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<blockquote data-quote="Edena_of_Neith" data-source="post: 2765163" data-attributes="member: 2020">I gotta admit, the half-orc barbarian is scary (well, ok, all the 1st edition barbarians were scary, but add in nasty half-orcs and that's scary!&nbsp; Krusk is not someone I'd want to mess with.)&nbsp; I see they gave elves the Reverie ability from the Complete Book of Elves 2nd Edition as a standard ability in 3.5:&nbsp; the ability to lay in a trance for 4 hours.&nbsp; Elves no longer have infravision ... that's a major weakening of the race (it's DARK in a forest at night!&nbsp; Been there.)&nbsp; Now any race can become any class or multiclass.&nbsp; But Favored Classes are important, and would seem to represent a holdover from the classic conceptions of the races from older editions.&nbsp; I mean, dwarves were always good fighters, elves loved magic, halflings were natural rogues, and so on.&nbsp; I note that you can be proficient with all Simple and Martial Weapons if you are a fighter, or certain other classes.&nbsp; THAT is a huge strengthening of the fighter class:&nbsp; imagine had many Weapon Proficiencies you would have had to take in 2nd Edition to gain proficiency in all those weapons!&nbsp; The Bastard Sword (a favorite weapon if ever there was one) is an Exotic Weapon, though.&nbsp; WOTC is teasing us with that one.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; (You can use it two-handed normally, but must take a Feat to use it one handed.&nbsp; Fair enough.&nbsp; Nothing like wielding a 4 1/2 foot long weapon with one wrist ...)&nbsp; (chuckles)&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />&nbsp; Dwarves have wider heads than humans.&nbsp; Elves have longer heads than humans (illustrations pages 14 and 16.)&nbsp; Halflings have much longer heads than humans, relative to their size (page 20) and it gives them a feral aspect in my opinion.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Edena_of_Neith, post: 2765163, member: 2020"] I gotta admit, the half-orc barbarian is scary (well, ok, all the 1st edition barbarians were scary, but add in nasty half-orcs and that's scary! Krusk is not someone I'd want to mess with.) I see they gave elves the Reverie ability from the Complete Book of Elves 2nd Edition as a standard ability in 3.5: the ability to lay in a trance for 4 hours. Elves no longer have infravision ... that's a major weakening of the race (it's DARK in a forest at night! Been there.) Now any race can become any class or multiclass. But Favored Classes are important, and would seem to represent a holdover from the classic conceptions of the races from older editions. I mean, dwarves were always good fighters, elves loved magic, halflings were natural rogues, and so on. I note that you can be proficient with all Simple and Martial Weapons if you are a fighter, or certain other classes. THAT is a huge strengthening of the fighter class: imagine had many Weapon Proficiencies you would have had to take in 2nd Edition to gain proficiency in all those weapons! The Bastard Sword (a favorite weapon if ever there was one) is an Exotic Weapon, though. WOTC is teasing us with that one. :) (You can use it two-handed normally, but must take a Feat to use it one handed. Fair enough. Nothing like wielding a 4 1/2 foot long weapon with one wrist ...) (chuckles) :D Dwarves have wider heads than humans. Elves have longer heads than humans (illustrations pages 14 and 16.) Halflings have much longer heads than humans, relative to their size (page 20) and it gives them a feral aspect in my opinion. [/QUOTE]

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