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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Technik4" data-source="post: 780802" data-attributes="member: 7211">Lets not forget that half-orcs are getting 1 perk that we already know about, Weapon Familiarity with Orc Double Axe. Not a huge gain, but as other people have pointed out, half-orcs while not strong, are balanced with other races. They may not be balanced to the 6th decimal point, but I'd say all the phb races are the same real integer. IE-Dwarf 9.95Halfling 9.9Human 9.85Elf 9.75Half-Orc 9.6Gnome 9.5Half-Elf 9.1While it doesnt take a genius to see that a human or a dwarf is better than a half-orc, its hard to say whether human, halfling, or dwarf is more powerful, and the elf (phb, not subrace) is right behind. This is all IMO, but I have seen many half-orc pcs and by comparison, few gnomes and half-elves. I personally dont think dwarves need the bump (Weapon Familiarity), and that they were slightly overcompensated for their movement, which given magic items (spring+stride, flight), is easily compensated for.Needless to say, if you want to, you can make a good character from any of the races, they are all ballpark 9.TechnikPS- Drakron: Humans other advantage is 23 extra skill points by level 20. And despite a couple prcs, an extra feat is far more useful for entrance than elven blood.</blockquote>