[theaetatus]

It's ok, you made sense mostly.

What all these skill vs race arguments boil down to is confusion as to the question asked. Generally someone asks 'What is the best race for this class', which is a min/maxing question, then some people reply 'Play any race, it's all down to skill', which isn't answering the question at all.

Everyone knows skill is more important when it comes down to it, and very few people will choose, say, an iksar monk over a human one for a group. However, if you are prone to min/maxing and don't want to regret a racial choice later on, it is handy to know which race is going to have an advantage, however slight.

P.S. I chose troll, I'm not min/maxing. I just prefer the Troll models to the Ogre ones.