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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 8803847" data-attributes="member: 29398">Because it's a Halfling.Because it's a Dwarf.Because it's a Gnome.Humans are the baseline, and all others are compared to them.And you're also conveniently forgetting (pre-floating ASIs):Why are Halflings more capable of nimbly running along balance beams than humans?Why are Dwarves more resiilent than humans when it comes to taking damage?Never mind the universal all-editions question:Why do Gnomes even exist?No, but if Goblins were the baseline instead of Humans all Humans would have a pretty good strength bonus.Again, Elves aren't the baseline.&nbsp; You might not get a dex penalty but odds are high you'll still be among the clumsiest in the room.Same as if real-world me was to walk into a room full of NASA rocket scientists.&nbsp; I wouldn't in fact be any less intelligent than I was outside but I'd sure as hell feel like I was. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 8803847, member: 29398"] Because it's a Halfling. Because it's a Dwarf. Because it's a Gnome. Humans are the baseline, and all others are compared to them. And you're also conveniently forgetting (pre-floating ASIs): Why are Halflings more capable of nimbly running along balance beams than humans? Why are Dwarves more resiilent than humans when it comes to taking damage? Never mind the universal all-editions question: Why do Gnomes even exist? No, but if Goblins were the baseline instead of Humans all Humans would have a pretty good strength bonus. Again, Elves aren't the baseline. You might not get a dex penalty but odds are high you'll still be among the clumsiest in the room. Same as if real-world me was to walk into a room full of NASA rocket scientists. I wouldn't in fact be any less intelligent than I was outside but I'd sure as hell feel like I was. :) [/QUOTE]

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