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And honestly, when a prominent personality in this community tells another community member to basically "don't like the rules go play home games" then announcing "welcome to ignore list" does not do much to support the belief that this is a friendly, let alone inclusive, community.

There was nothing unfriendly about this. It was an observation from the replies being provided by many of the opposite viewpoint. There is a large part of the playerbase not being represented. When a lot of questions are being asked by players to their DM's and the answers we get back are...

AL sanctioned playable races should not be restricted because they appeared in "a book that is not the PHB" While I agree that the playable race resources to draw from should be limited to the PHB + 1 other book - I see no reason why a deep gnome from EE cannot utilize the PHB + SCAG.

it is almost as if these people only visit their favorite local shops or cons and not get the feel for what is really happening

Careful Aaduini - there are those here that will ignore you for daring to question rules utilizing logic, and existing rules. They will fling deflections, ridicule, and outright dismissals of concerns that many of the playerbase have regarding restrictions.

That may be the case Kalani - But having come back to Playing D&D at the start of 5th edition from a time D&D still utilized "To Hit Armor Class 0" some of these rulings did not make sense. Are there aspects of AL I do not agree with, sure, but for the most part I am enjoying the organised play...

And I definitely agree the EK have a lot more than those cantrips to offer, but as a fighter starting at lvl 1 having your weapon damage count as magical is a big deal. every time you take an action you cast the cantrip that asllows a melee attack as part of the spells description. effectively...

sure you can - Hunters mark is a paladin spell given by the vengeance oath - BB and GFB are cantrips provided by utilizing the starting bonus feat provided by the Human variant. Casting a bonus action spell allows you cast a cantrip

Yeah that was a brutal expedition - we took a long rest just after the cave opening skirmish, and still the incubi nearly did us in - had 8 hp after the kiss.

BTW - If me not accepting answers that resemble "because I said so" or deflections of sound arguments against your point of view offend you, then please ignore me and have your echo chamber. I treat people with respect and I do listen to what they have to say, but do not expect me to just back...

Thank you Kalani - that has answered my questions and concerns - as long as the AL Leaders are willing to revisit and re evaluate this, I am ok. Still has holes in it but at least it was not a deflection.

wow - ignore list for bringing valid criticism to a ruling - very adult and mature - way to foster inclusiveness and genuine care for players in AL that do not adhere to your viewpoints. "Don;t like the rules, then go play homebrew" Perhaps I play AL because I like the organised setting of D&D...

thought you can only long rest once per 24 hour period?

And Pauper - when I can make a build that effectively gives me the benefits of a subclass without having to take the subclass, it needs to be looked into

what do you do with a paladin that has hazirawn at lvl 11 who decides to utilize the free rebuild in order to utilize the opportunity to use those cantrips? Yet the allowed races in EE are going to break the game if they can use SCAG cantrips

and the real logic fail here is - You can use the EE races anyway - so the "theme, immersion or whatever else you call it" is a nullified arguement

and the scenarios I gave are examples where the logic behind the ruling is not sound other than "I made this rule and you will follow it". while completely withing the realm of things, it does not absolve the decision of criticism

ok -utilizing AL rules give me an example of an unbalanced race from EE utilizing SCAG that does not mimic a human exploit

I can even take this further - again Human Paladin - point buy system - 15 str, 9 dex, 15 con, 12 int, 10, wis, 14 cha. Magic initiate feat, BB & GFB as cantrips, oath of vengeance at lvl 3, bonus action hunters mark and cast a BB or GFB that crits, add smite. yet again playing a Genasi with...

Human Fighter - point buy system - 15 STR, 15 CON, 14 INT - Magic initiate feat gets BB and GFB at lvl 1. For all intents and purposes gets the main advantage of playing an EK without having to choose this subclass at LVL 3. Yet playing as a Genasi breaks the game. Perfectly good logic there mates.