Although, If I'm playing a primarily dex specced warrior, where many of my skills depend on dex, I would much rather have an extra dex than an extra str. As for why I wouldn't want to do half-drow: role reasons, gear choices, if I know I'm going to be playing a lot of drows I'd like to be able to wield mithril, if I'm good I'd like access to the varied good only mithril items, if I'm evil, I might want to switch things up and have an iron vuln as many goodie weapons are mithril. They use a certain logic and reasoning for one attribute, but than completely ignore it for the other.

A half-elf can't have 24 dex because neither his mommy or his daddy could have that much, but just because its not popular half-elvse can have 24 wis, regardless of what their parents could ever manage on their own.

Elf Maxes: Str: Strong (18) Int: God-like (25) Wis: Sagacious (21)
Dex: Quick (23) Con: Average (16) Charisma: Disarming (21)

Human Maxes: Str : Strong (20) Int: Genius (20) Wis: Wise (20)
Dex : Dextrous (20) Con: Healthy (20) Cha: Charismatic (20)

Humans gain additional power (+3) in the prime stat of their chosen class.


So let's take a look. Character's Mother is an elf with 23 dex. And his dad is a human, with 20, but humans are known for their adaptibility. Add them together, we get 23.

Now, his Mom's got 21 wis, and his dad has 20. Add them together and you get....24! It doesnt make any sense.

The way I always thought of it: Half-Elf gets the increased dex from his mothers side(who had 23)making his base 21, and gets his ability to excel in certain things from his dads side. Making 24.

I'm just looking for a better reason than the one they gave. Or at least acknowledge that its screwed up.