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<blockquote data-quote="JEB" data-source="post: 8196382" data-attributes="member: 10148"><p>Let's presume that Wizards produces a sourcebook that has, say, several brand new character races - not the lineages in the UA, but something new to 5E, like (random choices) Mystara's <a href="https://dungeonsdragons.fandom.com/wiki/Lupin" target="_blank">lupin</a> and <a href="https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Diabolus" target="_blank">diabolus</a>. And those writeups don't have any ability score suggestions. Are you arguing that there's nothing unfortunate about my friend having a harder time figuring out how to play these character races in a way he thinks is unusual and interesting? When a single sidebar with non-binding suggestions would solve all these problems for him and players like him?</p><p></p><p></p><p>You're partly correct, they aren't choosing, specifically, to play an unoptimized combo. They're choosing to play a halfling that is a barbarian. They like having guidelines that say "halflings are usually like this" and playing within those guidelines, but combining it with an unexpected class choice (the barbarian). It's a role-playing decision, made so he can play against expectations, so he can struggle against those limits and make his victories all the more interesting and creative. That's what makes that character fun for him. But for him to continue making characters like that, he needs to have expectations to play against. That's what will be lost if Wizards doesn't have recommended defaults.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JEB, post: 8196382, member: 10148"] Let's presume that Wizards produces a sourcebook that has, say, several brand new character races - not the lineages in the UA, but something new to 5E, like (random choices) Mystara's [URL='https://dungeonsdragons.fandom.com/wiki/Lupin']lupin[/URL] and [URL='https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Diabolus']diabolus[/URL]. And those writeups don't have any ability score suggestions. Are you arguing that there's nothing unfortunate about my friend having a harder time figuring out how to play these character races in a way he thinks is unusual and interesting? When a single sidebar with non-binding suggestions would solve all these problems for him and players like him? You're partly correct, they aren't choosing, specifically, to play an unoptimized combo. They're choosing to play a halfling that is a barbarian. They like having guidelines that say "halflings are usually like this" and playing within those guidelines, but combining it with an unexpected class choice (the barbarian). It's a role-playing decision, made so he can play against expectations, so he can struggle against those limits and make his victories all the more interesting and creative. That's what makes that character fun for him. But for him to continue making characters like that, he needs to have expectations to play against. That's what will be lost if Wizards doesn't have recommended defaults. [/QUOTE]
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