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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Malacoda" data-source="post: 4335444" data-attributes="member: 6345">I haven't had a chance to play 4e yet, and actually haven't read nearly as much of it as I would like, but I have been giving some thoughts to some future house rules. These are house rules I would apply after playing some mostly-stock 4e. Still, it doesn't hurt to throw some out at those who have more experience with the game to see what they think.To be honest, I don't like racial stat bonuses. I feel that they have a tendency to guide people towards certain given combos too strongly. Unless you need a more extreme bonus to truly reflect a major difference in a race (+6 to Strength for a Large creature, for example), I'd rather see players assign their stats as they please, and if their scores don't line up with the race, then they are an exception. So, anyway, because I think removing racial ability score bonuses is not a good solution, balance-wise, I have considered giving all races +2 to a stat of their choice, rather than +2/+2 to two specific stats. This is what humans get.My question is, is this balanced, overall? Or, can you separate out the bonuses humans get and the bonuses other races get from the "package" of that race? It is obviously going to be less generous to those who have a race/class combo that lines up well (e.g. dragonborn fighter), but help out those looking for combos that currently seem less optimal.</blockquote>