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<blockquote data-quote="howandwhy99" data-source="post: 5929420" data-attributes="member: 3192">It might be controversial and sound backwards, but racial design used to create the ability to perform different classes.&nbsp; Race didn't really advance as the game was understood to begin (at least for default races) at the cusp of maturity, after childhood and class training. This offered the greatest length of time for mature age play before older age modifications came in.To put it another way, a Halfling Fighter topped out 6th level not because they were so racially powerful, but because that race was at the top end of its advancement curve. Increasing STR was the only way to get to 6th too, normally they topped out at 4th level fighters.By having the ability to wave its appendages about, articulate speak, and think to a high enough intelligence level, a creature is afforded the option to become a Wizard. A creature like a normal frog cannot do so. This isn't to limit the frog, it's because the frog is not as capable enough to have the freedom to become a Wizard.To sum up, racial abilties can advance, if aging is still about maturing a creature's racial abilities. I suggest they start off in the same range as everyone else (no ancient dragons at 1st level please), but can find areas in the world to age (as opposed to train) in order to gain more abilities. I suspect we'll see more on what and how this will be when the play test gets into Monster Races and out of the core default.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="howandwhy99, post: 5929420, member: 3192"] It might be controversial and sound backwards, but racial design used to create the ability to perform different classes. Race didn't really advance as the game was understood to begin (at least for default races) at the cusp of maturity, after childhood and class training. This offered the greatest length of time for mature age play before older age modifications came in. To put it another way, a Halfling Fighter topped out 6th level not because they were so racially powerful, but because that race was at the top end of its advancement curve. Increasing STR was the only way to get to 6th too, normally they topped out at 4th level fighters. By having the ability to wave its appendages about, articulate speak, and think to a high enough intelligence level, a creature is afforded the option to become a Wizard. A creature like a normal frog cannot do so. This isn't to limit the frog, it's because the frog is not as capable enough to have the freedom to become a Wizard. To sum up, racial abilties can advance, if aging is still about maturing a creature's racial abilities. I suggest they start off in the same range as everyone else (no ancient dragons at 1st level please), but can find areas in the world to age (as opposed to train) in order to gain more abilities. I suspect we'll see more on what and how this will be when the play test gets into Monster Races and out of the core default. [/QUOTE]

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