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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shin Okada" data-source="post: 1670973" data-attributes="member: 1956">I have been using 32 pts-buy for most of the games since the release of 3.0e. And have been in play groups which heavy dungeon crawling. And, never heard of any complain about Half-Orcs from my off-line friends.*Regarding Dice-Roll vs Point-BuyIt is somewhat true that with Point-Buy rule, one can maximize the effectiveness of racial bonuses and minimize the penalty of racial penalties.But, regarding Dice-Roll, we must also consider the method of dice-rolling. How many dices do you use to roll one ability (say, roll 4 and take 3, roll 9 and take 3, and such). How many times do you re-roll characters? (Just once, until you get certain total number of ability modifiers, until you get at least one 18, and such). The probability to get higher/lower stats will be drastically changes by method to method.*Small RaceIMHO, actually, small races are quite weak from power-gaming point of view. They are slow. Low-strength and the smaller weapon damage making it very hard to be a good melee combatants. And -4 penalty for various special attacks really hurts.I have seen many small combatants, even finesse-type rogues, died because of their small size. Swallowed, tripped, disarmed, and such. Small arcane casters are doing so-so. And actually, Gnome wizards are doing very well. But that seems to be the only "good" combination.in my play group, Halflings are considered to be the most "weak" core race. They can't be a good melee combatants. As spell-casters, Gnomes are much better (low-light vision and high Con). They suck even as rogues. Slow (harder to take a flanking position), no low-light vision nor dark-vision, and small (bud for melee type rogues)</blockquote>

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