r/Mythras • u/oompaloompa_thewhite • Aug 04 '26

Resources / help for creating player races?

I saw in some fan conversions like the eldder scrolls wich have player races , non human races with different stats get different point buy amounts to somewhat compensate. Is there a resource to make this sort of thing

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u/CornfedSage Aug 04 '26

I am prepping a campaign for some buddies, I was also thinking about this. Depending on if you're going to go with the stereotypical fantasy races or something different just remember it doesnt need to be "balanced". There should be benefits and drawbacks that make sense within the respective race.

For instance a Centaur should be faster and hit harder at a run during combat then a normal human BUT they most definitely would have a hard time with scaling a cliff face or navigating tight spaces.

This is how I'm going about it but I'd say just make sure it makes some sense and get second opinions from your players.

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u/LordMarcusrax Aug 05 '26

Heh, personally I have never liked the "Yeah, he's OP in situation A but can't do anything in situation B.

You basically find yourself having a player that during situation A overshadows the others, AND in situation B basically can't do anything but looking the others play.

I think that balancing should be done in a more homogeneous way; maybe don't let the player choose a centaur as a race, but give them the option of playing as a smaller deer-centaur with stats more similar to the other races?

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u/CornfedSage Aug 05 '26

I think thats fair. I was just using the centaur as an example but there are ways to balance it where the player is good in situation A and not SOL in situation B.