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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 8530300" data-attributes="member: 29398">Whatever it takes to suit what the species - partcularly the physical aspect - is all about, and to make sense.&nbsp; For some species this might be only one or two mechanics, for others it might be a bunch.Human is always the baseline default.--- Shorter species: lower move rate.&nbsp; Taller species: higher move rate.--- All species: baked-in ability bonuses and penalties to reflect that species' physicality and-or mental ability relative to a Human, covering however many of the six abilities as are needed. This is one area where a bonus somewhere must be cancelled out by a penalty somewhere else. And yes this specifically means some species will end up being inherently less intelligent than Humans.--- All species: language knowledge suitable to the species; e.g all Dwarves speak Dwarvish but not all Dwarves necessarily speak Common.--- Some species: different sense abilities e.g. night vision (and a return to splitting out infravision and ultravision for different species is long overdue!), enhanced (or poorer) hearing or sense of smell, etc.--- Some species: species-based save modifiers e.g. Dwarves have higher resistance to magic while Elves are vulnerable to it.And so on.Then, if after all this a species turns out not to be vaguely in overall balance with a Human - be it too powerful or not powerful enough - it can't be a PC.&nbsp; Pleasant side effect: this ought to chop down the list of playable species to a more manageable number.Vaguely, yes.This would be necessary in order to preserve the vague balance between species while avoiding rampant power creep, so yes.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 8530300, member: 29398"] Whatever it takes to suit what the species - partcularly the physical aspect - is all about, and to make sense. For some species this might be only one or two mechanics, for others it might be a bunch. Human is always the baseline default. --- Shorter species: lower move rate. Taller species: higher move rate. --- All species: baked-in ability bonuses [B]and penalties[/B] to reflect that species' physicality and-or mental ability relative to a Human, covering however many of the six abilities as are needed. This is one area where a bonus somewhere must be cancelled out by a penalty somewhere else. And yes this specifically means some species will end up being inherently less intelligent than Humans. --- All species: language knowledge suitable to the species; e.g all Dwarves speak Dwarvish but not all Dwarves necessarily speak Common. --- Some species: different sense abilities e.g. night vision (and a return to splitting out infravision and ultravision for different species is long overdue!), enhanced (or poorer) hearing or sense of smell, etc. --- Some species: species-based save modifiers e.g. Dwarves have higher resistance to magic while Elves are vulnerable to it. And so on. Then, if after all this a species turns out not to be vaguely in overall balance with a Human - be it too powerful or not powerful enough - it can't be a PC. Pleasant side effect: this ought to chop down the list of playable species to a more manageable number. Vaguely, yes. This would be necessary in order to preserve the vague balance between species while avoiding rampant power creep, so yes. [/QUOTE]

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