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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Norton" data-source="post: 8418234" data-attributes="member: 7031494">I think aarakocra should be banned altogether just because it's an annoying word to spell. But seriously, I really want flying PCs in my game. I love the dramatic aspect of having encounters on the Y axis. But it's a drag a lot of the time. Yeah, you can do this and that with setting and range fighting to accommodate a flying PC but there you are, doing it, putting their advantages before your imagination. Or ignoring it, and having them park somewhere and meta the hell out of everything. And boy, if you do hit one with a range weapon after they haven't taken damage in a dozen or so straight encounters, be prepared for the moaning. I have a player who is still complaining about getting hit by a longbow from a Yuan-Ti Abomination once. Apparently it's preposterous that a creature of this kind would have one. Wait until he runs into my dwarves with home-brewed bola-bows. I would have thought it totally legit to make an aarakocra fly more like a chicken, or like that first gliding motorcycle you get in GTA – where range is limited to bursts and there's a small cool-down period. It would make it more special, in my view, and incentivize players to be creative with flight. How thrilling to see a PC run from a high precipice after climbing there (to save his charge) and bursting into range for something cool. Cheers all around. Maybe in the third tier he can choose to buff his strength score to power up the ability? Now I'm considering a flying-squirrel race. Hmm...</blockquote>

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