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<blockquote data-quote="DND_Reborn" data-source="post: 8090245" data-attributes="member: 6987520">To chime in on the small race / STR/ size issue:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A small race should be able to have a STR 20 for purposes of attacks, damage, skills, and saves... basically any place a die is or would be rolled because WotC defines a large part of STR (IMO) as application of power as well as degree of power.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The small race should not be equal to a medium race for purposes of encumbrance, etc. unless you have a justifiable reason for your game why that would happen. If your rock gnomes have muscles which are genetically difference in composition from other races, sure--don't give them a penalty. I know the designers left this stuff out because of the idea that small-sized plate armor would not weigh the same as medium-sized plate armor, etc., but it isn't that hard to adjust (if you want to).</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Likewise, grappling a creature of a difference size should be harder in both directions. Trying to catch a young child running around is not easy, nor would it be easy for that child to try to wrestle an adult to the ground. Neither feat is impossible, of course, just harder. So, we ignore the &quot;up to one size category larger&quot; (or whatever it is) when it comes to grappling etc.</li>
</ul>That's it I guess. Cheers. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="DND_Reborn, post: 8090245, member: 6987520"] To chime in on the small race / STR/ size issue: [LIST] [*]A small race should be able to have a STR 20 for purposes of attacks, damage, skills, and saves... basically any place a die is or would be rolled because WotC defines a large part of STR (IMO) as application of power as well as degree of power. [*]The small race should [I]not[/I] be equal to a medium race for purposes of encumbrance, etc. [I]unless[/I] you have a justifiable reason for your game why that would happen. If your rock gnomes have muscles which are genetically difference in composition from other races, sure--don't give them a penalty. I know the designers left this stuff out because of the idea that small-sized plate armor would not weigh the same as medium-sized plate armor, etc., but it isn't that hard to adjust (if you want to). [*]Likewise, grappling a creature of a difference size should be harder in both directions. Trying to catch a young child running around is not easy, nor would it be easy for that child to try to wrestle an adult to the ground. Neither feat is impossible, of course, just harder. So, we ignore the "up to one size category larger" (or whatever it is) when it comes to grappling etc. [/LIST] That's it I guess. Cheers. :) [/QUOTE]

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