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<blockquote data-quote="Aidan mac Culloch" data-source="post: 2596517" data-attributes="member: 28904">Point well taken Scion, I suppose there is more to the story.&nbsp; On the surface if seems that not much should differ between the two.However, the half-orc does force you to choose.&nbsp; If you really value skills pts., you need to spend some extra to get a decent Int, and your Dex, Wis, or Str will suffer.&nbsp; In my particular case, I chose to have one really good attribute (Str, 17 or 18 if I recall), and four decent ones (Wis, Dex, Con and Int in the +1 modifier range).&nbsp; My human, on the other hand, didn't need extra points in Int for the number of skill pts. I was shooting for and so his abilities were more balanced, but his Str was lower (admittedly by choice, as you pointed out).&nbsp; There is of course, the additional factor of creating a character that integrates well with the party, which my more mobile, weaker human monk did.The main point, I guess, is that the monk values several different abilities.&nbsp; Because the half-orc does have a -2 in one of those abilities, it forces you to make a choice.&nbsp; Plus the racial stereotype and all that.&nbsp; But I do appreciate your point.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aidan mac Culloch, post: 2596517, member: 28904"] Point well taken Scion, I suppose there is more to the story. On the surface if seems that not much should differ between the two. However, the half-orc does force you to choose. If you really value skills pts., you need to spend some extra to get a decent Int, and your Dex, Wis, or Str will suffer. In my particular case, I chose to have one really good attribute (Str, 17 or 18 if I recall), and four decent ones (Wis, Dex, Con and Int in the +1 modifier range). My human, on the other hand, didn't need extra points in Int for the number of skill pts. I was shooting for and so his abilities were more balanced, but his Str was lower (admittedly by choice, as you pointed out). There is of course, the additional factor of creating a character that integrates well with the party, which my more mobile, weaker human monk did. The main point, I guess, is that the monk values several different abilities. Because the half-orc does have a -2 in one of those abilities, it forces you to make a choice. Plus the racial stereotype and all that. But I do appreciate your point. [/QUOTE]

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