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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nonlethal Force" data-source="post: 3200885" data-attributes="member: 35788">Personally, I'd suggest one big change before messing with the races: Get rid of favored classes.  I do it already in my homebrew.  That tends to ratchet the power of the human choice down a tad and set them equal with the other racess except the dwarf.To make the dwarf better I much prefer the earlier suggested -2 DEX rather than -2 CON.  I also think they could easily lose one of their natural enemies (goblinoids or giants) and still be an attractive class.Perhaps the half-elf is a bit underpowered, but I'm also strange in that I like the bard class and like to play it.  So perhaps power plays out a bit differently in the games I am in and run.  I don't think the half-elf needs fixed.I also don't mind the half-orc, but I also never played one.  I'd be willing to give the suggestion earlier (+2 Str, +2 Con, -2 Int, -2 Cha) a go.  But, I'd also like to think that it could work this way: +2 Str, +2 Wis, -2 Int, -2 Cha.  That would make it more attractive to the Druid class - which I think could be a good thing for half-orcs.All-in-all, though, I am a big fan of taking power away from the dwarf than bringing everyone else up.  The game is always fighting power creep as it is, why encourage it?</blockquote>