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Message: <blockquote data-quote="James Gasik" data-source="post: 8565667" data-attributes="member: 6877472">It's been awhile since I made a thread on here, as opposed to answering someone else's posts (actually, as near as I can tell, none of my old threads exist anymore- no great loss), so be gentle.After watching Treantmonk's video about the race changes in Monsters of the Multiverse, something nagged at me.  Many races now have a Small-size option.  But no benefit is given to those races, since, for the most part, Small is a disadvantage.  One can argue a Small character can find cover or a hiding spot more easily, and squeeze into narrower places (or use smaller creatures as mounts), but these seem pretty situational with regards to being forced to use smaller weapons without Disadvantage.I know this debate is old hat, and some people don't see a problem with it.  That's not what this thread is for, really.What I'm curious about is, since WotC seems to think Small and Medium sizes area about equal, does this mean that A), they value the above benefits higher than I do?  I played a Halfling Fighter until 13th level in AL and I honestly never found it to be anything other than an hindrance.  Or B), they are planning to give Small races an actual advantage in material going forwards (such as the 2024 PHB)?I'm curious to hear the communities thoughts, and if you feel there will be a change, what form do you suppose that will take?I don't think weapon damage will be changed- some have argued that Small races do more damage than their size would indicate already (using Enlarge/Reduce as evidence).  Also, no Small races have a Strength penalty (at least, not anymore...) so it's obvious that, pound for pound, Halflings way stronger than Humans.Do you think they will adjust weights for Small equipment?  Make Small equipment cheaper to buy?I also highly doubt we'll see a return to the +1 to hit/+1 to AC of 3e, since those benefits would be worth way more to certain characters than doing 2d6 with a greatsword.  I don't expect any kind of numerical advantage, if anything changes at all.  But I do expect something, if for no other reason than how ability score bonuses have been reworked so any Race can be a member of any Class with equal competence- it's hard to quantify "Hey, you can have a +2 Strength Fairy" with "Small Races take a hit to weapon damage, so don't do that if this affects you in any way!"</blockquote>

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