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<blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 8199669" data-attributes="member: 6801228"><p>But here is the problem. If most of them are rubbish, then losing most of them isn't a big deal. And yet [USER=7025508]@Crimson Longinus[/USER] has put forth that they are obvious biological facts of these races which must be preserved to keep the game functioning on a narrative level. </p><p></p><p>People have described losing the +2 difference between a big race like goliath, orc, dragonborn or minotaur and a small race like halfling, gnome or goblin as "farcical" the example of the elephant and the mouse was a real example put forth as undeniable proof of how ridiculous removing that distinction is. And yet, shift the conversation to the similarities between those races, a similarity that is a little harder to justify, and now the conversation shifts into "well we don't want to make a bad system worse" or "most of them are rubbish anyways, so why does it matter" </p><p></p><p>But, then you sneak back in that some of them have to be obvious. After all, a goliath being stronger than most other races is just like an Aarcrockra being born with wings, or a Dwarf being born knowing how to swing a battleaxe or a gnome being born knowing how to construct a music box or a tabaxi being born knowing how to hide and sneak.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chaosmancer, post: 8199669, member: 6801228"] But here is the problem. If most of them are rubbish, then losing most of them isn't a big deal. And yet [USER=7025508]@Crimson Longinus[/USER] has put forth that they are obvious biological facts of these races which must be preserved to keep the game functioning on a narrative level. People have described losing the +2 difference between a big race like goliath, orc, dragonborn or minotaur and a small race like halfling, gnome or goblin as "farcical" the example of the elephant and the mouse was a real example put forth as undeniable proof of how ridiculous removing that distinction is. And yet, shift the conversation to the similarities between those races, a similarity that is a little harder to justify, and now the conversation shifts into "well we don't want to make a bad system worse" or "most of them are rubbish anyways, so why does it matter" But, then you sneak back in that some of them have to be obvious. After all, a goliath being stronger than most other races is just like an Aarcrockra being born with wings, or a Dwarf being born knowing how to swing a battleaxe or a gnome being born knowing how to construct a music box or a tabaxi being born knowing how to hide and sneak. [/QUOTE]
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