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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hurin70" data-source="post: 8183143" data-attributes="member: 6875491">Perhaps my greatest problem with the end of assigned ASI's is that it breaks the connection between the description of the race and its actual mechanical benefits.Here for example are some of the things that the PHB says about Dwarves:--It says that they are 'hardy'. But they're really no more 'hardy' than any other race now, at least in terms of their stats.--Dwarves are 'solid and enduring like the mountains'. No, not any more than any other race.--Hill Dwarves are known for their 'deep intuition'. Yeah, not really any more.Elves--Elves have 'otherworldly grace'. Again, not really.--Wood Elves have 'keen senses and intuition'. Nope.--High Elves have 'keen minds'. Not any keener than an Orc.And you could go on and on like this. There's no connection anymore between the description/lore and the stats.If this is D&D, then stats are much better in Rolemaster now. There, Race is nature, and culture is nurture. Race therefore affects stats and who gets Darkvision or Flying. Culture affects learned behavior like skills/proficiencies. That makes more sense to me. Just my opinion of course.</blockquote>