You'll also notice that gnomes stack up even more poorly for warriors, but I don't think the solution there is to make gnomes tougher. Different folks have different inclinations. I'll also add that wood-elves look pretty good against arials in several of their other class options.

In defense of wood-elf warrior, their enhanced vision solves a lot of problems that an arial has zero solutions for. Don't forget hydrophobia either.

Finally, XP-penalty encompasses a lot of things, including intended rarity. It's also a pretty minor drawback that goes away (for the most part) when you hero.

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