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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 8110731" data-attributes="member: 6801845"><p>You really don't get it, do you? Part of it is that it's just one more step towards race having little or no impact more than a Halloween mask, it's chipping away at archetypes that make D&D what it is.</p><p></p><p>More importantly it's not about and never has been about playing a "gimped" character. It's about playing an unexpected or unusual combination. Sometimes I want to celebrate people who overcome perceived shortcomings and expectations. Not because that dwarven wizard was as good as the high elf wizard because he had exactly the same advantages, but because while he had (minor) deficit in one area he made up for it in others.</p><p></p><p>In a future where everybody uses Tasha's, a dwarven wizard will no longer an unexpected or unusual combination, there will be no built-in prejudice against the build that I can prove to be false.</p><p></p><p>I want to acknowledge that while not everyone is the same it doesn't mean that they can't be special in a different way. My dwarven wizard wasn't quite as intelligent at lower levels, but he was a lot more durable and had a better AC.</p><p></p><p>There have always been ways to play a wizard that was optimized by the numbers, if Tasha's is used, there will no longer be a way to show that you can overcome built in expectations and prejudices. That just because you are not "as good" in one sense that you can't be just as successful by emphasizing different strengths.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 8110731, member: 6801845"] You really don't get it, do you? Part of it is that it's just one more step towards race having little or no impact more than a Halloween mask, it's chipping away at archetypes that make D&D what it is. More importantly it's not about and never has been about playing a "gimped" character. It's about playing an unexpected or unusual combination. Sometimes I want to celebrate people who overcome perceived shortcomings and expectations. Not because that dwarven wizard was as good as the high elf wizard because he had exactly the same advantages, but because while he had (minor) deficit in one area he made up for it in others. In a future where everybody uses Tasha's, a dwarven wizard will no longer an unexpected or unusual combination, there will be no built-in prejudice against the build that I can prove to be false. I want to acknowledge that while not everyone is the same it doesn't mean that they can't be special in a different way. My dwarven wizard wasn't quite as intelligent at lower levels, but he was a lot more durable and had a better AC. There have always been ways to play a wizard that was optimized by the numbers, if Tasha's is used, there will no longer be a way to show that you can overcome built in expectations and prejudices. That just because you are not "as good" in one sense that you can't be just as successful by emphasizing different strengths. [/QUOTE]
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