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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 7796702" data-attributes="member: 29398">Where I posit the chargen rules do have to reflect that statistical shift somehow, as part of a greater reflection of the conceits of the setting; much the same as they reflect e.g. a setting's lack of Gnomes - if the setting doesn't have Gnomes, rolling up a Gnome and trying to play it isn't going to do you any good and will probably gas off the DM in the process.The character is part of the setting, right?*  Thus, if the setting dictates that Dwarves are generally tougher than Humans (which most if not all do) then a PC Dwarf in that setting at any point on the toughness bell curve should trend tougher than a Human at the same relative point on the bell curve.  Further, if Dwarves are known to be tougher than Humans a player who wants to play a Dwarf is, I think, entitled to some expectation that the system will build that in somehow.Either that, or the statistical shift has to disappear from the general population meaning all playable-creature culturess then run on Human stats.* - if it isn't, and the character is seen purely as a game token and nothing more, then we're probably trying to compare apples and canoes.</blockquote>