QUOTE (Karoline @ Sep 26 2010, 12:58 AM)
As much as Orks are being mentioned as the 'most powerful' race here due to their great BP bonus, I can't help but notice that all of my (metahuman) characters (Yes, all) have been human or elf (or a variant of such). I also can't help but notice that most builds I've seen posted are one of these races. I really haven't seen many troll characters unless the concept is "Rawr, melee". I don't know that I've seen many concepts that run with ork. In fact, thinking about it, I'm not even 100% sure that I've actually been in a game that had an ork in it. I could be wrong, espcially with some of the larger games I've been in... but even if I've forgotten one or two...
So, yeah, I don't know that humans really need all that much help. I mean, (unless you go super crazy with maxing), an elf and human Sam are going to be nearly identical, and the human actually has a potential advantage over the elf, because the human can keep Charisma at 1 or 2, thus giving a bonus edge and 20-30 extra BP to work with in exchange for 1 less agility (Oh, and I guess no low-light vision, as if that is actually a big deal at 100 nuyen to fix)
Lol. You know, it is funny. I am actually running my first campaign where I have no humans at all! In every campaign I have ran, I have either had all humans or maybe an elf thrown in there. No orks or trolls and no dwarfs. Never, ever.
I get a group of people who are used to playing Pathfinder and what happens? I get two elves, one Ork, one Troll, and I have another player coming in and I have no clue what they will make. Maybe he will finally add some good old base human to the whole deal.
Now that I think of it, I don't even have any major NPC's or characters that I have made that are Trolls, Orks, or Dwarves. Hell, my "Mary Sue" Big bad from all of my campaigns is an Elf. A very pissed off, cybered up, and well funded Elf.
Did I mention her really powerful human Mage Partner?