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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mercule" data-source="post: 5829757" data-attributes="member: 5100">This is what I should have voted. I don't give a rip if the race get's a -1 for every +1. I just want each race to have appropriate differences from humans. That might mean some races get no stat adjustments, but some really wild "at-will" (or something). It might also mean that a race gets a huge stat bonus, no penalty, and no powers. Or something totally different.That line of thought brings me to balance, though. How important is balance? What if you have a race like goliaths that has a net stat boost or break even and an awesome ability? The 3e option was to use a level adjustment. The 4e option was to take away/tone down the ability. I find the 4e way of handling it to be very, very unsatisfying. The 3e way had some glitches, too, though. The other options are the 1e way, where balance came from the GM, or just saying "sorry, you can't play that". Both of those have a certain amount of suck attached to them. The best of the above seems to be 3.5 w/ UA buy-offs, but there may be something else.</blockquote>