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<blockquote data-quote="tetrasodium" data-source="post: 9258152" data-attributes="member: 93670">Well I do have issue with that trait, but it's for a different reason.&nbsp; That's kind of a different issue though &amp; I have a couple recent posts (few days &amp; oct2023)&nbsp; on why <a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/d-d-update-2024-rulebooks-survey-results.700891/post-9188810" target="_blank">here</a> &amp; <a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/size-carrying-capacity-strength-athletics-mobility.701945/page-11#post-9255927" target="_blank">here</a>.Yes and no.&nbsp; It's true that powerful build raises size for purposes of carrying capacity &amp; push/pull/drag, but not for things where having a larger size matters (ie social &amp; exploration stuff).&nbsp;The problem with an 8 foot tall 340 pound size medium goliath is&nbsp; that it leans deep into 5e's wishy washy &quot;☆wink☆ ☆wink☆ 'ask' ☆nudge☆ ☆nudge☆ your GM, we did this to make it easy to homebrew&quot; rulings not rules mantra in order to enjoy the benefits of being almost double the height of everyone else in the party during any sort of social or exploration encounter/exercise where size might have a significant benefit for the player.&nbsp; That's not where it ends though because being size medium allows goliath PCs the option of dashing&nbsp; back from being 8 feet tall when it was convenient to&nbsp; enjoying a mechanical shield of &quot;I'm only size medium, the GM is being adversarial&quot; with social contract backing the instant tha PC runs into a social or exploration encounter/exercise might be made more difficult or more complex for a player who is almost double the size of anyone else in the party.Put in perspective for just how big 8 feet tall is... The average (US?) ceiling height is <a href="https://realestate.wharton.upenn.edu/working-papers/ceiling-heights-in-homes-and-offices/#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20National%20Building,kitchens%2C%20but%20also%20in%20bedrooms." target="_blank">96 inches or 8 feet</a>&nbsp; making it the same as an 8 foot tall goliath .... So is <a href="https://measuringstuff.com/8-examples-of-things-that-are-8-feet-tall/" target="_blank">an elephant &amp; many other things</a>.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tetrasodium, post: 9258152, member: 93670"] Well I do have issue with that trait, but it's for a different reason. That's kind of a different issue though & I have a couple recent posts (few days & oct2023) on why [URL='https://www.enworld.org/threads/d-d-update-2024-rulebooks-survey-results.700891/post-9188810']here[/URL] & [URL='https://www.enworld.org/threads/size-carrying-capacity-strength-athletics-mobility.701945/page-11#post-9255927']here[/URL]. Yes and no. It's true that powerful build raises size for purposes of carrying capacity & push/pull/drag, but not for things where having a larger size matters (ie social & exploration stuff). The problem with an 8 foot tall 340 pound size medium goliath is that it leans deep into 5e's wishy washy "☆wink☆ ☆wink☆ '[I]ask'[/I] ☆nudge☆ ☆nudge☆ your GM, we did this to make it easy to homebrew" rulings not rules mantra in order to enjoy the benefits of being [I]almost[/I] double the height of everyone else in the party during any sort of social or exploration encounter/exercise where size might have a significant benefit for the player. That's not where it ends though because being size medium allows goliath PCs the option of dashing back from being 8 feet tall when it was convenient to enjoying a mechanical shield of "I'm [I]only[/I] size medium, the GM is being adversarial" with social contract backing the instant tha PC runs into a social or exploration encounter/exercise might be made more difficult or more complex for a player who is almost double the size of anyone else in the party. Put in perspective for just how big 8 feet tall is... The average (US?) ceiling height is [URL='https://realestate.wharton.upenn.edu/working-papers/ceiling-heights-in-homes-and-offices/#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20National%20Building,kitchens%2C%20but%20also%20in%20bedrooms.']96 inches or 8 feet[/URL] making it the same as an 8 foot tall goliath .... So is [URL='https://measuringstuff.com/8-examples-of-things-that-are-8-feet-tall/']an [I]elephant[/I] & many other things[/URL]. [/QUOTE]

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