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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DrJawaPhD" data-source="post: 9475305" data-attributes="member: 7044770">Great list!  It's obviously all subjective and I don't find anything you wrote to be way off.  Here's what I would change for the 2024 PHB races:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Dragonborn are way overrated, definitely not the best race in 2024.  5 points is way too much for 10 minutes of flight once per day, only usable once casters already get the Fly spell.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Aasimar maybe overrated but they're definitely strong.  I'd say both necrotic and radiant are "rare" which would drop them 1 point by your metrics and seems about right</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Elf seems like one of the weakest races now.  I think you're overrating spells, but it depends on the build, they can sometimes be VERY strong due to not taking a spellslot.  Also I think 2.5 for resistance to Charm is too much.  I could see adding 1 point (or even more) though for qualifying for Elven Accuracy.  So maybe your number is about right I dunno</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Goliath is way underrated, it's likely the best race in 2024 PHB.  I'd put Giant Ancestry at 7 points, it's build-defining good.  I'd say Large Form should only be ~3 though, it's good but not great</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Halfling also way underrated, it's the other potential choice for best race in 2024 PHB.  Luck is 7 points easily.  Best single species-feature in the book.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Gnome I would say 9.5 is too high.  Adv on 3 saves is huge but that's literally all they have.  Weakest species in the game by far</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Dwarf, Human, Orc, and Tiefling all look spot on, no comments</li> </ul>Great list thanks for pulling this together!</blockquote>

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