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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 8185258" data-attributes="member: 7635">So to me, it sounds less like the issue is that "goliaths are naturally stronger than halflings" and more "goliaths, by virtue of +2 to strength, are designed to excel at melee-focused classes and be mediocre at all others". Assuming you are designing your character to play to its strengths (no pun intended) goliaths are good fighters, barbarians and rangers, decent paladins, and middling average at all else. This was intentional, as the lore, artwork, and mechanics encouraged goliaths to be melee brutes and treated almost all other roles as secondary or inferior options. Could you play a goliath wizard or druid? Yes, but since your effectiveness in a class was often tied to certain ability scores, you were always far better off picking a race whose ASI corresponded with your class's main stats. The issue then became less "goliaths are strong" and more "because they are strong, they are only good as melee warriors". Thus, if the goal is to break that chain between races excelling at certain classes and not others, (or at least severely weaken it), the only two methods available to us are:1.) Remove the link between classes needing certain ability scores to function, either making them be able to use any score the PC chooses OR removing influence from the score altogether (such as having spells prepped and spell DCs not influenced by the  Int/Wis/Cha of the caster) OR2.) Removing the link between races granting certain ability score mods that push them towards specific classes.The 2nd is far easier to do, which is why we got Tasha and not 6e.</blockquote>

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