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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DrSpunj" data-source="post: 1377775" data-attributes="member: 994">Fine, but I think it's relevant (looking at both Dwarves and Half-Orcs, actually), especially if you want to look at other NPC races for Natural Armor bonuses. Heck, take a look at the Drow since they also have Darkvision (60' I think).  Then stop spinning in circles, it's affecting your judgement. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> It's still not balanced to me against its Favored Class: Sorcerer. For that reason I still give it a +1 LA. Take it point by point. Out of everything you list as qualities, what does a Sorcerer hate/lose? Light Sensitivity, which for Ray spells and Ranged Touch attacks the -1 penalty is balanced out by the +2 Dex, and the -1 to Search and Spot are more than balanced by the +2 Int and the +2 racial bonus to Search. So, why's this supposed to be a negative again? The built-in features of the class mean for melee attacks he's -2 in normal light and -3 in daylight. For a Sorcerer, big whoop! While I admit that makes playing a Rogue less appealing, we're not balancing the class against a Rogue! Umm, nothing else...oh wait, they don't know Common either. Well, that's 2 of the bonus skill points from the 23 they'll get over the lifetime of the character for +2 Int. They get half the benefits of being Human right there (minus the 2 skill points for knowing Common). It's still a +1 LA for Favored Class: Sorcerer. Even for some other concepts, it's...Dwarfish. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> I still want to play one for my next character, which I'll agree right now, if you want, won't be a Sorcerer. Thanks. DrSpunj</blockquote>

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