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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Helldritch" data-source="post: 8068573" data-attributes="member: 6855114">My position on this is... ambivalent?There should be a racial maximum, depending on race.On the other hand PCs are heroic. They are not the norm. They should be able to go over the average joe.But What about a PC halfing fighter at 20 strength vs a PC half orc fighter with a 20 strength... Shouldn't our half orc have an advantage over the halfling? Not only in size but in raw strength. Being heroic can't explain everything.If we take both positions into account, it would be unfair for the PC half orc not to have an advantage of some sort over the halfling pc. Yet the halfling pc did commit a lot of resource to be a strength base fighter and it should be rewarded in some ways.You see, both positions are equally valid in my mind. But my logic dictate that the although commendable, the halfling should have a maximum strength. No way around it. Maybe allowing some races to go over the 20 limit by 2 where they have a +2 bonus would be a good compromise? Or give a limit of 18 in all stats, save those where you have a +2 bonus. A human could choose one stat to be able to go above just as a half-elf could (because of ancestry). The great strength of human is both their versatility and their ability to adapt and raise to the same heights as the "demi" humans. It could be the best way, and still... One thing for sure, I don't want stat limits based on sex... ever.</blockquote>

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