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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jadrax" data-source="post: 5934740" data-attributes="member: 7175">I think the problem with the way D&D was originally set up is a legacy from Wargaming. The PCs are, according to the rules, veterans. But they have the lowest available stats on the scale because they are basically footmen from Chainmail and that's as low as that system ever needed to go.The problem is, stuff then gets added to the game which chainmail never needed. Wizards get familiars that do stuff, so suddenly you need squirrel stats. And because starting PCs are at the absolute mechanical bottom of the scale, that means there no available rules space for fluffy woodland critters. So they end up being as powerful as those starting veteran PCs.So either, you end up living with house-cats that can mechanically take on a wizard in a fair fight, or you lift the PCs starting level a bit so there is squirrel space underneath them. Out of these two, I take option b every time.</blockquote>