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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 8442319" data-attributes="member: 58172">All backgrounds are culture. Albeit some cultures are international, like Sailor, Farmer, etcetera. Many nations have some comparable way to supply these backgrounds.Notice that the Baldurs Gate adventure setting REWRITES the Player Handbook backgrounds to represent more accurately the local culture of the City of Baldurs Gate. This city is one of the more prominent cities in the Sword Coast region, and has an international flavor with a diverse cosmopolitan urban culture.Not sure what you mean by "culture feats"? Do you mean Xanathars race feats? Do you mean Player Handbook race features like Elven Weapon Training? If the latter, the UA Trance Proficiencies feature seems to replace the PH Elven Weapon Training feature.Background can supply various cultural features, including learning to use a certain tool, knowing a certain language, and so on.My point exactly. Several official WotC settings are already taking advantage of customized backgrounds, to provide setting-specific features.I feel the races in the Players Handbook are unequal to each other. Some subraces are more powerful and some are less powerful.So far, the recent races that use the format update feel equal to each other in power. I am very happy with this amount of design space.When 5e updates the Player Handbook, such as for 50e, anything that is removed or relocated will be filled in with something else to fill out the design space.So there is no loss in overall power.Apparently, a 50e elf Wizard can use the new Trance Proficiencies feature to wield a longbow. But the elf Wizard might want to spend a background to gain this proficiency permanently. In any case, the elf features will be sufficiently powerful, and a cultural bow proficiency worthwhile for a Wizard to invest in.In terms of overall power,50e elf + background ≈ PH elf + backgroundThe designers want backward compatibility. So, a player can choose whether to build a Tashas elf or a 50e elf. Each variant will be comparable in power. No problem.</blockquote>

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