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<blockquote data-quote="GreenTengu" data-source="post: 8113036" data-attributes="member: 6777454"><p>Well, maybe that will make such light of just how badly the thing is design that people will finally listen to what I have been saying for years.</p><p></p><p>The races should just be</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Dark Vision (or some extra bonus if they don't have it)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Access to a basic martial weapon or armor if the class doesn't provide it (only if it seems they need to be compensated if you choose to be a spellcaster-- I think getting rid of all weapon/armor proficiencies on all races would be for the better)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Proficiency in 1 Skill</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">1st level class ability that lets you either do that class's special thing more often or allows you to do a bit of that class's thing if you are a different class (i.e. 1 cantrip, 1 use of rage, 1 use of bardic inspiration, natural explorer in 1 additional environment, additional fighting style, expertise with a tool/skill, etc.) or +1 HP per level</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Resistance to a non-physical damage type or advantage on saves against one status condition or maybe a school of magic</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">An extra language or tool proficiency</li> </ol><p>That's the package that the Elf and Dwarf get, its primarily the package that the Halfling gets-- other PHB races line up better or worse. It's really like the person who designed the first 4 races (human, elf, dwarf and halfling) quit the company right after they were designed and the rest of the staff didn't understand how they made and balanced them and have been trying and failing to get things right ever since.</p><p></p><p>And the person who wrote Volo's just had utterly the wrong concept to begin with and just drove totally off the road, directly into the ditch, got thrown from the car right before it exploded and looked back at the flaming wreck and said "This is fine. Let's send it off to the publishers."</p><p></p><p>Even their attempts to fix the Orc with "Eberron Orc" fall massively short of the mark. Because they just didn't follow the damn guide-- like no one who works on the books sat down and actually looked at the primary races and why they worked for long enough to realize there even was a guideline that they should be following.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GreenTengu, post: 8113036, member: 6777454"] Well, maybe that will make such light of just how badly the thing is design that people will finally listen to what I have been saying for years. The races should just be [LIST=1] [*]Dark Vision (or some extra bonus if they don't have it) [*]Access to a basic martial weapon or armor if the class doesn't provide it (only if it seems they need to be compensated if you choose to be a spellcaster-- I think getting rid of all weapon/armor proficiencies on all races would be for the better) [*]Proficiency in 1 Skill [*]1st level class ability that lets you either do that class's special thing more often or allows you to do a bit of that class's thing if you are a different class (i.e. 1 cantrip, 1 use of rage, 1 use of bardic inspiration, natural explorer in 1 additional environment, additional fighting style, expertise with a tool/skill, etc.) or +1 HP per level [*]Resistance to a non-physical damage type or advantage on saves against one status condition or maybe a school of magic [*]An extra language or tool proficiency [/LIST] That's the package that the Elf and Dwarf get, its primarily the package that the Halfling gets-- other PHB races line up better or worse. It's really like the person who designed the first 4 races (human, elf, dwarf and halfling) quit the company right after they were designed and the rest of the staff didn't understand how they made and balanced them and have been trying and failing to get things right ever since. And the person who wrote Volo's just had utterly the wrong concept to begin with and just drove totally off the road, directly into the ditch, got thrown from the car right before it exploded and looked back at the flaming wreck and said "This is fine. Let's send it off to the publishers." Even their attempts to fix the Orc with "Eberron Orc" fall massively short of the mark. Because they just didn't follow the damn guide-- like no one who works on the books sat down and actually looked at the primary races and why they worked for long enough to realize there even was a guideline that they should be following. [/QUOTE]
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