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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dirge" data-source="post: 5935403" data-attributes="member: 27345">Giving Humans a +1 to everything and an additional +1 to one ability is way too much (if the other races are just getting a +1 to one ability score). If you want to represent Humans as generally good at anything/everything, then you can give them the +1 to all abilities but not the additional +1 to one ability (and this only works if you give non-humans a +2 or higher bonus to whatever ability is that race's specialty)...The strongest Half-Orc should be stronger than the strongest Human, the most dextrous Elf should be more agile than the most dextrous Human, etc.Humans are the baseline by which all other races are compared...That Half-Orc is strong compared to a Human, but weak compared to a full on Orc...If you set the baseline to where Humans are equally good or better than every other race at that race's own defining ability, then you are just setting up Humans as a master race who are not only generally better all around than other more specialized races, but also specifically better at those specialized races' specialties...To paraphrase an old wartime Donald Duck cartoon:Ven der Führer says:"Ve ist der Master race,"Ve Heil!...Heil!...Right in der Führer's face!Iss ve not der Supermen?Aryan-pure Supermen?Ja! Ve iss der Supermen!Super-duper Supermen!Iss this not wunderbar?</blockquote>