Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.
Rocket your D&D 5E and Level Up: Advanced 5E games into space! Alpha Star Magazine Is Launching... Right Now!

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bront" data-source="post: 2357326" data-attributes="member: 19696">I believe all large creatures have reach.  That's why it keeps getting added in there.I feel it's balanced well actualy at +1 LA and 2 Racial HD, the HP are a big advantage, lowlight vision is usefull, and the psionic feats are not nessessarily detriments (Speed of thought and Psionic Dodge are quite nice).  He should be at a disadvantage when compaired to the Human in Feats and Skills, and he's not because of the int bonus and 2 bonus feats (In fact, in a class that doesn't grant bonus feats, like a sorcerer, he'll be at an advantage against the human there).  So he's missing 1 BaB, it happens.  Don't forget, he's at +1 to EVERY skill he has simply by having better stats.  He's +1 on all stat checks.  At epic levels, he's closer to getting most of the epic feats due to higher stats.  I think you're discounting a lot of the bonuses they do get and focusing on where they're deficient.  Every race has some deficiencies (Compair a 20th halfling fighter to a 20th human fighter, the halfling comes up short on several things).I think you are better off making them a largeish medium race and droping the wirey/weak build.  They can still be 8' hulking brutes and be medium.  A large race has a reach of 10' and takes up a 10x10 square, and it seems that you don't seem to want any of those things.You can always try +1 and 1 HD, that might work to your satisfaction.  But I think that it's not enough.</blockquote>

Verification