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<blockquote data-quote="DND_Reborn" data-source="post: 8090873" data-attributes="member: 6987520"><p>Agreed. But I think most of us know changing racial ASIs to floating ASIs is nothing new. Maybe I am wrong? Heck, my group even did it for about a year.</p><p></p><p>Now, if WotC comes out with a series of variant racial traits that can be used to replace the racial ASIs, at least that would have given us new options.</p><p></p><p>I think all the other racial traits help reflect what makes the races different to the point that racial ASIs are not really needed at all. But, then some people will complain "I can't start with a 16 or 17 at level 1"--to which I say then roll scores if you don't like the idea of having a 15 cap using point-buy or the standard array. <em>OR</em> just bump them as numerous people have already suggested over and over.</p><p></p><p>Another options (which is widely used as I understand it) is to award a feat at level 1 for <em>all races</em> and then remove the racial ASIs. We award a feat at level 1, and variant human actually gets 2 feats! (I must admit with that temptation we rarely see humans still... which does surprise me some.)</p><p></p><p>One more option would have been to say "hey, we are reducing all +2 ASIs to +1 ASIs and giving you a +1 floater to put where you want, we are also making the other +1 a floater." So, a High Elf would have a mandatory DEX +1 to satisfy the players who want <em>something</em> tied down, and you have two +1 floaters which you can even stack. Want a strong High Elf Barbarian? No problem, put both +1 floaters into STR and you get a mandatory unmovable +1 to DEX.</p><p></p><p>But hey, I have no idea what else we will see when the book comes out. Maybe WotC will have 5-6 variant options similar to something like I outlined above? I am not going to hold my breath, but I <em>do</em> remain hopeful.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DND_Reborn, post: 8090873, member: 6987520"] Agreed. But I think most of us know changing racial ASIs to floating ASIs is nothing new. Maybe I am wrong? Heck, my group even did it for about a year. Now, if WotC comes out with a series of variant racial traits that can be used to replace the racial ASIs, at least that would have given us new options. I think all the other racial traits help reflect what makes the races different to the point that racial ASIs are not really needed at all. But, then some people will complain "I can't start with a 16 or 17 at level 1"--to which I say then roll scores if you don't like the idea of having a 15 cap using point-buy or the standard array. [I]OR[/I] just bump them as numerous people have already suggested over and over. Another options (which is widely used as I understand it) is to award a feat at level 1 for [I]all races[/I] and then remove the racial ASIs. We award a feat at level 1, and variant human actually gets 2 feats! (I must admit with that temptation we rarely see humans still... which does surprise me some.) One more option would have been to say "hey, we are reducing all +2 ASIs to +1 ASIs and giving you a +1 floater to put where you want, we are also making the other +1 a floater." So, a High Elf would have a mandatory DEX +1 to satisfy the players who want [I]something[/I] tied down, and you have two +1 floaters which you can even stack. Want a strong High Elf Barbarian? No problem, put both +1 floaters into STR and you get a mandatory unmovable +1 to DEX. But hey, I have no idea what else we will see when the book comes out. Maybe WotC will have 5-6 variant options similar to something like I outlined above? I am not going to hold my breath, but I [I]do[/I] remain hopeful. [/QUOTE]
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