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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 8090645" data-attributes="member: 22779">Because you are adding options for players that like them and allowing more concepts.&nbsp; Broadening the game without increasing the power levels of the PC's.&nbsp; Win Win.IOW, now I can play a barbarian elf, if that's the concept I want to go for, without having to fight against the restrictions of what some game designer thinks an elf should look like.&nbsp; Maybe, for some reason, my elf is honkingly muscular with some serious anger management issues.&nbsp; Sure, unusual for an elf, but, meh, so what?&nbsp; Any PC I play is likely going to be different than the baseline anyway.&nbsp; Certainly by any significant level my character is going to be FAR different than the baseline of his or her race.&nbsp; By 12th level, most PC's are going to be 18 or 20 in their main stat.&nbsp; That's not unreasonable is it?&nbsp; Which means, that most 12th level PC's are basically godlike compared to the baselines of their respective races.&nbsp; They are stronger/smarter/wiser/faster/whatever than EVERYONE around them.&nbsp; They are unmatched by any standard member of their race.So, since I'm going to reach that point anyway, does it really matter when I reach that point?Why are you so set on allowing game designers to tell you what your character should look like?&nbsp; The game designers decided the stat bonuses for various races based on their views of that race.&nbsp; Why should I be forced to play a stereotypical member of a given race simply because the game designers thought that elves should be dexterous or dwarves should have higher Con's?&nbsp; That's why.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 8090645, member: 22779"] Because you are adding options for players that like them and allowing more concepts. Broadening the game without increasing the power levels of the PC's. Win Win. IOW, now I can play a barbarian elf, if that's the concept I want to go for, without having to fight against the restrictions of what some game designer thinks an elf should look like. Maybe, for some reason, my elf is honkingly muscular with some serious anger management issues. Sure, unusual for an elf, but, meh, so what? Any PC I play is likely going to be different than the baseline anyway. Certainly by any significant level my character is going to be FAR different than the baseline of his or her race. By 12th level, most PC's are going to be 18 or 20 in their main stat. That's not unreasonable is it? Which means, that most 12th level PC's are basically godlike compared to the baselines of their respective races. They are stronger/smarter/wiser/faster/whatever than EVERYONE around them. They are unmatched by any standard member of their race. So, since I'm going to reach that point anyway, does it really matter when I reach that point? Why are you so set on allowing game designers to tell you what your character should look like? The game designers decided the stat bonuses for various races based on their views of that race. Why should I be forced to play a stereotypical member of a given race simply because the game designers thought that elves should be dexterous or dwarves should have higher Con's? That's why. [/QUOTE]

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