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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hawk Diesel" data-source="post: 7473787" data-attributes="member: 59848">I think it would probably help a bit to understand what mechanical benefits the specific race grants. Because being large also comes with mechanical advantages (some having already been mentioned) a well-balanced race will specify what specifically they get as large creatures.For example, for all intents and purposes Goliaths are large creatures. They are bigger than medium creatures and can carry more. But they also don't take up more than one 5' square on a grid, and don't deal double damage as most large creatures. Additionally, they count as medium for the purpose of grapple and shove (a point which I disagree with, but we are talking RAW).So a player has options for large creatures that are mechanically similar enough to medium creatures so as to not break combat. Given this, I would have three questions:1) Why does the player want to play a large creature? Your response as a DM will differ if they are largely looking at role playing opportunities versus players that want to be more powerful in combat.2) How well does the 3p race mechanically define large (both advantages and disadvantages)?3) How balanced is the mechanics of the large size, both within the context of the race, and in comparison to what the other players will get from their race choices?</blockquote>