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<blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 7579838" data-attributes="member: 20564"><p>I'm pretty much in agreement here. There definitely are wrong ways to do it, just like there are wrong ways to do almost anything on the DM side of the screen. There needs to be balance with times it's not a detriment and times when it's a positive.</p><p></p><p>As I've mentioned several times, I often use default racial tensions before the characters have started to make a name for themselves, something to provide a contrast from "dirty goblin" to "folk hero" to "Guardian of the Realm". What I haven't mentioned is the times when because the PC is a goblin that hobgoblins were tricked, or goblin clans convinced, or other times that it was useful to be a goblin. And you are right, those need to exist and in sufficient quantities.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And this is an example of a bad way to do it. But pointing out that it can be run badly doesn't mean it shouldn't exist at all. That argument could be used that there shouldn't be adventures because some could be railroads.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>A generic wizard who running into melee and swings a greatsword wearing heavy armor will find that their class choice is much more meaningful in terms of their melee offense and defense then their action.</p><p></p><p>But even if there is a difference, as long as you agree that both choices have <em>some</em> meaning then hopefully can you see that taking that meaning away from the player in either case is incorrect.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blue, post: 7579838, member: 20564"] I'm pretty much in agreement here. There definitely are wrong ways to do it, just like there are wrong ways to do almost anything on the DM side of the screen. There needs to be balance with times it's not a detriment and times when it's a positive. As I've mentioned several times, I often use default racial tensions before the characters have started to make a name for themselves, something to provide a contrast from "dirty goblin" to "folk hero" to "Guardian of the Realm". What I haven't mentioned is the times when because the PC is a goblin that hobgoblins were tricked, or goblin clans convinced, or other times that it was useful to be a goblin. And you are right, those need to exist and in sufficient quantities. And this is an example of a bad way to do it. But pointing out that it can be run badly doesn't mean it shouldn't exist at all. That argument could be used that there shouldn't be adventures because some could be railroads. A generic wizard who running into melee and swings a greatsword wearing heavy armor will find that their class choice is much more meaningful in terms of their melee offense and defense then their action. But even if there is a difference, as long as you agree that both choices have [I]some[/I] meaning then hopefully can you see that taking that meaning away from the player in either case is incorrect. [/QUOTE]
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