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<blockquote data-quote="Azzy" data-source="post: 8090458" data-attributes="member: 6563">Sure, or not having 1st-level ASIs (race or not) at all.In my opinion? No, I don't see any race/class combination that are significantly suboptiomal (though I haven't played all of the races or classes, much less every combination thereof), but I can see where static racial ASIs will funnel some people to play certain combinations and avoid others (even if the numbers aren't drastic). How humans tend to view numbers subconsciously is definitely part of this (<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/02/professional-help-5-ways-youre-influenced-by-numbers-psychology/251906/" target="_blank">here's a neat article related to this</a>). That's why many of us will choose a weapon (if available) that does 1d8 damage over one that does 1d6 damage, even though 1d8 is only doing 1 more point of damage than 1d6 on average, or 2 points more at max (4 more on a maximum crit) which isn't really significant except at maybe the lowest levels.Right, or in 3e where some feats and other choices were designed to be less optimal to &quot;reward system mastery&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Azzy, post: 8090458, member: 6563"] Sure, or not having 1st-level ASIs (race or not) at all. In my opinion? No, I don't see any race/class combination that are significantly suboptiomal (though I haven't played all of the races or classes, much less every combination thereof), but I can see where static racial ASIs will funnel some people to play certain combinations and avoid others (even if the numbers aren't drastic). How humans tend to view numbers subconsciously is definitely part of this ([URL='https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/02/professional-help-5-ways-youre-influenced-by-numbers-psychology/251906/']here's a neat article related to this[/URL]). That's why many of us will choose a weapon (if available) that does 1d8 damage over one that does 1d6 damage, even though 1d8 is only doing 1 more point of damage than 1d6 on average, or 2 points more at max (4 more on a maximum crit) which isn't really significant except at maybe the lowest levels. Right, or in 3e where some feats and other choices were designed to be less optimal to "reward system mastery". [/QUOTE]

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