Pegasos989
2006-09-10, 11:19 AM
So, when I first got unearthed arcana I was interested to see the variant races. However, I got disappointed and forgot the whole thing. Now that I was looking at SRD, it came to my mind again...
So, am I the only one who dislike variant races? I mean the arctic gnome, etc.
They seem to have no logic. Desert dwarf has higher CHA than normal cause... living in a desert makes you more friendly? The he has -2 dex cause deserts make you less agile? However, desert elfs are just as agile as normal ones... Sure, I understand that they wanted to balance dwarves by adding some minus but still...
It gets even worse with some, such as arctic halflings. "I live on top of the cold mountains, where temperatures under zero is the rule instead of exception. Thus I get bonus to... swim?!".
So:
-Am I the only one who thinks that variant races (or atleast some of them) seem to be done half-assedly
-If not, does someone have alternate system for them? Such as "All desert races get +2 to con and cha but -2 to Dex and Int" or similar?
So, am I the only one who dislike variant races? I mean the arctic gnome, etc.
They seem to have no logic. Desert dwarf has higher CHA than normal cause... living in a desert makes you more friendly? The he has -2 dex cause deserts make you less agile? However, desert elfs are just as agile as normal ones... Sure, I understand that they wanted to balance dwarves by adding some minus but still...
It gets even worse with some, such as arctic halflings. "I live on top of the cold mountains, where temperatures under zero is the rule instead of exception. Thus I get bonus to... swim?!".
So:
-Am I the only one who thinks that variant races (or atleast some of them) seem to be done half-assedly
-If not, does someone have alternate system for them? Such as "All desert races get +2 to con and cha but -2 to Dex and Int" or similar?