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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CRGreathouse" data-source="post: 83321" data-attributes="member: 474">Let's see what we can do.  Make two characters with the stadnard stat array.  The human: Str 15+3 level, Dex 13, Con 14+2 level, Int 12, Wis 10, Cha 8.  The centaur: Str 15+8 racial+1 level, Dex 10+4 racial, Con 14+4 level+4 racial, Int 13-2 racial, Wis 10+2 racial, Cha 8.The total stats (before magic items) are as follows.Human: Str 18, Dex 13, Con 16, Int 12, Wis 10, Cha 8Centaur: Str 26, Dex 14, Con 22, Int 11, Wis 12, Cha 8The human has a a +6 belt of giant strength (36,000 gp), a +6 amulet of health (36,000 gp), and an incandescent blue ioun stone (8,000 gp).The centaur has a a +6 belt of giant strength (36,000 gp), a deep red ioun stone (8,000 gp), a +6 amulet of health (36,000 gp), and a scarlet and blue ioun stone (8,000 gp).The total stats (after magic items) are as follows.Human: Str 24, Dex 13, Con 22, Int 12, Wis 12, Cha 8Centaur: Str 32, Dex 16, Con 28, Int 13, Wis 12, Cha 8The human has 20d10+120 hit points, for an average of 230.The centaur has 4d8+12d10+144 hit points, for an average of 228.The centaur wears +4 mithral full plate barding of heavy fortification (123,600 gp) and a (modified) +4 ring of proetction (32,000 gp).The human wears +5 full plate of heavy fortification (101,650 gp) and a +5 ring of protection (50,000 gp).Centaur AC: 31 (+12 full plate, +3 Dex, +2 natural, +4 ring of protection)Human AC: 29 (+13 full plate, +1 Dex, +5 ring of protection)The human wields a +5 flaming speed greatsword, attacking at +33/+33/+28/+23/+18 for 2d6+17 damage.The centaur wields a +5 flaming speed Huge greatsword, attacking at +32/+32/+27/+22/+17 for 2d8+23 damage.The centaur has about the same number of hit points and about the same attack bonuses, dealing 40% more damage (35% if flaming damage works).  The human has more bonus feats, though both have the "core" feats - Focus, Specialization, Improved Crit, Power attack, Cleave, etc.The Armor Classes are similar (though the centaur has a slight edge).The human decidedly has the edge in skills, though the centaur has better Spot and Listen scores.  The human also has a higher base attack bonus (+20 vs. +16).The centaur has decidedly better stats than the human.The gold spent in this excercise was neasrly identical for both the centaur and human; they botrh spent about 60% of their baseline.</blockquote>

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