I got tired of the endless simpering my players were making about this particular subject once and just had them play anycombo they wanted with 18s in all stats. You'd be surprised how creative people get when they have demi god stats. I particularly liked the goblin bard.
In our newest campaign we're going for a "monster party". Kobolds :D, goblins, minotaurs, bugbears....anything thats monstery. My question is with the bugbears ability to use a weapon larger than itself does that allow them to duel wield two handed weapons?
Thanks alot that makes sense. I was mostly thinking about the difference in xp and gold. The modules I have list xp for enemies and treasure. They also don't really detail the lvl of the magic items.