BASH MAN wrote:
I think that I usually favored the class over the race regarding saves-- and also that I stuck with M and P (did not break it down into individual ability scores). Of course, if the monster was given BOTH saves as prime, it got to keep this. Thus, my Bugbear/Wizard2 would have Mental Prime.
I take the opposite approach here. My orc wizards will still have a physical prime. My reasoning, to me anyways, it makes them a little more exotic. Not having a mental prime doesn't effect their spellcasting at all from a mechanical standpoint. And with the physical prime, they are still portrayed with the raw physical strength of the orc race, more capable of physical feats than your typical bookwormish wizard. Plus, even as a wizard, he's still an orc and not the sharpest of people. Probably a little more prone to mind effecting magic, etc.
But overall, its based on a case by case basis for me with some favor shown towards the racial prime.