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<blockquote data-quote="JiffyPopTart" data-source="post: 8456625" data-attributes="member: 4881">So in your game how do I model a scrawny orc wizard?&nbsp; You would say even a scrawny orc wizard has a 10STR.&nbsp; Then how do you model a scrawny orc wizard with a weakening curse placed on their family?&nbsp; Also a 10STR or maybe you just give someone the option of not using their STR bonus so they can start with an 8.But then you have opened the door to there being a single orc in the world with an 8STR so we wrap back around to asking why they can't just build them with the 8STR and put the +2 somewhere else so their character can be balanced with the rest of the array using party?I understand the idea for supporting world building by having orc always strong and elves always dexterous but I will never understand how you can't allow the few PCs that exist in the world to follow ever so slightly different rules to account for their spotlight.Maybe this just boils down to how a table views it's PCs.&nbsp; I view mine as if they were the main characters if a book.&nbsp; I expect them to be movers and shakers (that's what the adventures are) and be exceptional in many ways.&nbsp; Even from level 1. &nbsp;I do not view them as Orc#3728266 fresh off the assembly line so therefore you must be a carbon copy of all the other orcs.&nbsp; Those orcs are in the stat block of the monster manual.&nbsp; They all have the same 6 stats, the same skills and equipment and go by a number.THe PC orc wizard can be whatever they want.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JiffyPopTart, post: 8456625, member: 4881"] So in your game how do I model a scrawny orc wizard? You would say even a scrawny orc wizard has a 10STR. Then how do you model a scrawny orc wizard with a weakening curse placed on their family? Also a 10STR [I]or[/I] maybe you just give someone the option of not using their STR bonus so they can start with an 8. But then you have opened the door to there being a single orc in the world with an 8STR so we wrap back around to asking why they can't just build them with the 8STR and put the +2 somewhere else so their character can be balanced with the rest of the array using party? I understand the idea for supporting world building by having orc always strong and elves always dexterous but I will never understand how you can't allow the few PCs that exist in the world to follow ever so slightly different rules to account for their spotlight. Maybe this just boils down to how a table views it's PCs. I view mine as if they were the main characters if a book. I expect them to be movers and shakers (that's what the adventures are) and be exceptional in many ways. Even from level 1. I do not view them as Orc#3728266 fresh off the assembly line so therefore you must be a carbon copy of all the other orcs. Those orcs are in the stat block of the monster manual. They all have the same 6 stats, the same skills and equipment and go by a number. THe PC orc wizard can be whatever they want. [/QUOTE]

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