Originally Posted by
JellyPooga
Races of Faerun has the feat Jotunbred, which basically gives the character the Powerful Build trait. It is, however, limited to two types of Human (and you have to take it at 1st level, but that's beside the point).
How powerful is the Powerful Build trait and would it be unbalancing to widen the requirements of the feat to something like:
Jotunbred
Prerequisites: Medium size, Racial Strength bonus or X/Y Human
Benefit: You gain the Powerful Build extraordinary ability
Special: May only be taken at 1st level
I just thought it odd that an Orog; taller and much stronger than the average human, for example, could not take this feat and in fact, an average Human with it technically has an advantage over an average Orog without it in, say, a grapple, ECL being unequal (Orog:Human - 3:1) and everything (Orog has +3 Str bonus vs. Humans +0, but Human also gets +4 from Jotunbred)!