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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Malmuria" data-source="post: 8368193" data-attributes="member: 7030755"><p>I'm fine with the MM simplifying in-fiction variety for the sake of gameable material (I think bits of the lore sections of the MM are actually what's more problematic).  Same thing when it comes to player options: I'm all for b/x race-as-class when it's presented as the options available to the players and not indicative of the whole breadth of variety in the gameworld.  It really helps to simplify options for players.  Racial ASI in 5e fall in a middle ground where they don't really work to reinforce archetype (imo) nor do they make character creation more streamlined or easy to understand (and probably make it more difficult, insofar as players feel the need to 'match' their race selection with their class selection).  This is exacerbated by the fact that, unlike in earlier editions, in wotc editions ASIs come as you level up and are a regular part of class progression.  By 8th level, you've gotten more ASI from your class than from your race.  To be honest, I don't really see the point of ASI at character creation at all, and if you are going to have it, either float them (as in Tasha's) or better yet tie them to class from the beginning</p></blockquote><p></p>