Hello !
First of all, please excuse my grammar as i'm not a native english speaker
So.
I've been playing through this wonderful alpha for quite a while now, and i would like to suggest an addition to the game.
You see, i'm a huge fan of DnD5, but i still think the racial ability boost system severely limits the combination of Races + Class
Most races have determined +2 and +1 ability boosts, with the notable exception of humans of course who have +1 everywhere : And to me, it's quite sad that we have to accept to play a very clearly sub optimal build to play a non conventional X Race paired with Y Class. For example, if i want to make a Wizard drow, i'll have to play with lower spell DC, lower attack on spells and various other penalties due to Drows not having an INT bonus
That said, i also understand that these limitations are a part of DnD5 origin design and BG3 does a really great job at keeping things as close as possible from the base game
In an attempt to make an improvement while keeping "everyone happy", i would like to present you my idea (that i didn't find on the forum already despite my researchs) :
As an optional feature (kinda like an "easy mode"), players could get a free +1 ability boost they could apply to any ability score, except one that already benefit from a racial ability boost.
For exemple, a Halfling already have a +2 to DEX and a +1 to CHA so he could apply this boost to any of the four left ability scores
In the case of humans, this ability boost could be converted into a free skill mastery, because they already have ability boosts to every stats
This could greatly improve the viability of a lot of unique concepts players might have without forcing them to make "bad" build decisions.
I know some players already accept the penalty implied with playing an "off-meta" build because their appreciation of their character overshadows the mathematical aspect of the game, but i think there is a category of player who enjoy when the game doesn't push you in another direction if the option is avaible.
Thanks for reading, i hope my idea wasn't already somewhere on the board i couldn't see =')
