Spelljammer Astral Elves: Spelljammer's Elves In Spaaaaace!

WotC has a preview of Spelljammer's upcoming Astral Elves over on D&D Beyond (following on from their preview of the Giff last week).

Astral Elves can teleport as a bonus action, use divine cantrips, and 'tap into the knowledge of the infinite multiverse' to pick up new proficiencies after a long rest.

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[Yaarel]

The Astral Elves do Radiant damage via Sacred Flame, would expect the Solar Dragon would also do Radiant.

Things to do with the Sun also tend to do Radiant damage and Solar sounds sun related.

Yeah, hence a motive for a merger into a single 5e dragon.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

The image we have of a Lunar Dragon (which sounds like renamed 2e Moon Dragon)
Along with the Elven Star Moth.

 

[Yaarel]

The Astral Elves do Radiant damage via Sacred Flame, would expect the Solar Dragon would also do Radiant.

The UA astal elf gave a choice of cantrip: Sacred Flame, Light, or Dancing Light.

While only mentioned in passing, I got the impression from the DNDBeyond sneakpeak that there will be no choice, all astral elves have Sacred Flame as the cantrip.

Thoughts?

 

[Parmandur]

The UA astal elf gave a choice of cantrip: Sacred Flame, Light, or Dancing Light.

While only mentioned in passing, I got the impression from the DNDBeyond sneakpeak that there will be no choice, all astral elves have Sacred Flame as the cantrip.

Thoughts?

I think so, or they misspoke.

 

[bedir than]

While only mentioned in passing, I got the impression from the DNDBeyond sneakpeak that there will be no choice, all astral elves have Sacred Flame as the cantrip.

I dislike racial bonus combat cantrips. They lean towards optimization calls rather than lore.

 

[Yaarel]

I dislike racial bonus combat cantrips. They lean towards optimization calls rather than lore.

Heh, it is hard to accuse Sacred Flame of "optimization".

Personally, I prefer the race let the player choose any cantrip from any list. Then mention that culturally, the astral elves "typically" choose Sacred Flame.

 

[This Effin’ GM]

Humans are the most versatile and adaptable race, anyway here’s another elf and this one can change every dang day my friends

 

[Xethreau]

I always knew elves came from space

 

[Shardstone]

Unironically, my fave thing in 5E is all the new elves races.

I like having a fuckton of weird elves to play with, and strange cultures to intermingle. I love that elves can be the default race if you want, and I can legit play fun elf-games. I highly enjoy the fact that this one race, which is spiritually protean, is capable of taking on so many different forms (AS IT SHOULD) and can be found everywhere in the multiverse. It makes sense.

 

[Shardstone]

I am unfamiliar with the solar dragon. Source? Isnt the solar dragon a Pathfinder property?

You can't copyright "Solar Dragon."