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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Felix" data-source="post: 2633231" data-attributes="member: 3929">The idea behind avoiding +1/-1 ability adjustments is not allowing players to manage their initial stats so they gain a benefit, but recieve no penalty.Starting stats thus:15141312108And you have a race that gives +1 STR and -1 INTYou put your 15 into STR and your 13 into INT.You have now managed your stats so that your race gains you a +1 to your STR bonus, but nothing happens to your INT bonus. You have recieved a bonus without incurring a penalty. That is why WotC avoids +1/-1 ability mods, and I agree with them on this score.---Also, in LotR (book, not movie) the word "Orc" was interchangeable with "Goblin". JRRT also mentioned, as Sam and Frodo are making their way from Cirith Ungol to Mt. Doom, that there were different races of orc... the trackers and the fighters to be specific.So you cannot think that LOTR only has one kind of orc. For DnD purposes, the races of goblin, hobgoblin, orc, half-orc, and bugbear (and maybe others) might all be caught under the LotR title of "Orc". If that's the case, no need for house rules on LotR's account... you already have your variation in the race.</blockquote>