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Originally Posted by Steve Jackson
If you are going to give a small racial bonus, those are both sensible and not-unbalancing ones that will lead people toward skulking and catfights, both of which seem in character. Good.
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In connection with this, you could balance small bonuses with small liabilities.
Better hearing than humans (-1 die to listening tasks), but loud noises can cause 'fatigue' damage.
Slightly better jumping and climbing is balanced by slightly (-10%) carryweight and no bonus at all if STx2 or higher encumbrance.
That kind of thing. I've seen plenty of animal races where the GMs favorite animal type had all bonuses to everything and no limitations at all, don't do that.