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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 8380458" data-attributes="member: 23751">Is the human average +1?  I couldn't tell you what percentage of humans in the game world are variant humans.  It could be 50/50. I also disagree that no bonus is a negative.  3e did not have a double dose of negative because it gave -2 to a stat.  It was actually a negative to the stat.Right.  Which is why it's not a penalty to have a 0 racial bonus to a prime stat.  The game is almost surely balanced around +2 stat bonus + proficiency.This is where you lose me.  If a +1 is so huge, then it's better to get that +1 outside of your prime stat where you actually need it, rather than in your prime stat to make an easy game even easier.No.  A punishment is specifically something your are doing to someone because they did something bad.  A consequence for a choice is not a punishment.</blockquote>