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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 5024594" data-attributes="member: 19675">(1a) Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed/Arcana Evolved method, which refined the SS route, works better.The rationale is that the creature in the MM is a typical exemplar, but not the only way such a creature can be.The AU/AE racial classes let you start off at a certain point of development in the creature's lifespan- call it a juvenile, if you want, but that's not quite it- and then the player chooses how &quot;typical&quot; his PC will be.Take me for example.&nbsp; Mentally, according to tests, I just barely qualify as a &quot;genius.&quot;&nbsp; Physically, I have certain attributes that could have made me money in (a certain small number of) pro sports.&nbsp; I chose to emphasize the former, so now I've got a small collection of advanced degrees...and I'm *ahem* a tad fluffy.&nbsp; I'm atypical.A Minotaur using AU/AE style racial classes could be a physical brute...if he so chose to emphasize the aspects of his heritage that led to his becoming such.&nbsp; But, OTOH, if he becomes a Wizard, he's going to be spending a lot of time in the stacks of the libraries, and simply won't be as physically imposing.He'll still be bigger and more formidable than his elf classmates, though.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 5024594, member: 19675"] (1a) Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed/Arcana Evolved method, which refined the SS route, works better. The rationale is that the creature in the MM is a typical exemplar, but not the only way such a creature can be. The AU/AE racial classes let you start off at a certain point of development in the creature's lifespan- call it a juvenile, if you want, but that's not quite it- and then the player chooses how "typical" his PC will be. Take me for example. Mentally, according to tests, I just barely qualify as a "genius." Physically, I have certain attributes that could have made me money in (a certain small number of) pro sports. I chose to emphasize the former, so now I've got a small collection of advanced degrees...and I'm *ahem* [I]a tad fluffy.[/I] I'm atypical. A Minotaur using AU/AE style racial classes could be a physical brute...if he so chose to emphasize the aspects of his heritage that led to his becoming such. But, OTOH, if he becomes a Wizard, he's going to be spending a lot of time in the stacks of the libraries, and simply won't be as physically imposing. He'll still be bigger and more formidable than his elf classmates, though. [/QUOTE]

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