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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Don Durito" data-source="post: 8110372" data-attributes="member: 6687260">Part of the issue here is that races are still designed to reinforce stereotypes not for wide range.A Half-Orc may make a better wizard now, but it's still not going to be really good enough for an optimiser because they have all these melee centric features they won't make much use of, and may frustrate non-optimisers who may wish they had something more useful.And on the other hand races that were designed with stereotypes in mind may become too good in other areas when abiility scores are moved around - Half-elves, Mountain Dwarves.WOTC do need to be careful, because the flow on effect on unintentional synergies can create problems down the line.  You don't want players creating bad press for 6E because the now 'iconic' rapier wielding Mountain Dwarf Bard is now no longer so effective.  (See for example, the Ranger, which has gone through so many different incarnations and been twisted in so many different directions that there's no shared agreement about what shape they should be.)</blockquote>