D&D 5E D&D Races vs. Monsters (take away lessons on converting)

[miniaturehoarder]

2 - What the hell does WotC have against a 20 movement speed?

IME 20 speed makes one feel terribly bound up, especially since run/dash is only a doubling of speed. I've seen a player with 25' lose many opportunities because of their speed.

So no matter how filmsly or wimpy or muscular the "monster version" is, the heroic version must be serviceable as a PC in many classes. The PC kobold will be the strongest one in the hatchery and the PC half orge will look like a runt as first.

This is the way it has to be. Let those who go on about "who cares about balance, it's a ROLE-playing game" have their Storyteller, Palladium, G.U.R.P.S. and other systems that let one design lopsided abominations. Level based character power is for keeping character power quantifiable and on somewhat level plateaus.