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<blockquote data-quote="Particle_Man" data-source="post: 4809169" data-attributes="member: 892">Well, Half-elves in phb have a &quot;niche-protection&quot; of being the only PC cleric/magic-user types, balanced by their low level limitation.&nbsp; If you remove class restriction (as Unearthed Arcana did) on races, but keep level limits (as Unearthed Arcana did), half-elves will suck more (as half-elves did).Half-orc multiclass thieves were restricted by armor but *not* by weapons, unlike other multiclass thieves.&nbsp; Don't know if that is a big deal or not.&nbsp; But a backstab with a 2-handed sword will hurt.&nbsp; Half-orcs were the only race to have level limitations as a thief.Partly it will be genre convention.&nbsp; If you remove class choice and level limits by race, then only the racial limits on intelligence give one a reason to have fewer dwarf or half-orc wizards, by percentage, than elf wizards.&nbsp; If you are ok with that, then that is not an issue, of course.[Edit: I am talking about 1st ed., mind you]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Particle_Man, post: 4809169, member: 892"] Well, Half-elves in phb have a "niche-protection" of being the only PC cleric/magic-user types, balanced by their low level limitation. If you remove class restriction (as Unearthed Arcana did) on races, but keep level limits (as Unearthed Arcana did), half-elves will suck more (as half-elves did). Half-orc multiclass thieves were restricted by armor but *not* by weapons, unlike other multiclass thieves. Don't know if that is a big deal or not. But a backstab with a 2-handed sword will hurt. Half-orcs were the only race to have level limitations as a thief. Partly it will be genre convention. If you remove class choice and level limits by race, then only the racial limits on intelligence give one a reason to have fewer dwarf or half-orc wizards, by percentage, than elf wizards. If you are ok with that, then that is not an issue, of course. [Edit: I am talking about 1st ed., mind you] [/QUOTE]

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