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<blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 7835936" data-attributes="member: 18"><p>If it's not "breaking the game", why are you so extremely concerned? It seems a bit much.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Am I to understand you are, in fact, rolling for stats? It's all very well to say "Well I think this applies when people don't as well!!!!!!" but if you are, then, this is a really sketchy argument, because your entire basis is dubious as heck. Obviously, if you're not, we can take that into account re: your claims, but that was a politician-grade "non-denial" on your part there.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I understand your "point", but it doesn't seem to be a very rational or reasonable argument, particularly as the converse applies - Feat effects become relatively weaker as you level up. Many races and classes are excessively better than others at levels 1-4 - and it is those levels where you seem very concerned. I mean, VTiefling with the Wings option is likely to cause more trouble than any Feat in that level range, but plenty of people run games which are untroubled by VTieflings or Aarakocra or, equally, VHumans.</p><p></p><p>Sure it, doesn't cost you an ASI, but plenty of other races get more than a Feat's worth of racials. It is problematic, I think, that some races don't get a Feat's worth of abilities, but that's a separate discussion.</p><p></p><p>So those aren't the actual problem at all.</p><p></p><p>The only actual problem is that it lets people target a specific Feat that benefits them and then pick 2x +2 to any stats, and that's only a real problem when you're rolling stats, and those +2s and the Feat really kick in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ruin Explorer, post: 7835936, member: 18"] If it's not "breaking the game", why are you so extremely concerned? It seems a bit much. Am I to understand you are, in fact, rolling for stats? It's all very well to say "Well I think this applies when people don't as well!!!!!!" but if you are, then, this is a really sketchy argument, because your entire basis is dubious as heck. Obviously, if you're not, we can take that into account re: your claims, but that was a politician-grade "non-denial" on your part there. I understand your "point", but it doesn't seem to be a very rational or reasonable argument, particularly as the converse applies - Feat effects become relatively weaker as you level up. Many races and classes are excessively better than others at levels 1-4 - and it is those levels where you seem very concerned. I mean, VTiefling with the Wings option is likely to cause more trouble than any Feat in that level range, but plenty of people run games which are untroubled by VTieflings or Aarakocra or, equally, VHumans. Sure it, doesn't cost you an ASI, but plenty of other races get more than a Feat's worth of racials. It is problematic, I think, that some races don't get a Feat's worth of abilities, but that's a separate discussion. So those aren't the actual problem at all. The only actual problem is that it lets people target a specific Feat that benefits them and then pick 2x +2 to any stats, and that's only a real problem when you're rolling stats, and those +2s and the Feat really kick in. [/QUOTE]
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