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<blockquote data-quote="Crimson Longinus" data-source="post: 8373372" data-attributes="member: 7025508">If you think that, why even have different stats then?To have a better strength score.Again, so what? Casters can do same damage with spells. And the mostly weapons are not the same. Thematically dex weapons are different. And that is bit weird, and is due how awkwardly the should-really-be-large-but-isn't species work. But at least it is usually given to species whose niche it is to be strong, so it is not that jarring. No. Because I have never claimed that every half-orc should be able to be stronger than every elf, merely that if the half-orc decides to focus on the niche of their species they will be better at this than the elf. And vice versa with the elf and dex. PCs can be usual in their competence and ambition, but I don't wan them to be (or at leas start as) some sort of superheroes that do not resemble the rest of their species. And why does this 'but PCs are unusual' just apply to things that are represented via ASIs? Why can an elf have the half-orc's niche of being strong but halfling cannot just have wings like aarakockra?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crimson Longinus, post: 8373372, member: 7025508"] If you think that, why even have different stats then? To have a better strength score. Again, so what? Casters can do same damage with spells. And the mostly weapons are not the same. Thematically dex weapons are different. And that is bit weird, and is due how awkwardly the should-really-be-large-but-isn't species work. But at least it is usually given to species whose niche it is to be strong, so it is not that jarring. No. Because I have never claimed that every half-orc should be able to be stronger than every elf, merely that if the half-orc decides to focus on the niche of their species they will be better at this than the elf. And vice versa with the elf and dex. PCs can be usual in their competence and ambition, but I don't wan them to be (or at leas start as) some sort of superheroes that do not resemble the rest of their species. And why does this 'but PCs are unusual' just apply to things that are represented via ASIs? Why can an elf have the half-orc's niche of being strong but halfling cannot just have wings like aarakockra? [/QUOTE]

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