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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mellored" data-source="post: 7146432" data-attributes="member: 6801209">I'm all for making races different, but ability scores aren't really different.  Your just getting a number boost and that's it.  All archers are now elves and all barbarians are goliaths, and you will never see an Aasimar fighter/wizard/rogue/monk/etc...You don't have a dwarf.  You have a human with a bigger Con score.  That's more sameness, not less.  A much more interesting idea, (IMO), is to drop the racial ability scores modifiers completly, and only have special abilities.Like a dwarf with advantage on drinking, finding your way underground, instantly knowing the value of an object, the ability to dig a tunnel, maybe the ability to sniff out gold, and a penalty if they walk away from it.   Something that gives them personality, that shows them being dwarfs.Humans can be adaptable by having a generic boost.  Like once per short rest, they can add +5 to any roll they make.Half-orcs can get bonuses when they deal damage, but penalties if they havn't fought anything in a day.Wood elfs can use their highest ability score for stealth checks, and gain a bonus for running away, but take a penalty if more than 10 people can see them.Halfings would go the other way.  Bonus for being in a crowd, penalty for being alone.Etc...</blockquote>