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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 8198798" data-attributes="member: 6801845">Yeah, you caught me.&nbsp; I just blatantly lie about my opinion all the time.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f621.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":mad:" title="Mad&nbsp; &nbsp; :mad:"&nbsp; data-smilie="4"data-shortname=":mad:" /> Except, wait. I don't.&nbsp; If I didn't know anything about dwarves?&nbsp; Maybe darkvision and proficiency at smith's tools.&nbsp; But the rest?&nbsp; Masonry?&nbsp; Well, I associate that with laying bricks, not mining tunnels.&nbsp; Everybody builds things, right?&nbsp; Brewing? Where does that come from?&nbsp; Armor proficiency? Resistance to poison? Carry a heavy load without having speed reduced? If I had read other races first, most don't have weapon proficiency so why should dwarves? After the fact they make sense but not from just reading their description.I certainly would never have guessed any of the features of elves.&nbsp; I mean, they live in the forest why do they have darkvision?&nbsp; Gnomes?&nbsp; Well if I had read up on dwarves I guess I might realize the darkvision thing.&nbsp; Half-orcs?&nbsp; If I didn't know anything about orcs nope, not a clue.Of course it's hard to say what a newbie would think since I grew up with the tropes about the common races in the PHB.&nbsp; <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="🤷‍♂️" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f937-2642.png" title="Man shrugging&nbsp; &nbsp; :man_shrugging:" data-shortname=":man_shrugging:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 8198798, member: 6801845"] Yeah, you caught me. I just blatantly lie about my opinion all the time. :mad: Except, wait. I don't. If I didn't know anything about dwarves? Maybe darkvision and proficiency at smith's tools. But the rest? Masonry? Well, I associate that with laying bricks, not mining tunnels. Everybody builds things, right? Brewing? Where does that come from? Armor proficiency? Resistance to poison? Carry a heavy load without having speed reduced? If I had read other races first, most don't have weapon proficiency so why should dwarves? After the fact they make sense but not from just reading their description. I certainly would never have guessed any of the features of elves. I mean, they live in the forest why do they have darkvision? Gnomes? Well if I had read up on dwarves I guess I might realize the darkvision thing. Half-orcs? If I didn't know anything about orcs nope, not a clue. Of course it's hard to say what a newbie would think since I grew up with the tropes about the common races in the PHB. 🤷‍♂️ [/QUOTE]

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