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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 8735484" data-attributes="member: 20564">By that definition of powergaming, classes are also powergaming.  This is a heroic game - these are the PCs.  Those stat blocks are not the race, the mechanics of which are in the MM.Which is true but entirely meaningless.  People want to play these tropes in a game that is designed to allow people to play characters that aren't themselves.  Being truly alien is not a prerequisite in the slightest.Of course we can - in a setting book that defines cultures.  Take a look at Eberron.  Multiple cultures of elves, multiple cultures of halflings, multiple cultures of dwarves.  You complain about not truly alien but imply that a core book should push monoculture races across all settings?  No, culture isn't what belongs in the base rules, except maybe a dusting for the default setting.Of course we can.  That we don't does not mean we can't.  In previous editions we have.  And frankly, in many cases lack of a strength is a weakness - look how the non-Darkvision races are treated right now among some groups.  Even in a "no weakness" view we have small creatures who have problems with heavy weapons, we have centaurs who can't climb well."Truly unique" is not a requirement either.  We're looking to fill tropes and archetypes that people are looking for - truly unique is not an advantage, it's a penalty.You said we can't have weaknesses, yet now you say we can make someone underpowered.  Pick one side of the story and stick to it.If everyone has abilities, then everyone has abilities.  And yes, that may mean the centaur can carry more than the sprite and run faster than the dwarf.  But the sprite and the dwarf each have their own advantages.  Yes, a combonation of class & race may play different than other combinations - something that has been part of D&D since it's inception.But again, people want and expect races that differentiate themselves mechanically.  As long as it says D&D, that'll be part of it.  I can't see no mechanical effects for races as something they pick for the 50th Anniversary PHB.</blockquote>

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