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<blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 8375325" data-attributes="member: 58172">I like math and I enjoy numbers. But I find the big number of points to spend ... distracting.It is the same reason that I dont want the 5e Psion to use spell points (even tho I loved the 3e Psion in its day). I prefer the 5e Psion class use a spellcasting chassis resembling the Warlock chassis.The units of design space that I tend to use for 5e are:1 feat = 2 half-feats = 8 proficienciesThe &quot;proficiency&quot; unit is a bit of a misnomer because some proficiencies are more powerful than others. For example, 1 feat can grant proficiency with all armors and shield calculating the following costs.Full Armor Feat• 2 proficiencies: Shield• 2 proficiencies: Light Armor• 1 proficiency: Medium Armor (requires Light Armor)• 3 proficiencies: Heavy Armor (requires Medium Armor)A feat is just presented as feat. But a player with rules mastery could deconstruct it and with DM agreement swap one of the features for an other one of equivalent value.I dont mind multirace characters, who are part elf or part dragon, or whatever. If at a higher level, a player wants a feat from an other race, that is fine. Ask how it is that the ancestral trait is only emerging now. Maybe gaining dragonbreath is part of draconic puberty when shedding a dragonskin? Maybe the player wants to reflavor dragonbreath as something more elfish, maybe like skyey lightning from ones hands?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Yaarel, post: 8375325, member: 58172"] I like math and I enjoy numbers. But I find the big number of points to spend ... distracting. It is the same reason that I dont want the 5e Psion to use spell points (even tho I loved the 3e Psion in its day). I prefer the 5e Psion class use a spellcasting chassis resembling the Warlock chassis. The units of design space that I tend to use for 5e are: 1 feat = 2 half-feats = 8 proficiencies The "proficiency" unit is a bit of a misnomer because some proficiencies are more powerful than others. For example, 1 feat can grant proficiency with all armors and shield calculating the following costs. Full Armor Feat • 2 proficiencies: Shield • 2 proficiencies: Light Armor • 1 proficiency: Medium Armor (requires Light Armor) • 3 proficiencies: Heavy Armor (requires Medium Armor) A feat is just presented as feat. But a player with rules mastery could deconstruct it and with DM agreement swap one of the features for an other one of equivalent value. I dont mind multirace characters, who are part elf or part dragon, or whatever. If at a higher level, a player wants a feat from an other race, that is fine. Ask how it is that the ancestral trait is only emerging now. Maybe gaining dragonbreath is part of draconic puberty when shedding a dragonskin? Maybe the player wants to reflavor dragonbreath as something more elfish, maybe like skyey lightning from ones hands? [/QUOTE]

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