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<blockquote data-quote="dave2008" data-source="post: 6966597" data-attributes="member: 83242">I disagree, but let me clarify.&nbsp;I doubt it would be the dwarf since their max strength would only be 16 <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> Likely in such an approach power gamers and optimizers would flock to one or two &quot;superior&quot; races.&nbsp; But such a system would not, generally, be for that type of play(er).&nbsp; Ideally the races are dynamically balanced, such that all the racial features combined make the races roughly equal - not just the stats.&nbsp; As an example, in my current campaign I allowed my players to pick any intelligent creature from the Monster manual to be their race (currently we have 2 elves, a halfling, a lizard folk, a dragon born, and a yaun-ti) and we don't have an issues.&nbsp; In the past I have had players play giants (back when they were large and not huge), unicorns, and dragons.&nbsp; Just because something can be optimized doesn't mean it has to be optimized.&nbsp; I don't know why you have jumped to that conclusion since we have hardly discussed a frame work.I partially agree with this, but I think stats should be a part of it.&nbsp; I think races should have interesting and thematic features &amp; traits, and I think these can be part of the balancing act with unequal stats.&nbsp; I never said to limit the design to different stats.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dave2008, post: 6966597, member: 83242"] I disagree, but let me clarify. I doubt it would be the dwarf since their max strength would only be 16 ;) Likely in such an approach power gamers and optimizers would flock to one or two "superior" races. But such a system would not, generally, be for that type of play(er). Ideally the races are dynamically balanced, such that all the racial features combined make the races roughly equal - not just the stats. As an example, in my current campaign I allowed my players to pick any intelligent creature from the Monster manual to be their race (currently we have 2 elves, a halfling, a lizard folk, a dragon born, and a yaun-ti) and we don't have an issues. In the past I have had players play giants (back when they were large and not huge), unicorns, and dragons. Just because something can be optimized doesn't mean it has to be optimized. I don't know why you have jumped to that conclusion since we have hardly discussed a frame work. I partially agree with this, but I think stats should be a part of it. I think races should have interesting and thematic features & traits, and I think these can be part of the balancing act with unequal stats. I never said to limit the design to different stats. [/QUOTE]

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