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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Psikus" data-source="post: 4710894" data-attributes="member: 66049">One comment unrelated to balance: your idea is a bit different from the racial bonuses in the PHB, in that you focus in passive bonuses rather than race powers. Having some racial encounter power helps a lot, in my opinion, to distinguish one race from the other. I'd argue that it's also more fun than just having higher numbers in your character sheet.That said, a +1 bonus to AC is quite good, and doesn't lose its value as you level, so I'd remove the increased bonuses at paragon and epic (which, frankly, would be too good).May I suggest a different approach? Rather than giving a flat defense bonus, that Tough Skin could provide the equivalent of a Hide Armor:"You can treat any light armor you wear as if it had an Armor Bonus of +3 instead of its normal value. Increase this bonus to +4 at 11th level, and +5 at 21th level. Enhancenment bonuses apply normaly".In addition to this change, you could add the following encounter power:"Racial shieldEncounterImmediate interrupt - PersonalTrigger: An enemy hits youEffect: You gain resist 5 to all damage until your next turnIncrease the resistance to 10 at 11th level and 15 at 21th level"</blockquote>