Clint_L
Legend
I think it's important to distinguish between an entire species and the player character, who can easily be an outlier. In my campaign, orcs are generally bigger and burlier than elves. But if a player's fantasy is to play a big, burly elf barbarian, or a lithe, bookish orc wizard, I don't want to penalize them because of RAW. So they're just an atypical elf, or whatever. Cool. Variety is the spice of life. That's why I like the new way of doing species, where it's all about the cultural flavour and maybe a few physical traits, but the player can decide on stat bonuses according to their background.
That also makes more sense to me. Maybe that elf was a blacksmith. Maybe that orc was a scholar.
That also makes more sense to me. Maybe that elf was a blacksmith. Maybe that orc was a scholar.