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<blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 8148736" data-attributes="member: 7635">My point is simple: a custom lineage is a unique being that looks like, but isn't, one of the normal races. It's a special snowflake, a limited edition, a mutant, or similar, but it ain't truly &quot;an elf&quot;. I say this on two fronts: the first is I feel the original races deserve something unique to them. There is a handful of things that check what race you are: feats, magic items, and some now retconned subclasses. I'd like to leave those options for people who select the default package. I'm not completely comfortable with basically allowing vhumans to pick any racial feat they want while ignoring race-defining features like flight or water breathing. And second: I want custom lineages to be for things that the current racial system doesn't yet cover: a fey changeling raised in the feywild, the scion of a demigod, or the seventh son of a seventh son who is somehow not quite like his brothers. I don't like &quot;Imma elf but I get a sweet feat and 18 Dex instead of lame proficiencies and corner case resistances.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Remathilis, post: 8148736, member: 7635"] My point is simple: a custom lineage is a unique being that looks like, but isn't, one of the normal races. It's a special snowflake, a limited edition, a mutant, or similar, but it ain't truly "an elf". I say this on two fronts: the first is I feel the original races deserve something unique to them. There is a handful of things that check what race you are: feats, magic items, and some now retconned subclasses. I'd like to leave those options for people who select the default package. I'm not completely comfortable with basically allowing vhumans to pick any racial feat they want while ignoring race-defining features like flight or water breathing. And second: I want custom lineages to be for things that the current racial system doesn't yet cover: a fey changeling raised in the feywild, the scion of a demigod, or the seventh son of a seventh son who is somehow not quite like his brothers. I don't like "Imma elf but I get a sweet feat and 18 Dex instead of lame proficiencies and corner case resistances." [/QUOTE]

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