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<blockquote data-quote="Gammadoodler" data-source="post: 8763211" data-attributes="member: 6914290"><p>Half-orc was the only one I could think of that even came close. And saying no to going unconscious once a day is pretty solid on a low hp class.</p><p></p><p>It's really only Savage Attacks that's maybe irrelevant, and even that could be put to use for a gish.</p><p></p><p>It's a power leak. Martial classes do not always get the full benefits out of racial feature power budgets, while wizards do. In addition, because many racial spells are saving throw based, they are often kinda bad on a martial.</p><p></p><p>The weirdest part of this is that the leak happens with races that 'should' be archetypal for those martial classes. Stout dwarven warrior doesn't get any benefit to being a warrior from their martial heritage. Sneaky goblin rogue is no sneakier than any other rogue.</p><p></p><p>And it's not like these are insignificant ribbon type leaks. Bonus action hide or medium armor proficiency is a <strong>huge</strong> boon to a wizard, dramatically increasing survivability over the course of their entire career. Hell, the armor proficiency means that wizards can wear magical armor too, which is supposed to be a fighter thing.<s> I can't think of anything that provides even close to that level of benefit from racial spellcasting features</s>.</p><p></p><p>Edit: I take it back..Variant Human..Magic Initiate...for Find Familiar.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gammadoodler, post: 8763211, member: 6914290"] Half-orc was the only one I could think of that even came close. And saying no to going unconscious once a day is pretty solid on a low hp class. It's really only Savage Attacks that's maybe irrelevant, and even that could be put to use for a gish. It's a power leak. Martial classes do not always get the full benefits out of racial feature power budgets, while wizards do. In addition, because many racial spells are saving throw based, they are often kinda bad on a martial. The weirdest part of this is that the leak happens with races that 'should' be archetypal for those martial classes. Stout dwarven warrior doesn't get any benefit to being a warrior from their martial heritage. Sneaky goblin rogue is no sneakier than any other rogue. And it's not like these are insignificant ribbon type leaks. Bonus action hide or medium armor proficiency is a [B]huge[/B] boon to a wizard, dramatically increasing survivability over the course of their entire career. Hell, the armor proficiency means that wizards can wear magical armor too, which is supposed to be a fighter thing.[S] I can't think of anything that provides even close to that level of benefit from racial spellcasting features[/S]. Edit: I take it back..Variant Human..Magic Initiate...for Find Familiar. [/QUOTE]
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