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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 7746759" data-attributes="member: 58172">Regarding the size issue for centaurs and minotaurs, I would rather the designers come up with a way to make Large creature types a normal player character option.Make the core mechanics ‘engine’ handle size in a balanced way.A helpful way to balance size is by correlating it with the Constitution score. Already, size defacto correlates with hit points and Constitution, but systematizing this pattern goes a long way to balancing size. Size comes with mechanical benefits, but to access them, one needs to invest in a high score, meaning that other ability scores will be lower.In my experience, Constitution is almost not even an ability − being way too passive. But connecting it to size makes it more active − increasing damage bonus, utilizing heavy weapons, gaining longer melee reach, carrying more weight, and so on.Link size and Constitution.Large is an important archetype. D&D can make it normal and make it work well.</blockquote>