Vaalingrade
Legend
And that increased strength can come from something other than ASIs.Except it doesn't have to be either/or. You can have a minotaur with horns, a charge attack, and increased strength. You can have elves that have magic affinity and a bonus to dexterity. And so on. Adding more points of distinction seems better to me than replacing one with another.
My minotaurs get increased carrying, a power that lets them re-roll strength checks to lift or break objects, and the ability to wield weapons as if they were one handedness smaller.
But in my game, you place your +2 wherever, so the minotaur isn't yoked to martial classes if they want to be competent and NONE of my races get into the skeeviness of being racially more intelligent.
More points of disctinction are great. Species ASIS are garbage.