Thinking back on my own gaming history, I’ve only played 2 PCs with “classic” disabilities. One was a blind martial arts master in a “heroic” level HERO campaign, the other was a multiclassed spellcaster in 3.X who was mute.
While each was arguably “superior” to a normal RW human or a comparable NPC, relative to other PCs, they were definitely paying a higher mechanical cost to be similarly competent. In each case, neither PC would be quite as powerful or flexible as their party mates that lacked similar strictures.
While each was arguably “superior” to a normal RW human or a comparable NPC, relative to other PCs, they were definitely paying a higher mechanical cost to be similarly competent. In each case, neither PC would be quite as powerful or flexible as their party mates that lacked similar strictures.