Originally Posted by RagnarokCzD
Originally Posted by Belyavor
I just don't see why an Elven Barbarian who spent the last 300 years sticking to a strict workout regimen shouldn't get a strength bonus at the penalty of not getting a different ASI.
Bcs their inherent bonuses are suppose to reflect predispositions of certain races ...
And doing anything for last 300 years should be reflected in amount of your gathered XP and incerased stats on levels where you can incerase them? O_o

Just guessing ...

Really, tell me someone, please ... what does it matter if you get rolled stats? laugh
Then why should a Tiefling, something that in lore is just a human with the physical characteristics of a devil and touched with magic, always get a +2 to Charisma? Especially if that tiefling was ditched in the wilds for being a Tiefling and having racist parents, making the Tiefling grow up to be a ranger? Often times the stats in the PhB are due to the typical lifestyle of a race, like Tieflings needing charisma to talk their way out of the situations they end up in, but if they were not raised in that lifestyle why would they have those stat increases? Saying "that's just how those people are" is very dismissive and kinda gives "model minority" vibes that we see in the real world. You mean to tell me Elves are 100% naturally graceful and elegant and there isn't a single bumbling oaf with a bad temper in the entire race?