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Rolling the dice on race in Dungeons & Dragons

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The Importance of Race in Dungeons and Dragons

The characters in the game, Dragonborns, Gnomes, have different innate numerical advantages assigned to them from the get-go. And those traits are based on their race. Half elves combined with some say are the best quality of elves. Half orcs, greatest pigmentation, sloping for him. Elves are magical people of otherworldly grace. People in our like... Dragonborns look very much like dragons standing erect in the middle of the world. Plus two charisma, plus one to two other ability scores. That doesn't mean anything to me. It's just an escapist fantasy game chill out.

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