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hybrids as in H-elf and H-orc or the 'pick which of your parent’s species you actually are' hybrids?

Different species exist in the real world that can and do interbreed and produce fertile offspring, elves and orcs aren’t humans just because they can have kids with them.

I think it’s because there was some conversation in the franchise at some point not too long ago about how it’s weird that cultural traits exist in species templates, that you could have an elf who’s never seen another elf in their life, raised by dwarves and they’d still somehow speak fluent...

it wouldn't be, that was the joke.

i would take out bonus actions, and then i'd add a new action to the game called a 'lesser action' which is similar to a standard action but which only a certain set of abilities and spells can be used with it.

be that as it may, we can't ever let them hear us admiting in any circumstance that 'we need more elves', i don't know how many hundreds more elf species they would create as a result. ;)

be that as it may, i feel the absence of mechanical options is a greater loss to the game than what is gained by such adherence to real world physics and weaponry, especially given some of the hunks of metal other characters end up swinging about.

aren't spears one of the most useful weapons in history due to a combination of their ease of use and greater range?

is there any good reason social and exploration couldn't involve more rolls?

that's the same thing as +2 STR because all you've done is just rewritten the benefits of +2 STR (and martial weapon proficiency) out as an 'ability',

giants however, are not a player character species, their balance does not need to be tied to how players stats are scaled. this is partially what size is meant to impose but i don't especially care to make a halfling 'worse' at strength than a human so long as the orc is better than either of...

despite the improvements provided by weapon masteries i still think the '24 weapons table is quite lacking in areas, especially for simple weapons, how are daggers the only simple finesse weapon, why isn't there a simple reach weapon, or a heavy finesse weapon?

i was originally talking about modeling a regular rabbit too but i think i got wires crossed when you started talking about them being played in the game. but my reason for taking ASI off the table and leave them as part of stat generation is that having them tied to either species or...

If a bit of extra complexity is the cost for removing ASI then I’m willing to pay that price, as it has been shown over and over ASI are simply too important for character building, sure they’re simple but i think they’re too simple and have no nuance, the cost of that simplicity is...

Assuming this is a rabbit humanoid species and not just literally a real rabbit as a PC, no i would not want STR penalties to it, everybody can exist on the same 3-20 stat scale and nobody needs any additional species ASI modifiers as their traits should be doing all the work differentiating...

no, but IMO a rabbit is far far better modeled with +10ft speed, +bonus action dash, +50% jump distance, +advantage on perception checks that rely on hearing, +30ft tremmorsense and no species ASI than anything +2 DEX +1 WIS can provide, ASI aren't necessary to model how certain species are...

definitely, i want my species to feel distinct, i want them to have some set of traits that actually gives them a distinct feeling and playstyle that only they have, but Wizards is so afraid of making a species that's 'better' at any given role that all the current species end up as these...

actually isn't the 'small species with giant weapon' a significantly popular archetype? i feel we would've seen many more martial halflings if their small trait hadn't directly worked against those who wanted to build into strength, as all the best STR weapons were Heavy meaning they couldn't...

rather than ASI i feel like species strengths ought to be represented more by things like direct modifier traits, innate skill advantages or bonus dice, things that scale off or exist parallel to your stats rather than directly affecting them. powerful build makes goliaths 'stronger' but it...

i would say that there is a notable distinction and a viable argument to be made to separate those choices, yes the rules are not the world physics, but these rules are not ones designed to model the world, they are rules to create a character, a significantly different part of the play experience.