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<blockquote data-quote="aco175" data-source="post: 9600539" data-attributes="member: 27385">[USER=7051407]@Imminent.Demilich[/USER] welcome to the site.&nbsp; You brought back a 6 year-old thread which had me thinking for a minute.&nbsp; I was in favor myself of racial bonuses over background when the debates came up over the transition from 5e to 5.5e.&nbsp; Your example of the goliath and halfling seem to show it.&nbsp; Points from old threads will say that the PC halfling might be that one in a million halfling who is extra strong for his race, or the 1:1,000,000 orc that is a super smart mage.&nbsp; I felt that it worked in past editions and it was something to overcome of you were starting with a 14 strength halfling instead of 16.&nbsp; In 5e you could just be a DEX fighter instead so things start to become less needed.&nbsp; the 5.5 backgrounds seem like they will be one of the first things to change.&nbsp; I can see people just letting you pick and place to gain the +2/+1 instead of just the 3 attributes they think the background needs.&nbsp; Same thing with the starter feat.&nbsp; They have the part about making your own background and people just do this with that part anyways, so why bother.&nbsp; I seem to be at the point with the modifiers that it does not matter much with the new edition.&nbsp; They are not really needed with the power of the characters and could just be thrown out.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="aco175, post: 9600539, member: 27385"] [USER=7051407]@Imminent.Demilich[/USER] welcome to the site. You brought back a 6 year-old thread which had me thinking for a minute. I was in favor myself of racial bonuses over background when the debates came up over the transition from 5e to 5.5e. Your example of the goliath and halfling seem to show it. Points from old threads will say that the PC halfling might be that one in a million halfling who is extra strong for his race, or the 1:1,000,000 orc that is a super smart mage. I felt that it worked in past editions and it was something to overcome of you were starting with a 14 strength halfling instead of 16. In 5e you could just be a DEX fighter instead so things start to become less needed. the 5.5 backgrounds seem like they will be one of the first things to change. I can see people just letting you pick and place to gain the +2/+1 instead of just the 3 attributes they think the background needs. Same thing with the starter feat. They have the part about making your own background and people just do this with that part anyways, so why bother. I seem to be at the point with the modifiers that it does not matter much with the new edition. They are not really needed with the power of the characters and could just be thrown out. [/QUOTE]

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