Shadowdweller00
Hero
Forget cephalomegaly, the Halfling racial picture is just downright frightening...
Disappointed by none of the promised modularity. This isn't "Advanced D&D" but "Expanded Basic D&D".
Disappointed by none of the promised modularity. This isn't "Advanced D&D" but "Expanded Basic D&D".
To be fair, there are some better pictures of the halfling in the PHB. Pgs. 172 and 176, for example.Forget cephalomegaly, the Halfling racial picture is just downright frightening...
Where were you last summer when I was asking for a hard cap of strength for all small races?![]()
Disappointment: Halflings. If I have the opportunity to shake Mike Mearls' hand at Gen Con I'm absolutely going to make an impassioned plea on the behalf of the halfling race.
Which is one more then I wanted to see. It means that the cap is no longer absolute once we see one exception it is easier for game designers to decide to bring in more.
To be fair, there are some better pictures of the halfling in the PHB. Pgs. 172 and 176, for example.
Agreed. You either have a rule, or you don't. The existence of the barbarian ability means there's no rule.
What? Not at all. Whole swathes of class abilities are about breaking the rules; doesn't mean those rules don't exist.
Fighters can get an extra action per round. Doesn't mean there's no rule about 1 action/round. Bards can take spells from other people's lists. Doesn't mean there's no rule about classes only picking from their own list. The warcaster feat lets you cast a somatic spell even if both hands are full. And so forth.
So, the barbarian has two stats that break the rule by a specific/limited degree, at a specific time. Sounds par for the course to me.