Eladrin Education

[Mort_Q]

Am I understanding the Eladrin Education racial ability correctly if I just pick any skill I want as trained?

 

[Phoenix8008]

That is the way I read it. Came in handy too since our party didn't have a Rogue, so my Eladrin Wizard picked Thievery so we'd have some ability to deal with locks and traps. About Bankrupted me though, having to buy a spellbook for 50 gp and Thieves Tools for 20 gp.

 

[Rith the Wanderer]

Seems to be the case. People always seem to overlook that when comparing eladrin to humans, the 3.x mentality kinda just makes you assume that humans are still the skill people. Now humans still have to pick from their class list, while eladrin can pick whatever. My wizard has heal =)

 

[kclark]

Yes.

 

[Campbell]

That is the way I read it. Came in handy too since our party didn't have a Rogue, so my Eladrin Wizard picked Thievery so we'd have some ability to deal with locks and traps. About Bankrupted me though, having to buy a spellbook for 50 gp and Thieves Tools for 20 gp.

You don't have to buy a spell book - the wizard class feature grants it to you.

 

[Zsig]

That is the way I read it. Came in handy too since our party didn't have a Rogue, so my Eladrin Wizard picked Thievery so we'd have some ability to deal with locks and traps. About Bankrupted me though, having to buy a spellbook for 50 gp and Thieves Tools for 20 gp.

The spellbook comes for free ^^

On topic: yes, that's how it works.

 

[Phoenix8008]

Spellbook is FREE?! Cool Beans!! Now I can have some money left over to buy some ritual components too! Thanks, all.

 

[Xorn]

It's not cool beans.

Wizards suck totally. (If you read the threads here.)

(I'm trying to be funny, enjoy your wizard! )

 

[deleteme123456]

How do you know the spellbook comes for free? I was trying to cross reference the KOTS pregen wizard, who has 23 gp + adv. kit (15gp) + Wand (7gp) + Quarterstaff (5gp) + spellbook (50gp) = 100gp. From that I conclude that you must BUY the spellbook.

 

[Yaezakura]

How do you know the spellbook comes for free? I was trying to cross reference the KOTS pregen wizard, who has 23 gp + adv. kit (15gp) + Wand (7gp) + Quarterstaff (5gp) + spellbook (50gp) = 100gp. From that I conclude that you must BUY the spellbook.

The pregens don't follow exact character creation methods. The Spellbook class feature clearly says "You possess a spellbook". This has also been confirmed with WotC Customer Service. The spellbook is indeed a freebie.