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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Arkhandus" data-source="post: 1610158" data-attributes="member: 13966">Your complaint is not only unfounded, DreamChaser, but absurd in the face of roleplaying and what the favored classes and racial traits represent.  Elves have wizard as a favored class because their society is infatuated with the wonder of magic and they naturally gravitate to that study.  Half-orcs are naturally strong, not very intelligent, and often grow up amongst savage orcs, so of course they tend to become barbarians more often than not.  These Sylvani are naturally inclined towards becoming druids because of their own close connection to the natural world and their way of life.  And so on and so forth.  People don't tend to take up professions that diverge from what their natural talents are, or what their culture promotes, unless they're forced.  Favored classes are only an indicator of what the race gravitates towards more often than not, and thus it is easier for them to practice those trades while also taking up other paths (multiclassing). Most players won't spring to the odd conclusion that the only way to be a decent X is to be race Y, as you suppose.  Are all fighters dwarves?  Are all barbarians half-orcs?  Are all rogues halflings?  Hell no, because players in general aren't that stupid to where they would believe those are the only viable or good ways to play.  Even munchkins can find some good combinations with other race/class combinations. Mental ability score bonuses, even combined with appropriate favored classes, are not at all overpowering.  Smart or wise races will not gravitate towards barbaric, chaotic, or brutish classes, they will gravitate towards wizardry or priestly pursuits.  In combat, bonuses to mental stats will not aid a caster any more than bonuses to physical stats help a warrior.  Woop-de-doo, the caster gets +1 to spell DCs, o shoot, cower in terror of the almighty half-power Spell Focus. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f615.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":confused:" title="Confused    :confused:"  data-smilie="5"data-shortname=":confused:" />  But look, the half-orc over there is dishing out more damage with more accuracy and a bigger weapon than everyone else, because he has superior strength.  Personally I don't see either as overpowered, they all have their strengths and weaknesses, their benefits and shortcomings.</blockquote>

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