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Mar 10, 2019 19:52:18 GMT -5 Fire Wraith said:

If we did something on the lines of stat boosts, I think a +1 would probably fit better, if we weren't giving them a negative. +1 would at least be useful, though without being so much so that everyone starts wanting to play them instead of various other ECL0 or 1 races that feature a +2 boost.

I'm not personally opposed to odd numbered stat boosts, but there is a reason the 3.x designers avoided them.  Because the modifiers only increase or decrease on even numbered stats, it's slightly easier to cheese with odd numbered boosts.  For example, turning a 17 str and 9 cha into 18 str and 8 cha respectively is all benefit and no downside.  That said, with the plethora of templates available, there's much crazier things that can be achieved.

To throw in on the Rogue discussion, my experience with playing them and seeing others play them is that Sneak Attack hardly makes them damage deities, it just keeps them competitive.  Occasionally getting a burst of 80+ damage is mitigated by the fact that you will probably miss quite a bit as you lack BAB and don't have a wealth of Attack Bonus boosting options available to you, beyond scrolls of Emotion Hope/Courage and extremely short term consumables like scrolls of True Strike.  Other classes, like Weapon Master, are perfectly capable of not only getting those same impressive bursts of damage, but also putting out a much higher average DPS simply by being able to hit things.

I don't think we ever ran into each other here, but I remember you from Tales of the Silver Marches.  Many, many years ago.  Welcome back.

Sorry to those whom I was engaged in ongoing plots with, particularly in the Hook Mountain Massacre and Red Briar things that Valdis was involved with.  I had a bit of a run of luck, with working a lot of long and unpredictable hours, being busy with various real life things, and then, to cap it off, my video card went out and I lacked the available funds to get it fixed.  That is now taken care of.  I hope to see others in game soon.

Aug 5, 2017 9:45:33 GMT -5 ladybug said:

You need at least one of these thrown in there.  

Aug 8, 2017 22:57:47 GMT -5 Edge said:

They already get the search bonus, as well as a spot and listen bonus, but I'd forgotten they also were supposed to get other racial skills. It's not much but it is probably something they should be having.

Not sure that would be enough to call it a proper equalization, still leaving them relatively subpar compared to all the other races, but it's a step in the right direction.

An inferior spot/listen bonus.  +1 instead of +2.

I figured I would slip this one in since the HAK update is still being worked on.  Half-Elves.  There is the long running joke about how crap they are compared to all other races.  Is there any possibility this race could get some small benefits to make them a more worthwhile option?  It would be nice to see more of them around, what with the server having a half-elf city and all.  Obviously giving them +1 dex, -1 con is right out, but what about giving them something more from the human side?  As it is, all they are is a watered down elf without stat adjustments.  Maybe give them the human bonus feat or the skill point adjustment?

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