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Kantolin
2007-01-22, 04:48 AM
Just a curious question...

Would making small races (gnomes or halflings, let's say) medium be unbalancing in some fashion?

Would making medium races (The other PHB ones) small be unbalancing in some fashion?

Tiny and Large actually change up things quite a bit, but for those two changes... I'm not sure how unbalancing it is to have medium halflings and small dwarves.

Edit: I suppose another way of looking at it would be, if a player could take any of the PHB races, and then could seperately decide if he/she wished to play a small or a medium character, would that unbalance things?

Dhavaer
2007-01-22, 05:11 AM
Small and Medium are generally balanced with each other, though Small races are slightly better casters and Medium are slightly better warriors. I'm not sure whether allowing the option is balanced or not, I suspect it isn't but I can't back it up. If you do, you should apply the normal size modifiers, though.