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Then it only sort of matters?

That we know of.

Happy to help.

If your group doesn't already know the default tropes and identities of a race, then there really isn't any need to portray them...

You can always elect to take a lower strength than the 8 if you really want to have a weaker character.

Yea. I've done that in the past when I've had a strong character vision. It would be nice if it arose a little more organically, but...

Yea, that tracks. In my own games, elves and dwarves are generally less common, but I do have rationales for that, and they are...

I don't even think people prefer 1 anymore. Kinda feeling that "modern" setting have no problem with tons of elves and dwarves and them...

It would also probably help if the character creation rules let you make a Small character with a more realistic Strength size. The...

Yeah but many post 1990s setting have elves and dwarves be very active. So there is a sense of dissonance.

For sure. I mean, I think it's pretty obvious these two ideas are in tension. 1) Elves and Dwarves live in the world with Humans...

That's dumb. Don't do that.

No idea. What defines D&D conventions (and D&D-like games) is transmitted by media exposure and cultural osmosis from various tables...

I've only played 1e and 2e; is keeping the core of the 3e engine a good thing or a bad thing, in your opinion?

No. But, to my mind, it's a natural outgrowth of PCs being "special backstory characters" and the fact that the PC building rules for...