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<blockquote data-quote="Helldritch" data-source="post: 8112852" data-attributes="member: 6855114"><p>Nope, not only dex, but also intelligence. And... Who plays the non Vhumans? Very rare. But humans are adaptive if you go this way. Good everywhere, master of none. (HO GOD! NON VHUMANS ARE ALL BARDS!!!!!! Time to burn my books...)</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Exactly my point. You want to play against tradition? Go ahead and play with what life gave you. You want to be strength base paladin high elf? Go ahead. Put highest score in strength and so on. But you still get a cantrip, one 1st level wizard spell to use and a nice bonus in dexterity and intel. Now that is playing against type. And yes, we had one of these too. With twelve players, it is not hard to see a lot of unusual character types/concepts.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Just as I said above. Plus, the elves from Athas are not necessarily PHB Elves. It depends on the setting too. I would expect Qualinesty to be different from the Kagonesti and the Dimernesti of Dragon lance. Some of these elves could be paladins even in 1st edition! The setting overrule the PHB. I fail to see what you don't see there.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Nope. You fail (again) to understand. Playing against type because the system forces you to is not the same thing as willingly gimping your character. There is a whole level of difference that you do not seem (or want) to understand here. Choosing to play a dwarven wizard when you know that your bonuses normally push you toward fighting classes is rewarding. Doing it when there is not costs associated with that choice is just pointless and almost downright stupid. Playing against type, to prove that you can do it is good. Willingly gimping your character by making poor choices voluntarily is exactly a stupid thing to do.</p><p></p><p>Why do mountain climbers take the hardest mountain? Because it is hard. But if the same hard mountain has an easy path, it is not the same. Saying I played a dwarven wizard before Tasha will not bear the same accomplishment when played after. The first one will be way more rewarding as the second.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Helldritch, post: 8112852, member: 6855114"] Nope, not only dex, but also intelligence. And... Who plays the non Vhumans? Very rare. But humans are adaptive if you go this way. Good everywhere, master of none. (HO GOD! NON VHUMANS ARE ALL BARDS!!!!!! Time to burn my books...) Exactly my point. You want to play against tradition? Go ahead and play with what life gave you. You want to be strength base paladin high elf? Go ahead. Put highest score in strength and so on. But you still get a cantrip, one 1st level wizard spell to use and a nice bonus in dexterity and intel. Now that is playing against type. And yes, we had one of these too. With twelve players, it is not hard to see a lot of unusual character types/concepts. Just as I said above. Plus, the elves from Athas are not necessarily PHB Elves. It depends on the setting too. I would expect Qualinesty to be different from the Kagonesti and the Dimernesti of Dragon lance. Some of these elves could be paladins even in 1st edition! The setting overrule the PHB. I fail to see what you don't see there. Nope. You fail (again) to understand. Playing against type because the system forces you to is not the same thing as willingly gimping your character. There is a whole level of difference that you do not seem (or want) to understand here. Choosing to play a dwarven wizard when you know that your bonuses normally push you toward fighting classes is rewarding. Doing it when there is not costs associated with that choice is just pointless and almost downright stupid. Playing against type, to prove that you can do it is good. Willingly gimping your character by making poor choices voluntarily is exactly a stupid thing to do. Why do mountain climbers take the hardest mountain? Because it is hard. But if the same hard mountain has an easy path, it is not the same. Saying I played a dwarven wizard before Tasha will not bear the same accomplishment when played after. The first one will be way more rewarding as the second. [/QUOTE]
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