View source for Post:Cosmetic Race Changes! - 4/13/2011 - 16:05:23

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|a=DR-SOCHARIS
|t=Re: Cosmetic Race Changes!
|d=4/13/2011 4:05:23 PM
|n=5508
|f=The Empaths (23) \ Shift (20)
|c=m
|p=''>>If it doesn't affect the mechanical aspects why is it so wrong to play yourself off as another race?''

What you're essentially advocating is that instead of choosing a {{PRel|Races|race}} and having a set of bonuses and penalties that go along with the culture, stigma, etc of that race, you would like to let all players be any race for the culture/stigma/etc, and then choose from a list of sets of bonuses and penalties.

As an example, let's say I want to play a barbarian, and decide that I want to play a [[Halfling|halfling]] [[Barbarian|barbarian]]. Under your model, I would roll up as [[Gor'Tog]] and then get {{PRel|Shift ability|shifted}} to be Halfling, giving the outward perception that I'm a halfling but allowing me very cheap [[strength]] and [[stamina]] training.

This is essentially letting you arbitrarily pair the RP aspects of any race with the {{PRel|Attributes|stat}} bonuses of any other race.
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