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<blockquote data-quote="MrGrenadine" data-source="post: 9289685" data-attributes="member: 62619">This is why I love this game. It's so interesting and fun to see how other folks play.I prefer species that have specific +'s and even -'s to Ability scores -- which along with their soft skills and other features makes them feel distinctive to me -- as long as I can choose whatever class I want.I love non-optimal species/class combos (I played a tremendously fun tiny angry halfling barbarian in 3.5, for years) but maybe I don't mind limits and debuffs on Ability scores because we always roll our scores. If I want to play a CHR based class with a -CHR species, I just slot my highest roll to CHR and Bob's yer uncle.The other reason I like species (on average) to be better or worse in certain stats is I think it promotes teamwork and diverse groups of characters. Its ok that my character has a low WIS or DEX because one of my teammates will have higher scores, and although my low WIS doesn't help me when I roll my Perception checks as a straight up d20, the group benefits from the Cleric's high WIS when interacting with NPCs, etc.Also, I love the flavor or different kinds of Dwarves and Halflings, and wouldn't mind more sub-species with different features. Thinking about the differences between Hill and Mountain dwarves, whether they're mechincal or just fluff, helps me when I'm conceptualizing a character.Also, I now want to run a simulation -- what would happen if I ran four 15th level characters with all 10's, and the same exact characters with all 20's, against the same foes?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MrGrenadine, post: 9289685, member: 62619"] This is why I love this game. It's so interesting and fun to see how other folks play. I prefer species that have specific +'s and even -'s to Ability scores -- which along with their soft skills and other features makes them feel distinctive to me -- as long as I can choose whatever class I want. I love non-optimal species/class combos (I played a tremendously fun tiny angry halfling barbarian in 3.5, for years) but maybe I don't mind limits and debuffs on Ability scores because we always roll our scores. If I want to play a CHR based class with a -CHR species, I just slot my highest roll to CHR and Bob's yer uncle. The other reason I like species (on average) to be better or worse in certain stats is I think it promotes teamwork and diverse groups of characters. Its ok that my character has a low WIS or DEX because one of my teammates will have higher scores, and although my low WIS doesn't help me when I roll my Perception checks as a straight up d20, the [I]group[/I] benefits from the Cleric's high WIS when interacting with NPCs, etc. Also, I love the flavor or different kinds of Dwarves and Halflings, and wouldn't mind more sub-species with different features. Thinking about the differences between Hill and Mountain dwarves, whether they're mechincal or just fluff, helps me when I'm conceptualizing a character. Also, I now want to run a simulation -- what would happen if I ran four 15th level characters with all 10's, and the same exact characters with all 20's, against the same foes? [/QUOTE]

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