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Agreed. Basically there are four different discussions going on here which are being treated as one topic. Really it's a 2x2 matrix of...

I don't know that consistency is a goal here. I am not sure I care if someone else's take on lizardfolk matches mine, for instance...

I don’t disagree, but the vast majority of players/creators are not experts in fish (or insects, or birds). For good or bad, I would...

I agree, but that’s the issue, IMO. Making them act differently is left up to the player, which means that it will vary from group to...

Level Up doesn't do racial stats, and while each heritage has a couple of traits, they also each have a selection of traits they can...

In a game with a humorous tone this could be a special power-up for halflings. “Whot’s that, eh? Necromancer and his skeleton...

I mean, it's getting used in a lot of different ways here. FWIW, the real definition is about individuals, not populations. So...

I think different biology will affect behaviour. I think super long lives species will have different attitudes than shorter live ones...

So you're looking at this issue entirely from your personal table's perspective? Fair enough.

You are misreading me. The Legardarium is a subset of Tolkien’s work, consisting of those writings associated with the world of Arda as...

I hear you. Darmok and Jalad at Enworld.

"These ideas" from Micah refers to to the CHA penalty, as I read it. Dwarves had that back in AD&D 1e. At that point the Dwarf Sorcerer...

Dwarf sorcerers weren't a thing when these ideas were developed.

That implies that PCs are special and should be treated differently in the rules from other members of their species; in effect,it is a...

I do think far fewer actual players really care about the morality of racial ASIs in RPGs than the internet would have us believe.