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<blockquote data-quote="Kae'Yoss" data-source="post: 3563770" data-attributes="member: 4134">While I agree that the system's execution could be better, that many LA ratings are not right (I hear that in many cases, this is intentional, so the standard races remain attractive choices most of the time), I do think that it could be worse, and that some system is necessary.I don't see it as punishment. It's a trade-off. You get awesome powers others don't, but you have to give something up for it.Consider this: Why would you punish that human player for not playing a halfdragon drow or something similar? He'd be a sidekick to the other party members, who are better than him in almost every way: The half-dragon ogre is a better melee fighter than him, the succubus rogue is much better at skills and negotiation, the mind flayer the better spellcaster, and so on.Well, not quite: The power level is still skewed. A group of 4 3rd-level humans will have their fair share of problems with 4 ogres. A group of 4 3rd-level half-dragon (or something like that) humans much less so.Still, it really is much less of a problem if all have similar level adjustments.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kae'Yoss, post: 3563770, member: 4134"] While I agree that the system's execution could be better, that many LA ratings are not right (I hear that in many cases, this is intentional, so the standard races remain attractive choices most of the time), I do think that it could be worse, and that some system is necessary. I don't see it as punishment. It's a trade-off. You get awesome powers others don't, but you have to give something up for it. Consider this: Why would you punish that human player for not playing a halfdragon drow or something similar? He'd be a sidekick to the other party members, who are better than him in almost every way: The half-dragon ogre is a better melee fighter than him, the succubus rogue is much better at skills and negotiation, the mind flayer the better spellcaster, and so on. Well, not quite: The power level is still skewed. A group of 4 3rd-level humans will have their fair share of problems with 4 ogres. A group of 4 3rd-level half-dragon (or something like that) humans much less so. Still, it really is much less of a problem if all have similar level adjustments. [/QUOTE]

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