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<blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 8148300" data-attributes="member: 2525">&quot;CUSTOM LINEAGE: Instead of choosing one of the game’s races for your character at 1st level, you can use the following traits ...&quot;Racial feats from Xanathar's Guide: &quot;These feats are each associated with a race from the Player’s Handbook&quot;You don't qualify for racial feats from that book, because you do not have the association with a race from the Player's Handbook. That association is a mechanic issue, not a description/color issue. It doesn't matter what you say about your parentage. It matters if you are a race from the Player's Handbook or not. And, you're not.&nbsp; You are a race from Tasha's Guide, called Custom Lineage, from a mechanics perspective.I am willing to bet if you could get Crawford to speak to the issue, he'd agree with what I just wrote.I don't hate the custom lineage. I just don't think they work well for existing races. I think they work best for inventing a new race.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mistwell, post: 8148300, member: 2525"] "CUSTOM LINEAGE: [B]Instead of choosing one of the game’s races[/B] for your character at 1st level, you can use the following traits ..." Racial feats from Xanathar's Guide: "These feats are each [B]associated with a race from the Player’s Handbook[/B]" You don't qualify for racial feats from that book, because you do not have the association with a race from the Player's Handbook. That association is a mechanic issue, not a description/color issue. It doesn't matter what you say about your parentage. It matters if you are a race from the Player's Handbook or not. And, you're not. You are a race from Tasha's Guide, called Custom Lineage, from a mechanics perspective. I am willing to bet if you could get Crawford to speak to the issue, he'd agree with what I just wrote. I don't hate the custom lineage. I just don't think they work well for existing races. I think they work best for inventing a new race. [/QUOTE]

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