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Message: <blockquote data-quote="flametitan" data-source="post: 7703111" data-attributes="member: 6822731">I disagree.There's no reason to, as somebody's still going to want to play something that breaks the mould, regardless of it it's splat or core. The easiest way to make an interesting character is to have a type, and then play against it. Discouraging playing against type is discouraging what are potentially really interesting characters.I've been hearing mixed responses. Sometimes I'm hearing that it *only* gets aggressive, powerful build, and Intimidation; sometimes I'm hearing it gets everything.In either case, the answer is not to reduce INT. In the former, it's an arbitrary penalty. In the latter, it does absolutely nothing to "balance" it. Why? Because it's bonuses are geared towards being a big dumb barbarian anyway. You don't care about INT if you're playing a big dumb barbarian, and you get bonuses to make you that much better at being a big dumb barbarian than anyone else. However, if you don't play the big dumb barbarian, you don't benefit from these abilities, *and* you miss out on the ability scores you so need. It does nothing to hurt you, unless you don't play to type.</blockquote>