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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 8385462" data-attributes="member: 6801228">Why do we want to declare that dwarves are of limited intelligence, or have a hard time learning magic? That does nothing for the story of dwarves that I'm interested in at least. Also, why am I proving anything to the world? I didn't make this character to make some sweeping social justice statement about achievement. I made them to play a dwarf who was a wizard. I don't need to prove anything to "the world" or the DM.That isn't a contradiction, that is the point. With fixed ASI you are already "gimping" the character if you don't play towards type. Floating ASI allows you to avoid that. BUT posters like yourself and other then decry that you would no longer be able to make statements and prove to the world that it is possible to play the character concept you want, because you would be able to optimize. And, of course, you would optimize. But, it is always possible to play that concept if you really wanted to. If it was so valuable to you to do so.Don't you have to do this anyways? I mean, every character has weaknesses, unless you roll really really good. So, your Wood Elf Monk whose ASI's perfectly align with what they need still has a weakness that you need to work around. Heck, most interesting weaknesses don't come from being behind the power curve.So wait. Fixed ASIs allow you to bring a gimped character, but you need DM approval to do so? And putting my scores whereever I please on my character also needs DM approval? I'm sorry, I'll hand you back your character sheet and go grab my own, I didn't realize I had started writing on the DM's Character Sheet. Thought it was the Player's Character Sheet, and I can place my scores how I please.Then all the rules are bad. Have been for years, because optimizers have figured out the absolute best this and that since about a year into the game. This isn't a bad rule because optimizers exist and have opinions. Again, you wouldn't ban whips just because every optimizer guide suddely found out they are the best weapon in the game, would you?</blockquote>

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