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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 9412492" data-attributes="member: 6801228">Is this about ASIs? Is that what this is about? Because "why can't a race have fantastic eyes"? A lot of them have darkvision, that's fantastic, and elves STILL get perception, it is just a choice now. But smart? Strong? That makes it sound like you are actually wanting ASIs, not complaining that everyone got magical abilities, which, to remind you was your initial claim that you responded to my post about everyone getting spells about. If you want all your orcs super strong, then make all your Orc NPCs have a base strength of 16 or 18, that's super strong compared to the human baseline of 10. It just isn't going to be a thing in the PHB, because instead they made orcs incredibly tough and resilient. Seriously, I don't know if people have mathed this out yet. Let us assume your average level 1 Fighter has 13 hp, they get second wind and let's say they get two short rests for a total of four uses giving them an effective 39 hp . An Orc Fighter? Assuming the same two short rests takes that to an effective 51 hp. And then when they would drop to 0 hp, they don't. Sure, your Orc PC or NPC isn't going to be tossing horses over their shoulders, but they WILL NOT GO DOWN. There is no "make the first hit count" because Orcs will never go down on the first hit regardless of anything. And that is a viable and fun fantasy.</blockquote>