Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 8380527" data-attributes="member: 58172">It is annoying that the Xanathars race feats are biologically essentialist, and other races are forbidden to take them.There is even a recent ruling that a Custom Lineage version of a race cannot qualify to take them.Some &quot;essences&quot; are more problematic than others, like superior Intelligence, dehumanizing animistic cultures, and so on.But even something as innocuous as elf Trance, I would rather be one of several options, that a player may or not choose. Also, I prefer if other races can choose it. For example, a Warforged also lacks sleep, because of a different narrative, but could use the same mechanics.As &quot;fey&quot; personifications of fate, I view elves as (good) luck and dwarves as (bad) luck (but useful against an enemy). There are reveral race concepts where a &quot;lucky&quot; trait can make sense. If a player wants to explore such a concept, the player can choose it, and the player and the DM can agree on a story that makes dense of the concept within a particular setting.By the way, the Scandinavian gnomes (tomte, nisse) tend to be superhumanly strong, so I have no problem with small and strong. I feel the halfling is an echo of Tolkien without a clear D&amp;D identity. But it can be whatever the concept will be.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Yaarel, post: 8380527, member: 58172"] It is annoying that the Xanathars race feats are biologically essentialist, and other races are forbidden to take them. There is even a recent ruling that a Custom Lineage version of a race cannot qualify to take them. Some "essences" are more problematic than others, like superior Intelligence, dehumanizing animistic cultures, and so on. But even something as innocuous as elf Trance, I would rather be one of several options, that a player may or not choose. Also, I prefer if other races can choose it. For example, a Warforged also lacks sleep, because of a different narrative, but could use the same mechanics. As "fey" personifications of fate, I view elves as (good) luck and dwarves as (bad) luck (but useful against an enemy). There are reveral race concepts where a "lucky" trait can make sense. If a player wants to explore such a concept, the player can choose it, and the player and the DM can agree on a story that makes dense of the concept within a particular setting. By the way, the Scandinavian gnomes (tomte, nisse) tend to be superhumanly strong, so I have no problem with small and strong. I feel the halfling is an echo of Tolkien without a clear D&D identity. But it can be whatever the concept will be. [/QUOTE]

Verification