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<blockquote data-quote="Don Durito" data-source="post: 8114721" data-attributes="member: 6687260">It's a game practicality.&nbsp; Archetypes/stereotypes (you say tomato...) make the game easier to approach and to get into.&quot;Hey, what can I play?&quot;&quot;You can play a Dwarf, they're like Gimli, or an Elf they're like Legolas&quot;.That's pretty much the point of them.&nbsp; And part of it is making sure that if you play up to the stereotype you don't end up with a sub-optimal character (For example, in 4E axes were generally less good than swords - so there was a feat Dwarven Weapon Training, that made Dwarves really good at axes and hammers).&nbsp; Of course, historically over the last few editions WOTC have been pretty bad at even considering the possibility that people might want to push the envelope on some of these races (Take Half-Orcs for example&nbsp; - in 4E and 5E, a great choice if you want to hit things in melee - pretty much nothing at all to offer you if you want to do anything else)I think approaching things on a setting level here is looking at it on the wrong level.&nbsp; If the setting is designed that way, then it is done so for a purpose.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Don Durito, post: 8114721, member: 6687260"] It's a game practicality. Archetypes/stereotypes (you say tomato...) make the game easier to approach and to get into. "Hey, what can I play?" "You can play a Dwarf, they're like Gimli, or an Elf they're like Legolas". That's pretty much the point of them. And part of it is making sure that if you play up to the stereotype you don't end up with a sub-optimal character (For example, in 4E axes were generally less good than swords - so there was a feat Dwarven Weapon Training, that made Dwarves really good at axes and hammers). Of course, historically over the last few editions WOTC have been pretty bad at even considering the possibility that people might want to push the envelope on some of these races (Take Half-Orcs for example - in 4E and 5E, a great choice if you want to hit things in melee - pretty much nothing at all to offer you if you want to do anything else) I think approaching things on a setting level here is looking at it on the wrong level. If the setting is designed that way, then it is done so for a purpose. [/QUOTE]

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