Feats for other races?

[vhailor]

Since this is the first time I play D&D, can someone tell me if other races were supported in the previous editions? We begin a neutral-evil campaign with my shadar-kai swordmage, an orc barbarian, human ranger(balanced), and human wizard. Unfortunately, no leader for now.Is there an chance, that feats about orcs, shifters and others will be created?

 

[Lord Ernie]

Heh. Most likely. This is D&D after all... I expect almost all suggested 'monster' races will get a PC write-up. In fact, Shadar-Kai already had their write-up in a recent Dragon article. Shifters are an Eberron race, IIRC, so I reckon they'll get fully detailed in the Eberron PH.

 

[Malachi_rc]

I believe Shifters are in PHB2, and I expect some orc feats in it as well (assuming halforcs have the ability to take orc and human feats in the same way halfelves do).

 

[LightPhoenix]

As for Shadar-kai, there's a very nice article in this month's Dragon which provides a lot of stuff for them, including a number of feats. As I recall, a couple of them are even designed for Shadar-kai swordmages. You (or your player) will definitely want to spring for DDI this month just for this article.

 

[Milambus]

To recap:
Half-Orcs will be in PHB2
Shifters will be in PHB2
Shadar-Kai are in this months Dragon

Orcs currently are not schedule to be published anywhere that I am aware of, but I would expect to see them in Dragon at some point.

 

[vhailor]

As for Shadar-kai, there's a very nice article in this month's Dragon which provides a lot of stuff for them, including a number of feats. As I recall, a couple of them are even designed for Shadar-kai swordmages. You (or your player) will definitely want to spring for DDI this month just for this article.

You just made me a very happy man.
I don't know what happened, but when I saw a photo with shadar-kai, my heart skiped a beat. I was always trying to choose the most fitting race for the characters I wanted to play, maximizing their stats. Now, I've created a swordmage, a wizard, a rogue, and I guess there are a lot more to come. I don't even like the gothic style in real life, but I loved the shadar-kai from the first moment I saw them. I don't even care that the orc has better racial feature. All I know is that my swordmage (named Shakti) will rock.