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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vanion" data-source="post: 2310041" data-attributes="member: 19612">Depends on what exactly you mean by restrictions. I won't go into the 2ed restricted multiclass analogy too deeply, but I understand the logic you're using and agree with it whole heartedly. For the most part, I think that this can be remedied by long backstories and traditions concerning races, common rituals, details on the societies and the complexities found within. For the most part, you simply need to look into homebrew settings for that kind of detail - I don't want to anger FR fans, but I found that for the most part surface elves were simply ewoks with pointy ears and magic. They live in trees, have loosely arranged benevolent societies with rulers that are rarely ever challenged (Fey'ri attacks on Evermeet being one of the few exceptions). While it's a relatively cool concept, it doesn't really give you any genuine depth to work with, nor does it tie the character's background to their personality, because they have no strong societal influences to react to in most cases, only personal ones. Don't even get me started about my opinions on Drow. Personally I find that I rarely use the PrCs in source books at all, and just like them as inspiration and reading material. For the most part, since I'm an obsessive house ruler, I'll allow players to generate their own concepts, and then balance them out, edit it to a point we're both happy, and make it available for inclusion. It's not a "Whee! Twinking time!" opportunity in the least - if they really want to be overpowered they can just make an X Rogue/1 Shadowdancer, Dragon Disciples, Mystic Theurges or any of the other broken builds available in the core books; I hardly need to create a new one.It's just an opportunity to focus their build in a very personal direction, which is pretty much required for warriors who want to be more than very simplistic smiters, or Horizon Walkers who routinely get the crap kicked out of them.Anyway, I've found some interesting homebrew settings online...worth looking into if you find that the standard races available have little personality to them.</blockquote>

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