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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 7671950" data-attributes="member: 42582">I don't see how that is an alternative explanation.If, in fact, part of the reason that small races are seen as weak is their lack of access to great weapons (which is pure conjecture, and as [MENTION=63508]Minigiant[/MENTION] has pointed out probably needs to be supplemented to be plausible conjecture), then the fact that part of what they lack access to arises from the feat part of the game doesn't change the fact that they are seen as weak because of their lack of access.I don't know how many tables use feats, but I'd be surprised if it's "only a fraction".And people don't have to be trying to build and play melee halfings to see that they don't make good ones. If people notice that halflings don't make good melee machines, and hence don't build haflings, that gives them a reason to report to WotC that halflings are a weak choice.In general, I would expect reports of such-and-such as a weak option to correlate with non-use of that option, rather than use of it.That's one reasonable approach from the players' point of view.It will be interesting to see whether WotC takes the same view, or would prefer that all their published material be of roughly equal appeal to their audience.</blockquote>