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<blockquote data-quote="DND_Reborn" data-source="post: 8153431" data-attributes="member: 6987520"><p>Maybe they meant for Custom Lineage to also work more like Custom Subrace or Variant <em>Race</em>?</p><p></p><p>If that was the intent, then I would be fine with someone playing a Variant Elf or whatever. After all, compare Human to Variant Human:</p><p></p><p>Human:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]130370[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Variant Human:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]130371[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Instead of gaining another 4 ASI +1s, you gain a Skill and a Feat. But, Variant Humans are still Humans.</p><p></p><p>A Variant Elf would give up <em>Darkvision (maybe), Keen Senses, Fey Ancestry, Trance, and Elvish</em> for a <em>Feat and choice of Darkvision or a Skill</em>.</p><p></p><p>I think WotC could have made the intent clearer by calling this Variant Lineage instead of Custom, and included that you can use the process as well to create a <em>new</em> race as well?</p><p></p><p>EDIT: I am <em>still</em> not happy about the option to make a race that has both a FEAT and DARKVISION because IMO and IME they are two <em>very powerful</em> things in the game. Variant Humans don't have Darkvision after all, but with Custom Lineage, you could still be a new Variant Human with both. I do NOT like that... too over-powered. The Custom Option should have been a FEAT <em>or</em> Darkvision and a Skill IMO. So, in that respect, I would still not use Custom Lineage as written.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DND_Reborn, post: 8153431, member: 6987520"] Maybe they meant for Custom Lineage to also work more like Custom Subrace or Variant [I]Race[/I]? If that was the intent, then I would be fine with someone playing a Variant Elf or whatever. After all, compare Human to Variant Human: Human: [ATTACH type="full" alt="1608509875409.png"]130370[/ATTACH] Variant Human: [ATTACH type="full" alt="1608509898811.png"]130371[/ATTACH] Instead of gaining another 4 ASI +1s, you gain a Skill and a Feat. But, Variant Humans are still Humans. A Variant Elf would give up [I]Darkvision (maybe), Keen Senses, Fey Ancestry, Trance, and Elvish[/I] for a [I]Feat and choice of Darkvision or a Skill[/I]. I think WotC could have made the intent clearer by calling this Variant Lineage instead of Custom, and included that you can use the process as well to create a [I]new[/I] race as well? EDIT: I am [I]still[/I] not happy about the option to make a race that has both a FEAT and DARKVISION because IMO and IME they are two [I]very powerful[/I] things in the game. Variant Humans don't have Darkvision after all, but with Custom Lineage, you could still be a new Variant Human with both. I do NOT like that... too over-powered. The Custom Option should have been a FEAT [I]or[/I] Darkvision and a Skill IMO. So, in that respect, I would still not use Custom Lineage as written. [/QUOTE]
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