SatanasOz
Explorer
Hi all,
Something that made me think about small races: Today we had a character creation session, and one of my players wanted to play a Gnome ranged fighter. Doing the math and getting ready I was surprised to realize that she got punished for her size twice.
a) being slow, shared with the dwarf
b) ban to use high damage (Heavy) weapons in a meaningful way
So my question I guess: Is there any advantage to offset the two disadvantages form being small? Are their racial abilities supposed to make up for it?
Or is this a relic form older editions? In 3e, you got the AC bonus to offset this a little. 4e just made everyone the same.
Just to make this clear, this is not a question about realism or whether halflings and gnomes should be able to wield longbows. This is just a question about the gamist side of things: Are small races punished for flavor reasons without a mechanical offset?
Something that made me think about small races: Today we had a character creation session, and one of my players wanted to play a Gnome ranged fighter. Doing the math and getting ready I was surprised to realize that she got punished for her size twice.
a) being slow, shared with the dwarf
b) ban to use high damage (Heavy) weapons in a meaningful way
So my question I guess: Is there any advantage to offset the two disadvantages form being small? Are their racial abilities supposed to make up for it?
Or is this a relic form older editions? In 3e, you got the AC bonus to offset this a little. 4e just made everyone the same.
Just to make this clear, this is not a question about realism or whether halflings and gnomes should be able to wield longbows. This is just a question about the gamist side of things: Are small races punished for flavor reasons without a mechanical offset?