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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 8373055" data-attributes="member: 6801228">Because everyone knows that a Minotaur and a Mountain Dwarf are equally matched in a wrestling match, a Kenku is just as good with a bow as an elf, and a hobgoblin can match an endurance match with a warforged.Disagree with both of these. Well, not that it has been part of the game for 20 years, just that it should matter. And I don't find it more interesting toincrease the cost of playing a wizard if I don't have a +2 Int.How? Seriously, I just can't wrap my head around it. Like in the way it is easier to pick up a penny instead of a nickel? Because houseruling them into hard code is trivially easy. I've never understood how someone can see this as so difficult. Plus, even if they aren't hard coded you can make the same decisionMeanwhile, to get them from hard-coded to floating, you have to argue against being a power-gamer, potentially explain why your character isn't a stereotype of their race, and generally just go through a lot of hassle. Sure, if you are the DM you can just say "they float" and it is done, but from the player side the person who wants hard-coded racial archetypes has a much easier time keeping their characters identity in the floating system than the reverse.</blockquote>