It's not racism to understand that a 3 foot tall being that has the body of a child, is weaker than an 8 foot tall being from a species renewed for physical health.
If one yes ANY experience in martial arts, or contact sport, this is as obvious as the sun rising on a new day.
Sorry for the double post, but I wanted to point out that this can ALSO be solved with racial abilities.
Goliaths and Fir Bolgs have a racial that doubles their carry weight. This allows them to lift twice as much, carry twice as much, and throw twice as much as anyone else without just giving them a flat boost to hit chance and damage that a strength bonus would give.
It also allows them to get that sweet fantasy of being a huge being capable of effortlessly picking a grown man up with one hand for intimidation purposes or moving the large obstacle blocking the path.
Similarly the halfling has a racial that explicitly allows it to run between and under enemy legs if they are a size larger than them.
Abilities like these are a lot more fun than pure ASIs in my opinion.
It doesnt matter to me if Abilities or special rules are more fun (and I would agree that they are), the fact remains that removal of ASI as a means of distinction between species undeniably removes differences, aka: makes them more similar.
I dont want that. I dont need that to understand that this is a fictional world that has no relation to the peoples and places of THIS world. A Halfling PC, should never be as strong as Half Orc or Goliath, at level 1, when both focus on Strength. It simply shouldnt.
Regardless, with the panel today, I think hoping for anything outside of the PHB is a fools hope anyway. I'm learning the mod system now, because I simply refuse to 'hope' that Larian will implement what I want.
