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<blockquote data-quote="Tessarael" data-source="post: 8945487" data-attributes="member: 12909"><p>I have a system that I wrote up for 5E D&D for costing racial attributes. K'Tan come out pretty weak in my analysis. Here is my analysis:</p><p></p><p><strong>Base traits (+0.60)</strong></p><p> <strong>-0.25 Size Tiny: </strong>Unable to wield heavy weapons. Disadvantage with weapons that are not light. Cannot grapple size large or medium creatures. Halve carrying capacity.</p><p><strong> -0.50 Speed 20'</strong></p><p><strong><strong>+0.15 Darkvision 30'</strong></strong></p><p><strong>+0.25 Climb speed 20' and natural climber</strong></p><p><strong>+0.10 Cat’s Grace: </strong>You can move through the space of any creature that is a size larger than you</p><p><strong>+0.00 Claws do 1 slashing damage</strong> - unarmed attacks do 1 damage by default, so no significant benefit</p><p><strong> -0.25 Armor Restriction:</strong> cannot wear medium/heavy armor or use tower shields</p><p><strong>+1.00 Nimble Escape:</strong> You may use a bonus action to Hide or Disengage</p><p></p><p><strong>Mystics (+0.85)</strong></p><p><strong>+0.80 Magical Inheritance:</strong> You know the Mage Hand cantrip. Silent Image at level 3+ and Blur at level 5+, both once per long rest.</p><p><strong>+0.05 Exuberant Bounce:</strong> Add +d8 feet to your jump distance.</p><p></p><p><strong>Hunters (+0.60)</strong></p><p><strong>+0.10 Hunter's Gift: </strong>Retractable claws do 1d6+Dexterity modifier, and you can use them as martial weapons and for two-weapon fighting bonus attack.</p><p><strong>+0.50 Unseen Hunter:</strong> As a reaction after taking damage, or as a bonus action, you turn invisible until the end of your next turn, but it ends early if you attack, deal damage, cast a spell, or force a creature to make a saving throw. Regained after a short/long rest.</p><p></p><p>The base traits above are too low in value. They should come out to around +1.0. You could modify the K'Tan Heritage along these lines:</p><p></p><p><strong>Base traits (+1.10)</strong></p><p> <strong>-0.25 Size Tiny: </strong>Unable to wield heavy weapons. Disadvantage with weapons that are not light. Cannot grapple size large or medium creatures. Halve carrying capacity.</p><p><strong> -0.25 Speed 25'</strong></p><p><strong><strong><strong>+0.25 Darkvision 60'</strong></strong></strong></p><p><strong>+0.25 Climb speed 20' and natural climber</strong></p><p><strong>+0.10 Cat’s Grace: </strong>You can move through the space of any creature that is a size larger than you</p><p><strong>+1.00 Nimble escape:</strong> You may use a bonus action to Hide or Disengage</p><p></p><p><strong>Mystics (+0.80)</strong></p><p><strong>+0.80 Magical Inheritance:</strong> You know the Mage Hand cantrip. Silent Image at level 3+ and Blur at level 5+, both once per long rest. These spells are added to your spell list and you can cast them with other spell slots. Your spellcasting ability for them is Charisma, Intelligence, or Wisdom, whichever is highest.</p><p></p><p><strong>Hunters (+0.70)</strong></p><p><strong>+0.10 Hunter's Gift: </strong>Retractable claws do 1d6+Dexterity modifier, and you can use them as martial weapons and for two-weapon fighting bonus attack.</p><p><strong>+0.50 Unseen Hunter:</strong> As a reaction after taking damage, or as a bonus action, you turn invisible until the end of your next turn, but it ends early if you attack, deal damage, cast a spell, or force a creature to make a saving throw. Regained after a short/long rest.</p><p><strong>+0.10 Exuberant Bounce:</strong> Add +10' to your jump distance.</p><p></p><p>In particular: 1. I would drop the Armor Restriction - it's only pertinent for some character classes, and I don't see the need to penalize a K'Tan who wants to wear say a little suit of chainmail especially crafted to fit their size. 2. Increase the Darkvision to 60' to be more consistent with most other heritages that get darkvision. 