New Greater Award: size altered characters
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2023 5:38 am
Pretty straightforward this one.
Suggestion: for a Greater award, you can select a one size category larger or smaller version of a non-award race.
What would this mean?
A human one size larger would get (in addition to normal human traits) +2Str, -2Dex, Large Size (so -1AC, -1AB, -4 Hide, can use larger weapons), and would be appropriately larger as a character model. No level adjustment change.
A human one size smaller would get (in addition to normal human traits) -2Str, +2Dex, Small Size (so +1AC, +1AB, +4 Hide), and would be appropriately smaller as a character model. No level adjustment change.
The justification is that gigantism and dwarfism are naturally occurring phenomena, just uncommon. So Bilbo the Halfling who is the size of a human, well, he’s just a tall halfling, and all the Halflings treat him like one of them, even if he does get odd glances from time to time and bump his head on doorways in Bendir Dale.
It would add a bunch more options for characters without making the server more exotic.
And, if desired, this could be expanded to a major award for a race that is normally a minor award (so Wild Dwarves, Forest Gnomes, Troglodytes, Gnolls, Derro, and Ghostwise Halflings.)
Suggestion: for a Greater award, you can select a one size category larger or smaller version of a non-award race.
What would this mean?
A human one size larger would get (in addition to normal human traits) +2Str, -2Dex, Large Size (so -1AC, -1AB, -4 Hide, can use larger weapons), and would be appropriately larger as a character model. No level adjustment change.
A human one size smaller would get (in addition to normal human traits) -2Str, +2Dex, Small Size (so +1AC, +1AB, +4 Hide), and would be appropriately smaller as a character model. No level adjustment change.
The justification is that gigantism and dwarfism are naturally occurring phenomena, just uncommon. So Bilbo the Halfling who is the size of a human, well, he’s just a tall halfling, and all the Halflings treat him like one of them, even if he does get odd glances from time to time and bump his head on doorways in Bendir Dale.
It would add a bunch more options for characters without making the server more exotic.
And, if desired, this could be expanded to a major award for a race that is normally a minor award (so Wild Dwarves, Forest Gnomes, Troglodytes, Gnolls, Derro, and Ghostwise Halflings.)