Check this race please

justinsluder

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Does this appear to be a balanced LA +0 race?

• –2 Dexterity; also one of the following +2 Strength or +2 Constitution
• Medium: As Medium creatures, half-giants have no special bonuses or penalties due to their size.
• Base land speed is 30 feet.
• Low-Light Vision
• Powerful Build: Their physical stature lets them function in many ways as if they were one size category larger.
Whenever they are subject to a size modifier or special size modifier for an opposed check (such as during grapple checks, bull rush attempts, and trip attempts), they are treated as one size larger if doing so is advantageous to him.
They are also considered to be one size larger when determining whether a creature’s special attacks based on size (such as improved grab or swallow whole) can affect him. They can use weapons designed for a creature one size larger without penalty. However, their space and reach remain those of a creature of his actual size. The benefits of this racial trait stack with the effects of powers, abilities, and spells that change the subject’s size category.
 

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If memory serves, this is actually somewhat similar to the Goliath race from Races of Stone. You might want to use that as a starting point. I think they had the same "large but not large" status you look to be shooting for, but they also had some other stuff that added some flavor to the race (as Sidran said, it is a bit dry at the moment) and were still LA +0 to boot (unless my memory has abandoned me).
 

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