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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jasonbostwick" data-source="post: 5121279" data-attributes="member: 34924">Having just got my PHB3, the races section makes me wonder about how much will be different in the Essential books. It seems like a fair assumption that there will be new and different builds for the classes presented in the Essentials line - but what about races?All of the races in the PHB3 follow the precedent set by the Eberron PG Changeling - they get a fixed  +2 bonus to one ability score, and have the option of applying a +2 bonus to one of two other scores (so the Minotaur is +2 STR, +2 WIS or CON.)As this seems to be the new pattern going forward, will the Essentials line see this being applied to the already published races, rewriting them to be more in line with some changed design assumptions about how the game works? Or will the Essentials shy away from changing anything already set in stone by the previous PHBs for fear of seeming like errata that you have to pay for?</blockquote>