3. Move the Exuberant Bounce to Hunters, which seems more appropriate and they need it more as they are a bit on the weaker side, and I'd increase it to a flat +10' to keep it simple.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tessarael, post: 8945487, member: 12909"] I have a system that I wrote up for 5E D&D for costing racial attributes. K'Tan come out pretty weak in my analysis. Here is my analysis: [B]Base traits (+0.60) -0.25 Size Tiny: [/B]Unable to wield heavy weapons. Disadvantage with weapons that are not light. Cannot grapple size large or medium creatures. Halve carrying capacity. [B] -0.50 Speed 20' [B]+0.15 Darkvision 30'[/B] +0.25 Climb speed 20' and natural climber +0.10 Cat’s Grace: [/B]You can move through the space of any creature that is a size larger than you [B]+0.00 Claws do 1 slashing damage[/B] - unarmed attacks do 1 damage by default, so no significant benefit [B] -0.25 Armor Restriction:[/B] cannot wear medium/heavy armor or use tower shields [B]+1.00 Nimble Escape:[/B] You may use a bonus action to Hide or Disengage [B]Mystics (+0.85) +0.80 Magical Inheritance:[/B] You know the Mage Hand cantrip. Silent Image at level 3+ and Blur at level 5+, both once per long rest. [B]+0.05 Exuberant Bounce:[/B] Add +d8 feet to your jump distance. [B]Hunters (+0.60) +0.10 Hunter's Gift: [/B]Retractable claws do 1d6+Dexterity modifier, and you can use them as martial weapons and for two-weapon fighting bonus attack. [B]+0.50 Unseen Hunter:[/B] As a reaction after taking damage, or as a bonus action, you turn invisible until the end of your next turn, but it ends early if you attack, deal damage, cast a spell, or force a creature to make a saving throw. Regained after a short/long rest. The base traits above are too low in value. They should come out to around +1.0. You could modify the K'Tan Heritage along these lines: [B]Base traits (+1.10) -0.25 Size Tiny: [/B]Unable to wield heavy weapons. Disadvantage with weapons that are not light. Cannot grapple size large or medium creatures. Halve carrying capacity. [B] -0.25 Speed 25' [B][B]+0.25 Darkvision 60'[/B][/B] +0.25 Climb speed 20' and natural climber +0.10 Cat’s Grace: [/B]You can move through the space of any creature that is a size larger than you [B]+1.00 Nimble escape:[/B] You may use a bonus action to Hide or Disengage [B]Mystics (+0.80) +0.80 Magical Inheritance:[/B] You know the Mage Hand cantrip. Silent Image at level 3+ and Blur at level 5+, both once per long rest. These spells are added to your spell list and you can cast them with other spell slots. Your spellcasting ability for them is Charisma, Intelligence, or Wisdom, whichever is highest. [B]Hunters (+0.70) +0.10 Hunter's Gift: [/B]Retractable claws do 1d6+Dexterity modifier, and you can use them as martial weapons and for two-weapon fighting bonus attack. [B]+0.50 Unseen Hunter:[/B] As a reaction after taking damage, or as a bonus action, you turn invisible until the end of your next turn, but it ends early if you attack, deal damage, cast a spell, or force a creature to make a saving throw. Regained after a short/long rest. [B]+0.10 Exuberant Bounce:[/B] Add +10' to your jump distance. In particular: 1. I would drop the Armor Restriction - it's only pertinent for some character classes, and I don't see the need to penalize a K'Tan who wants to wear say a little suit of chainmail especially crafted to fit their size. 2. Increase the Darkvision to 60' to be more consistent with most other heritages that get darkvision. 3. Move the Exuberant Bounce to Hunters, which seems more appropriate and they need it more as they are a bit on the weaker side, and I'd increase it to a flat +10' to keep it simple. [/QUOTE]
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