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D&D 5E Race Class combo, together, defines a character ‘type’
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TwoSix
Dirty, realism-hating munchkin powergamer
As a power gamer, I'm offended by this poor attempt at power-gaming.
Yaarel
Hurra for syttende mai!
Personally, I have less interest in convoluted optimization.
I want straightforward mechanical manifestation of official flavor.
cbwjm
Seb-wejem
Honestly, I'm not really trying to make you satisfied with the High Elf mechanics. I'm more pointing out that I completely disagree with your belief that the high elf doesn't make for a great wizard. In my opinion it makes a great race for a wizard.
TwoSix
Dirty, realism-hating munchkin powergamer
Hussar
Legend
But, there is effectively NO DIFFERENCE between a +1 and a +2. None. None whatsoever. Your best stat at 1st level is 17. At least unless you're die rolling, and then all bets are off. But presuming point buy or standard array, you cannot EVER get higher than 17 at 1st level. And there is no difference between 16 and 17. And, again, no matter what, it will take 2 ASI's to hit 20. At best, the +2 Int race will get a half feat in lieu of other racial abilities.
There is just no difference here.
Yaarel
Hurra for syttende mai!
Sometimes, the cultures of a race can differ significantly, to the point that sharing the same base ability score interferes with its design. The PH formula for race design is too rigid. It imposes +2 base and +1 culture, as the only way to design a race. This unflavorful grid-filling symmetry seems a mistake.
The UA Gith race design tried to break away from it. It had +1 Intelligence for the base, and then assigned +2 Dexterity for the Githzerai culture and +2 Constitution for the Githyanki culture. For this particular instance, the Gith, I can live with it.
Race design benefits to be more free form. The artificial symmetry that forces all cultures to have exactly the same base seems a wrongminded approach.
Even the PH breaks out the +2 +1 design, at least a little bit, to assign Strength +2 and Constitution +2 to both the Mountain Dwarf culture and the Half-Orc hybrid, to buttress their race flavor as excelling as warriors, strong and tough. Probably, they should have gone the same route with the design for the High Elf and assign it Dexterity +2 and Intelligence +2 so it can excel at wizardry.
In any case, I hope future designs care more about mechanizing the official flavor of a race. More free form mechanics. Less flavorless grid-filling symmetry.
The UA Gith race design tried to break away from it. It had +1 Intelligence for the base, and then assigned +2 Dexterity for the Githzerai culture and +2 Constitution for the Githyanki culture. For this particular instance, the Gith, I can live with it.
Race design benefits to be more free form. The artificial symmetry that forces all cultures to have exactly the same base seems a wrongminded approach.
Even the PH breaks out the +2 +1 design, at least a little bit, to assign Strength +2 and Constitution +2 to both the Mountain Dwarf culture and the Half-Orc hybrid, to buttress their race flavor as excelling as warriors, strong and tough. Probably, they should have gone the same route with the design for the High Elf and assign it Dexterity +2 and Intelligence +2 so it can excel at wizardry.
In any case, I hope future designs care more about mechanizing the official flavor of a race. More free form mechanics. Less flavorless grid-filling symmetry.
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