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<blockquote data-quote="mkill" data-source="post: 5312459" data-attributes="member: 55985">All in all, the first batch of extended ability score choices made a lot of builds more viable - among them many iconic ones, such as dwarf warlords and runepriests, as well as eladrin fey warlocks and bards. As you already see in these examples, Eladrin and Dwarf definitely got the best deal. They were pushed to top tier for a number of their iconic classes, leaving other races like Gnome or Minotaur behind them.The Int bonus for the Elf came unexpected - good if you always wanted to play a more nature-loving arcane character. It does blur the line between Elf and Eladrin, though, and pits both races directly against each other in a few arcane classes, with the Eladrin still the top choice.As for the halfling, the Dex/Con option doesn't have noticeable consequence on most ranking. The race is still on top where it was before, it only adds the rather exotic Halfling Monk and Halfling Battlemind. But even if there is not much shuffling at the top, it moved the Halfling from bad to playable in about a dozen classes that can use Constitution as a secondary stat.My favorite new option is the Eladrin Paladin. I always wanted to play a graceful knight of Corellon Larethian. And I'm happy that Elves are now on par with Eladrin and Deva as Swordmages.EDIT @<a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/member.php?u=31913" target="_blank">interwyrm</a>: Thanks, fixed.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mkill, post: 5312459, member: 55985"] All in all, the first batch of extended ability score choices made a lot of builds more viable - among them many iconic ones, such as dwarf warlords and runepriests, as well as eladrin fey warlocks and bards. As you already see in these examples, Eladrin and Dwarf definitely got the best deal. They were pushed to top tier for a number of their iconic classes, leaving other races like Gnome or Minotaur behind them. The Int bonus for the Elf came unexpected - good if you always wanted to play a more nature-loving arcane character. It does blur the line between Elf and Eladrin, though, and pits both races directly against each other in a few arcane classes, with the Eladrin still the top choice. As for the halfling, the Dex/Con option doesn't have noticeable consequence on most ranking. The race is still on top where it was before, it only adds the rather exotic Halfling Monk and Halfling Battlemind. But even if there is not much shuffling at the top, it moved the Halfling from bad to playable in about a dozen classes that can use Constitution as a secondary stat. My favorite new option is the Eladrin Paladin. I always wanted to play a graceful knight of Corellon Larethian. And I'm happy that Elves are now on par with Eladrin and Deva as Swordmages. EDIT @[U][URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/member.php?u=31913"]interwyrm[/URL][/U]: Thanks, fixed. [/QUOTE]

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