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<blockquote data-quote="Quartz" data-source="post: 6364406" data-attributes="member: 40552">See my thread <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?357975-A-tweak-for-humans" target="_blank">here</a>.Humans as is fail the rule of cool. Stat bumps aside, dwarves get darkvision, resistance to poison, the automatic ability to wear armour, resistance to poison; dragonborn get breath weapons and damage resistance; tieflings get fire resistance and spells; half-elves get darkvision and skill versatility; and so on. Humans get nothing in the Basic Rules, or 1 feat and 1 skill in the PHB, neither of which are cool.However, the Resilience feat caught my eye. It would be just-about-cool if humans had an extra save in which they were proficient. Three instead of two. (It would be cool if humans were proficient in all saves but that's rather OTT.) So, I suggest humans get the standard +2/+1 stat bumps in stats of choice, take Resilient in a 3rd stat (getting the +1 bump as well for +2/+1/+1, no stacking), and then get 2 skills of choice (q.v. Skilled feat). This is pretty much the half-elf package with extra freedom and swapping darkvision for proficiency in a stat.I think it's worth repeating: humans as is fail the rule of cool.I've read in another thread that racial bonuses engendered much debate during the playtest - I'd like to learn about that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Quartz, post: 6364406, member: 40552"] See my thread [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?357975-A-tweak-for-humans"]here[/URL]. Humans as is fail the rule of cool. Stat bumps aside, dwarves get darkvision, resistance to poison, the automatic ability to wear armour, resistance to poison; dragonborn get breath weapons and damage resistance; tieflings get fire resistance and spells; half-elves get darkvision and skill versatility; and so on. Humans get nothing in the Basic Rules, or 1 feat and 1 skill in the PHB, neither of which are cool. However, the Resilience feat caught my eye. It would be just-about-cool if humans had an extra save in which they were proficient. Three instead of two. (It would be cool if humans were proficient in all saves but that's rather OTT.) So, I suggest humans get the standard +2/+1 stat bumps in stats of choice, take Resilient in a 3rd stat (getting the +1 bump as well for +2/+1/+1, no stacking), and then get 2 skills of choice (q.v. Skilled feat). This is pretty much the half-elf package with extra freedom and swapping darkvision for proficiency in a stat. I think it's worth repeating: [B]humans as is fail the rule of cool[/B]. I've read in another thread that racial bonuses engendered much debate during the playtest - I'd like to learn about that. [/QUOTE]

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