Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="WhosDaDungeonMaster" data-source="post: 7540938">That is your question, not mine. Of course the chart shows what I think is balance--it is subjective.In a raw analysis, setting doesn't matter. If you can't accept this point, I am not going to waste my time trying to explain it.No, I haven't seen it, but after reading it, the article only emphasizes my points. Humans were chosen more than any other race. Why? Familiarity is a large part of that, although I am sure versatility and feats are also a factor. But look at the next most common races: Elf, Half-Elf, and Dwarf. All familiar as well, but also with the greatest number of racial abilities. Dragonborn and Tieflings are next most likely due to the &quot;monster/freak&quot; factor. They are the newer races, and equivalent in racial abilities to Human Variant. But bottom of the list is Halfling, Half-Orc, and Gnome. Hardly surprising there. Their abilities are either lack-luster or the race has a stigma against it.HUMAN: 27%ELF: 18%HALF-ELF: 11%DWARF: 10%DRAGONBORN: 9%TIEFLING: 8%HALFLING: 6%HALF-ORC: 5%GNOME: 5%*note: table adjusted to show percentages based only on the races shown and included in the PHB.If that table had shown nearly each of these races as equal in percentage, that would have been a better point as to me being mistaken in my assumptions. At any rate, once again, you are trying to keep me in a debate about the merits of my OP. I will not discuss it further as I have stated my position and the intent of this thread before.If you have anything to contribute towards balancing the racial abilities, as is my issue, please continue to comment.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WhosDaDungeonMaster, post: 7540938"] That is your question, not mine. Of course the chart shows what I think is balance--it [I]is[/I] subjective. In a raw analysis, setting doesn't matter. If you can't accept this point, I am not going to waste my time trying to explain it. No, I haven't seen it, but after reading it, the article only emphasizes my points. Humans were chosen more than any other race. Why? Familiarity is a large part of that, although I am sure versatility and feats are also a factor. But look at the next most common races: Elf, Half-Elf, and Dwarf. All familiar as well, but also with the greatest number of racial abilities. Dragonborn and Tieflings are next most likely due to the "monster/freak" factor. They are the newer races, and equivalent in racial abilities to Human Variant. But bottom of the list is Halfling, Half-Orc, and Gnome. Hardly surprising there. Their abilities are either lack-luster or the race has a stigma against it. HUMAN: 27% ELF: 18% HALF-ELF: 11% DWARF: 10% DRAGONBORN: 9% TIEFLING: 8% HALFLING: 6% HALF-ORC: 5% GNOME: 5% *note: table adjusted to show percentages based only on the races shown and included in the PHB. If that table had shown nearly each of these races as equal in percentage, that would have been a better point as to me being mistaken in my assumptions. At any rate, once again, you are trying to keep me in a debate about the merits of my OP. I will not discuss it further as I have stated my position and the intent of this thread before. If you have anything to contribute towards balancing the racial abilities, as is my issue, please continue to comment. [/QUOTE]

Verification