some objectivity in judging alignment because personal bias is one hell of a hand on the scales) [/QUOTE]
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