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Message: <blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 1816230" data-attributes="member: 2067">Wow, imagine how many points the Warforged must be in this system! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> Well, aside from the "numerical values of holistic abilities cannot be really measured accurately in a vacuum" BS that we always hear, and that I believe is really true, yeah, a Dwarf Cleric is officially the twinkiest thing you could ever play. But you know, I haven't seen one yet. This is primarily a difference in perception vs. play. Which, oldy enough, is the same way one defends the Warforged. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Yes, Clerics seem like the most powerful class, and yes Dwarves get more goodies than most other races. But it certainly doesn't unbalance anything, as far as I can see...it's not like dwarves dominate any field, or that they are somehow dominating and lording it over every other character...it's not like one party with a dwarven fighter and a human fighter would always have the human being frustrated, and the dwarf beign successful, given the usual array of challenges. Just like when given the choice between a human cleric and a human fighter the choice isn't always obvious. It's not like they're overpoweringly mighty, overshadowing every other race, and they're still probably the least-played race in my games. Not for lack of trying, either, the dwarves I've had in the game have all been quite hardcore (no comic relief Gimlis here!). <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> As for half-elves and half-orcs, bah. Who needs 'em, when I allow full elves and full orcs? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> So, you're right, they do get a lot of goodies. But it's not enough to make other race choices useless or invalid in the game by comparison, so they remain tentatively okay. And the reason I personally ban the Warforged is because I think they do overshadow the dwarf in many areas, to the point where a Warforged Fighter and a Dwarf Fighter would mostly have the warforged shining in the majority of circumstances (not all of 'em, but enough to be nervous about. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />)</blockquote>

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