JIC it came out as such, i dont mind the swapping stats around to much, just kinda wish if they are going to make it a "rule" it actually had some depth to it beyond "yeah, just slap those points wherever you want". Personally, would have kept one racial stat, and given PCs like, 1-2 pts to spend as they like or something to fill out concepts, provided they actually got one beyond "i stab with sword". But thats just me.. soo... yeah.<br/><br/>That said, i am completely down with the skills/proficientices shifting, that can easily be done and make sense.<br/><br/>And fair enough! im actually quite down with that "counts as" sort of customization of stuff. And makes sense for off kilter half-breeds.. Ok, so im warming up some to the idea now!<br/><br/>heh, but will admit that i tend to choose stat/feats kinda on the character more then anything. even if its something relatively useless, but makes sense for the character to learn.. Drives some of my RPG friends crazy i dont have these massive grafts and charts to figure THE MOST EFFECTIVE BUILD POSSIBLE! and instead make and play an actual character..<br/><br/>though it is fun when on occasion i've come upon a combo they can do which blows their minmaxing junk outta the water..<br/><br/>(4e made a shadar kai avenger with hooked chains (I miss weapons like that in 5e!!!), raised by church that follows god of books. Initially she was Ok at fighting.. Bout level of most fighters and such...<br/><br/>but further looking, at level 5 she could bust out a 1 off attack and use action surge to deal out almost 200+ damage in a single go thanks to some feats/attack powers. Not to mention that she could clear large portions of map in a single go..<br/><br/>granted, after that big hit she had almost No powers left... Still fun, specially when surprised the DM with it on his early revealed big bad.<br/><br/>#1 rule: If you dont want it to die, dont put it in range of the PCs.