Post by zygardegodslayer on Nov 30, 2020 14:44:23 GMT -5
A fishman gains the ability to breathe underwater, and a few natural attacks. Also 10x carrying capacity. Now, the natural attacks are neat, and make sense.
The only stat boost is from 'feeding frenzy', and that's only plus three strength. The feat implies this is similar to a barbarian's rage.
Why, exactly, do the species famed for being several times as strong as humans not get any actual strength?
The carrying capacity lets them lift things, and the natural weapons let them do more damage, but an actual strength increase would be worth far more, I think.
Particularly since tontatta get +4 strength(and dexterity) from their racial feat and then another 4 strength(and 2 dex and 4 con) from one of the other feats they have. And this isn't adjusting them back to reasonable stats after their tiny-fication, because dex is being boosted, and they get 'all of the benefits, but none of the penalties' for being tiny anyway!
And then there's 'fish power' which is basically just whatever the DM feels like giving you. Could be trash, could be more OP than that one hollow feat that gives you an extra thirty stat points.
My point is that fishmen were very poorly handled, and could do with being a damn sight more... fishman-y! Let them have a strength of thirty, it's basically their thing! As is, it really seems like the fishmen have been demoted from a combat-capable race like everyone else(core race feat progressions and transformations, other one piece races' awesome stats) and turned into those guys who can breathe underwater and talk to fish.
The only stat boost is from 'feeding frenzy', and that's only plus three strength. The feat implies this is similar to a barbarian's rage.
Why, exactly, do the species famed for being several times as strong as humans not get any actual strength?
The carrying capacity lets them lift things, and the natural weapons let them do more damage, but an actual strength increase would be worth far more, I think.
Particularly since tontatta get +4 strength(and dexterity) from their racial feat and then another 4 strength(and 2 dex and 4 con) from one of the other feats they have. And this isn't adjusting them back to reasonable stats after their tiny-fication, because dex is being boosted, and they get 'all of the benefits, but none of the penalties' for being tiny anyway!
And then there's 'fish power' which is basically just whatever the DM feels like giving you. Could be trash, could be more OP than that one hollow feat that gives you an extra thirty stat points.
My point is that fishmen were very poorly handled, and could do with being a damn sight more... fishman-y! Let them have a strength of thirty, it's basically their thing! As is, it really seems like the fishmen have been demoted from a combat-capable race like everyone else(core race feat progressions and transformations, other one piece races' awesome stats) and turned into those guys who can breathe underwater and talk to fish.