D&D 5E Is Tasha's Broken?

[GMforPowergamers]

We aren't? I mean, yes, we are very clever animals, but hey, we are animals in case you didn't know.

And in a fight, a LOT Of humans will claw and bite.

yes that was the joke...I wish I could remember the system

 

[Maxperson]

and none of that matters when compairing any 2 members... not at all.

It's like saying "The avergae RPG player makes $75,000 a year" that doesn't help someone that make $20,000 a year.

Nobody is making the argument that there aren't members of a race that don't fit the average.

the twist is that averages matter

When talking about entire races, averages are all that matter.

only on average...and averages tell you nothing about indviduals

It tells you that those individuals had whatever benefits the race offers, but for whatever reason make buck the trend and be exceptionally high or low. All elves have +2 dex, some elves are exceptionally dexterous(20) or exceptionally clumsy5).

 

[GMforPowergamers]

There was no joke in post #643.

we have been asked to drop this please do

 

[GMforPowergamers]

Nobody is making the argument that there aren't members of a race that don't fit the average.

When talking about entire races, averages are all that matter.

It tells you that those individuals had whatever benefits the race offers, but for whatever reason make buck the trend and be exceptionally high or low. All elves have +2 dex, some elves are exceptionally dexterous(20) or exceptionally clumsy5).

red text asked us to stop... please do not respond to me post that red text

 

[James Gasik]

I can't remember now the system... but when me and the guys were trying a whole bunch of new ones I ran an adventure and it had a Rino in it with a bite attack... it made us all laugh. So I went to the main rule book and it listed all animals as having claw and bite attacks but some had OTHER natureal weapons...

so of course for the rest of that test campaign we all used our claws and bites since humans are animals...

It's like how wolves and dogs only have a bite attack. Yet I've had the sh-- scratched out of me by a dog, who supposedly lacks a claw attack.

All this shows is that the game designers are like "dogs tend to bite as their primary weapon" so didn't feel the need to stat up every possible way they could attack. A human can certainly bite someone, but we're not built to be as good at that sort of thing as a cat.

Apparently we're terrible at punching and kicking too, since we lack slam attacks...

 

[Maxperson]

we have been asked to drop this please do

We have been asked to drop the gender discussion, which I have. This is about your abuse of the laugh button. I'll drop it though, but just know that the next instance of it will be reported.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

We have been asked to drop the gender discussion, which I have. This is about your abuse of the laugh button. I'll drop it though, but just know that the next instance of it will be reported.

w hat will be reported?

this entire line about gender averaages has ask to be stopped... do not continue this

 

[Maxperson]

red text asked us to stop... please do not respond to me post that red text

I haven't. The post you just replied to me on had only racial bonuses, not gender. I'm no longer talking about gender like we were asked not to. Gender and race are completely different.

 

[Oofta]

It's like how wolves and dogs only have a bite attack. Yet I've had the sh-- scratched out of me by a dog, who supposedly lacks a claw attack.

All this shows is that the game designers are like "dogs tend to bite as their primary weapon" so didn't feel the need to stat up every possible way they could attack. A human can certainly bite someone, but we're not built to be as good at that sort of thing as a cat.

Apparently we're terrible at punching and kicking too, since we lack slam attacks...

 

[GMforPowergamers]

I haven't. The post you just replied to me on had only racial bonuses, not gender. I'm no longer talking about gender like we were asked not to. Gender and race are completely different.

average means nothing when comparing any individuals. just agree to disagree and knock it off