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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LittleFuzzy" data-source="post: 4662853" data-attributes="member: 79881">Is it just me, or are small characters, no matter what their stat modifiers, sub-optimal for almost all weapon-using builds?  With the rogue as the obvious exception.  Is there any non-rogue build where a Small race doesn't have noticeably lower damage, particularly in the heroic tier, before Light Blade Precision?One of my friends and I were planning on doing some mini-adventures to explore some of the new stuff coming with PHB2 and we had the idea of making an all-Small group, but I'm not seeing a way to make it work with the weapon restrictions on Small size.  I'd already tried a halfling Archer and became frustrated after AV further raised the damage disparity between what I could do and what medium races could.  Small weapon rangers are in the same boat since they should be able to ignore the offhand restriction but are forced back into it because there's just one bloody melee weapon in the game that isn't either offhand or versatile.Did WotC truly intend for Small races to be gimp in half the classes, regardless of their stats?  WHY?  What game purpose does it serve?</blockquote>