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<blockquote data-quote="Warpiglet-7" data-source="post: 8114214" data-attributes="member: 7025282">You know, I have read every post in this thread.&nbsp; People have opinions no doubt.&nbsp; Play the game how you want with whom you want.&nbsp; Further, you have a right to like changes and optional rules or to dislike them without having some serious personality flaw.Nonetheless, I think these changes were made not for options but to placate some who believe that differences among species promotes racist ideas or propagate&nbsp; eugenicist thinking in some fashion.I then wonder, what would these folks say about&nbsp; Neanderthals?&nbsp;&nbsp; They shared 99% plus genetically with us.&nbsp; And yet, they may have had a hard time with speech as complex as ours (at least making some of the sounds).&nbsp; They were surely more robust.&nbsp; Would they have been stronger?&nbsp;&nbsp; Were they as smart?&nbsp; There were likely someDifferences. Does hypothesizing about these things hurt marginalized people? Of course not. It’s only by applying these ideas within species that these things become harmful.Only when we suggest between group differences based on modern ethnic groups do we have problems.&nbsp; Most proposed differences are simply pseudoscientific garbage.however, if reality says super close ancestors can be stronger or less able to talk or whatever, why Is it imperative for different fantasy species to be statistically equivalent?I just hate to think we are playing the game in fear or playing defense all the time.&nbsp; A segment of the population got loud about demons and devils once as well.&nbsp; Ugh.I mean I am sure the people who were concerned were really concerned.&nbsp; Maybe they were genuinely fearful.this is the same thing all over again.as to the rules...if you want to play with floating bonuses, it’s your prerogative. I don’t think it would wreck my fun to think the PC is simply different than their peers. After all they are. You can get to 20 regardless if you so choose even if it takes one extra ASI.just waiting to see what other changes might get made due to flawed fear-based reasoning (With or without pure intentions).i would say though the most persuasive thing I read about floating ASI was related to stat blocks and the general example of a species. The population would still differ even if one case (a pc) does not.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Warpiglet-7, post: 8114214, member: 7025282"] You know, I have read every post in this thread. People have opinions no doubt. Play the game how you want with whom you want. Further, you have a right to like changes and optional rules or to dislike them without having some serious personality flaw. Nonetheless, I think these changes were made not for options but to placate some who believe that differences among species promotes racist ideas or propagate eugenicist thinking in some fashion. I then wonder, what would these folks say about Neanderthals? They shared 99% plus genetically with us. And yet, they may have had a hard time with speech as complex as ours (at least making some of the sounds). They were surely more robust. Would they have been stronger? Were they as smart? There were likely some Differences. Does hypothesizing about these things hurt marginalized people? Of course not. It’s only by applying these ideas [I]within [/I]species that these things become harmful. Only when we suggest between group differences based on modern ethnic groups do we have problems. Most proposed differences are simply pseudoscientific garbage. however, if reality says super close ancestors can be stronger or less able to talk or whatever, why Is it imperative for different fantasy [I]species [/I]to be statistically equivalent? I just hate to think we are playing the game in fear or playing defense all the time. A segment of the population got loud about demons and devils once as well. Ugh. I mean I am sure the people who were concerned were really concerned. Maybe they were genuinely fearful. this is the same thing all over again. as to the rules...if you want to play with floating bonuses, it’s your prerogative. I don’t think it would wreck my fun to think the PC is simply different than their peers. After all they are. You can get to 20 regardless if you so choose even if it takes one extra ASI. just waiting to see what other changes might get made due to flawed fear-based reasoning (With or without pure intentions). i would say though the most persuasive thing I read about floating ASI was related to stat blocks and the general example of a species. The population would still differ even if one case (a pc) does not. [/QUOTE]

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