If there are only 4 characters in a party they need to at least be effective at what they do. In 3.5 a half-orc wizard or sorcerer was almost unheard of, it just wasn't effective and it wasted a party member slot. In pathfinder I would play this without worrying about being the anchor, the leech, etc. I thought 3.5 was much worse about shoehorning classes to certain races with the specific favored class especially if they had any plans of multiclassing or taking a dip in another class.
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Favored Class? Why Use it?
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If there are only 4 characters in a party they need to at least be effective at what they do. In 3.5 a half-orc wizard or sorcerer was almost unheard of, it just wasn't effective and it wasted a party member slot. In pathfinder I would play this without worrying about being the anchor, the leech, etc. I thought 3.5 was much worse about shoehorning classes to certain races with the specific favored class especially if they had any plans of multiclassing or taking a dip in another class.
dammitbiscuit
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The half-orc is an odd thing. I understand they're trying to play up the "half human = versatile!" thing, but...
Half-orcs were the ONLY Strength-stat race in the 3.5 PHB. Nowadays there's nothing stopping a half-elf from being just as strong, or stronger in some cases. There's still no race in the PHB that gets a +2 to str, and two of them get a penalty! I want to make sure that humans and half elves can only ever equal a half-orc's strength, not surpass it. Therefore, the ability scores for a half-orc will be +2 str, -2 int, and then of course +2 to any ability score of their choice.
As far as favored class goes, it appears to no longer be a flavor element of races in any way. It's simply a boost to single-classed characters to help them keep up with the Joneses. If it bothers you, i'd recommend renaming it and implementing a houserule that brings back racial favored classes. I wouldn't remove it, because it's a good game design element.
Half-orcs were the ONLY Strength-stat race in the 3.5 PHB. Nowadays there's nothing stopping a half-elf from being just as strong, or stronger in some cases. There's still no race in the PHB that gets a +2 to str, and two of them get a penalty! I want to make sure that humans and half elves can only ever equal a half-orc's strength, not surpass it. Therefore, the ability scores for a half-orc will be +2 str, -2 int, and then of course +2 to any ability score of their choice.
As far as favored class goes, it appears to no longer be a flavor element of races in any way. It's simply a boost to single-classed characters to help them keep up with the Joneses. If it bothers you, i'd recommend renaming it and implementing a houserule that brings back racial favored classes. I wouldn't remove it, because it's a good game design element.
