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<blockquote data-quote="shinmizu" data-source="post: 4302207" data-attributes="member: 34050">Eh, ok, I agree my kneejerk use of &quot;whining&quot; is hyperbole and uncalled for. I apologize. However, despite my faults in presentation, the absurdity of the attempts to balance a half-giant statwise with humans and the weaker demihumans by limiting the very stats that greatly distinguish them remains. Last I checked, this was supposed to be an exception-based system, and exceptions need to be made when the core character creation fails utterly to properly capture the flavor and essence of a being. I'd just say rule that half-giants can't be PCs, if the well-documented physical imposition over other PCs just rubs you the wrong way. Otherwise, exceptions are exceptions, and let the house ruling commence--just try and balance it as much as possible without entering the realm of the ludicrous. (Begone, plaid half-giants!)For Silverblade: more power to you for trying to preserve flavor against the homogenization of 4e. Despite my fondness for the Dark Sun setting, I am extremely leery of any Wizards-based setting material that may come in 2010 (or later) if the 4e &quot;design goals&quot; take precedence over the spirit of the settings. (Major FR fans seem to be claiming their campaign as a victim.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="shinmizu, post: 4302207, member: 34050"] Eh, ok, I agree my kneejerk use of "whining" is hyperbole and uncalled for. I apologize. However, despite my faults in presentation, the absurdity of the attempts to balance a half-giant statwise with humans and the weaker demihumans by limiting the very stats that greatly distinguish them remains. Last I checked, this was supposed to be an exception-based system, and exceptions need to be made when the core character creation fails utterly to properly capture the flavor and essence of a being. I'd just say rule that half-giants can't be PCs, if the well-documented physical imposition over other PCs just rubs you the wrong way. Otherwise, exceptions are exceptions, and let the house ruling commence--just try and balance it as much as possible without entering the realm of the ludicrous. (Begone, plaid half-giants!) For Silverblade: more power to you for trying to preserve flavor against the homogenization of 4e. Despite my fondness for the Dark Sun setting, I am extremely leery of any Wizards-based setting material that may come in 2010 (or later) if the 4e "design goals" take precedence over the spirit of the settings. (Major FR fans seem to be claiming their campaign as a victim.) [/QUOTE]

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