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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Undrave" data-source="post: 8076470" data-attributes="member: 7015698">Why is there some sort of 'value' placed on playing against type, or playing an 'uncommon' combination? Why is there some sort of judgement value placed on 'optimizers' who just like having a +3 to their damn main stat exactly? Why would being able to play a 16 STR Halfling Barbarian make it any less surprising IN FICTION that the character is a dangerous barbarian?? It's not like we're playing a MMO and all the tables are in the same universe or connected somehow. If your PC use alternate racial traits, then that could just mean they are special IN UNIVERSE as well. What's the story behind that Halfling? Why is he so fierce? Was he raised by a clan of Goliath? Or maybe just in a rough and tumble neigbhorhood and decided not to let the Twiceling walk all over him? PC options don't have to become the norm. Pretty sure Warlocks are way rarer in universe than they are among D&D players, for exemple.</blockquote>