Legally it's questionable (still need DM permission for optional rules)<br/>Morally it's disgusting (as you said, min maxers will abuse it)<br/>Personally I like it (finally a way to make an ancestor worshipping Ancestral Guardian Barbarian elf in an Eberron game and not get gimped early by having lower strength!)<br/><br/>Mountain Dwarves are also now the most customisable race, being able to swap proficiencies with armour, tools and weapons, two sets of +2 stats etc. And with so many individual weapons proficiencies they could get so many tools :O<br/><br/>But as long as it makes sense for the character's background I don't see too much of a problem. If anything it'll mean better variation of races for classes rather than either taking the best racial attributes for a class or being underwhelming early... like, example, Archfey patron Warlock Centaur that looks more like a deer than a horse (https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/Lillia) (+2 Cha, +1 Dex instead of +2Str, +1 Wis), another Eberron one in addition to the elf mentioned before could be a Goblin/Hobgoblin bard Duur'kala (https://eberron.fandom.com/wiki/Duur%27kala), an Orc/Half-Orc druid who spent more time focusing on shamanistic rites rather than martial prowess, etc.<br/><br/>And with better ways to distribute stats, it also lets players consider taking feats instead of previously more necessary upgrades stats.<br/>Speaking of which.<br/>How odd of a choice was it for humans to now be able to get 2nd level spells at level 1 when choosing the Fey Touched, Shadow Touched or Telepathic feats?<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=307047.msg15661665#msg15661665">Quote from: TheLaughingOne on 19-11-2020, 15:23:05</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Managed night of work. <br/><br/>Survived! Yyeee!<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>Congrats on surviving!