Faolyn
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And here you ignore everything else I wrote. Please go back and answer those questions.I dont care if you optimize, take that up with the other guy.
And here you ignore everything else I wrote. Please go back and answer those questions.I dont care if you optimize, take that up with the other guy.
How is it more the same to have people put their ASI where they want, but less the same to have people make the same race/class combos based on where the racial ASI is?See, but your initial premise is fundamentally flawed. This is not true.
What puzzle? There's only a puzzle if you think you "win" by having the best race/class combo. But D&D isn't a game you play to win.As I think on it now, I also get less joy out of it, because I dont want to build the puzzle, I want to solve it, so I pay others to build the puzzle. If that makes sense.
I mean having published rules by definition places limitations to those why follow them. Why do you want everyone to follow a limitation of halflings not having breath weapons?If you want limitations, that's fine. What's not fine is saying (1) that everyone has to have limitations because you like them, and
Powergamer is indeed a bit too strong, but the general complaint of not being able to start with 16 certainly is mainly about character power.(2) that the only reason I don't want them is because I'm some sort of powergamer who only cares about high stats.
Plus, why are you ignoring the other five stats, the racial traits, the character's personality and background, and the way the player's plays them?
Because I want more layers. More = good.So why is that bad?
"Do I take this race for the ASI, or this race for the special rules."What tension?
Not everyone. Flawed premise.As opposed to the way that it currently is, where everyone will be putting their highest roll in their main stat anyway. With fixed ASIs, everybody is going to have either a 15 or a 17. That's not actually interesting or balancing.
Not sure what you mean. The standard array and ASI would be different for all of those.And again, why are orc fighters, tiefling warlocks, and halfling rogues not "same, same, same, same
It's always been more than ASI.Because now you have to look at the traits and culture and think about something other than just the ASIs?
Why are you telling people how to play?What puzzle? There's only a puzzle if you think you "win" by having the best race/class combo. But D&D isn't a game you play to win.
I've already answered this several times.I mean having published rules by definition places limitations to those why follow them. Why do you want everyone to follow a limitation of halflings not having breath weapons?
And again, that is not the general complaint. Is it really so hard to imagine that people would want to raise other stats? Like not have an 8 in something?Powergamer is indeed a bit too strong, but the general complaint of not being able to start with 16 certainly is mainly about character power.
You have written words, but you haven't actually answered it in coherent manner.I've already answered this several times.
Why can't you handle variable ASI versions of races in the same way then? Why you need floating ASIs?But if you want to play a halfling with a breath weapon, write up a race statblock and let's see it.
It absolutely is. It may not be your complaint, but that's the prevailing and most common complaint about fixed ASIs.And again, that is not the general complaint. Is it really so hard to imagine that people would want to raise other stats? Like not have an 8 in something?
So instead you get "do I take this race for the special rules, or this race because I think they're cool.""Do I take this race for the ASI, or this race for the special rules."
So then you admit it's a flawed premise to assume that people who want a floating ASI will always put it in their class' main stat, yes?Not everyone. Flawed premise.
You're saying it's bad (or unfun, or illogical, whatever) to have orcs, gnomes, elves, tieflings as warlocks all with Cha 17, because that's all the same. Even though every other aspect of their sheets will likely be very, very different.Not sure what you mean. The standard array and ASI would be different for all of those.