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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Arial Black" data-source="post: 8201569" data-attributes="member: 6799649">At first level, you choose a race, a class, and a background. That 'earns' the abilities provided by those choices. If you choose, say, barbarian, then that 'earns' Rage and Unarmoured Defence. But choosing barbarian does NOT earn you Spellcasting, because choosing barbarian gets you barbarian-type stuff not wizard-type stuff.Choosing your race 'earns' ALL that the choice gives you, including ASIs. And ALL those things are because you are that race! Including those ASIs, which are chosen to represent what that RACE is like, not what your individual PC is like.If set racial bonuses go away and are replaced by floating +2 and +1, then those bonuses will not be gained because of your choice of race!So why would they be earned as part of your choice of race, since everyone gets +2 and +1 no matter what race they are?They would instead be part of the Determine Ability Scores section.This is a change in the rules for how ALL characters are created in 5e. Opinions are divided on whether this is good or bad, but if implemented it means that the only thing about race that has changed is that race no longer gives ANY ASIs!</blockquote>