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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 8185048" data-attributes="member: 18">I don't think these are as obvious as I suspect you think they are:Re: Stealth - I think it'd be very much down to the exact terrain and situation and so on, but it's quite likely it would be about equal between all of them. The Goliath is larger but isn't necessarily much louder or more obvious. In some settings the elves would be much better, but standard D&D elves are only very slightly better. If anything, perhaps elven light-footed-ness needs a representation here. But perhaps the scenario is one where noise matters less, and sight more (especially if there's a feast going on in the castle or something), in which case the elf realistically wouldn't have much advantage.Re: tainted food, well the Dwarf has Advantage on saves vs Poison and resistance to Poison damage, and it's very likely at least one of those is coming into play, esp. as you're describing the PC as being "poisoned", so that's already modeled in D&D.Re: Math problem uhhhh, realistically? We have no way to know between that lot. It's not like Orcs have dyscalculia or something.Re: Charm the princess? That depends pretty much entirely on the princess and what she's into. I don't think any of those races are, realistically, inherently better sonnet-writers, and using CHA for a written sonnet wouldn't make a lot of sense if you're thinking about it in this level of detail. I'd probably ask the players to come up with what subject matter the sonnet should cover and any particular ideas/approaches they wanted to incorporate (which could result in Advantage or Disadvantage to the roll), and have them write it with an INT or WIS check. I've certainly met terrible nerds who can write an incredible poem or love letter but are absolutely hopeless and actively anti-charismatic in person. I mean I think this is a place 5E falls down pretty hard - this is the sort of thing that should really be a 4E-style Skill Challenge.</blockquote>

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