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Message: <blockquote data-quote="John4" data-source="post: 5543970" data-attributes="member: 6675381">Thank you; I'll check it out.My first draft of the races is up.  I've decided to make orcs a playable race for the PCs (why not?); anyway, here're the changes that I've made thus far:Dwarves:  Defensive Training applies to monsters of the Aberration type rather than the Giant type (I intend upon a Lovecraftian "monsters from the deeps" feel for the underground realms in this world, and I'm going to stick the giants closer to the starside than the sunside).Elves & Half-Elves:  Instead of a +2 to Will saves vs. Enchantment effects, I'm giving them a +2 on Fort saves vs. cold environment damage and lowering their Extreme Cold band (1d6 lethal, no save) from -20 F to -40 F to represent their constant battle with the environment on the edge of the starside.Orcs:  Their ability score bonuses/penalties change from +4 Str/-2 Int/-2 Wis/-2 Cha to +2 Str/+2 Wis/-2 Int.  I may wind up changing this to +2 Str/+2 Wis/-2 Cha if folks think the Int penalty is too much.  In addition, their light sensitivity is gone.  I'm also thinking about giving them a racial feat that lets them use their Wis bonus rather than their Dex bonus (if the Wis bonus is higher) for Ride checks, since I intend upon them filling much the same niche as the Mongols or the Bedouin did in real history.  I figure on them being master horsemen and nomadic traders rather than the boogeyman to scare children (and 1st level mages) with.</blockquote>

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