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<blockquote data-quote="Bacon Bits" data-source="post: 8212902" data-attributes="member: 6777737">I did not argue that Custom Lineage can be defined as a specific race. That was another poster. I quite clearly said that entire line of reasoning was irrelevant. What I said was that the natural conclusion of reading the Tasha's Customizing Your Origin section -- which is to say, pages 7 &amp; 8 and not merely the Custom Lineage sidebar on page 8 -- was to conclude that the game was telling you that classes, subclasses, feats, and all similar game mechanics should not strictly limit to the listed race of a character but instead consider the culture of the character instead. That racial prerequisites should be considered racial or cultural prerequisites if that could be suitable to the feature.Since I see nothing in the rules for Flames of Phlegethos that demands a Tiefling-specific racial feature like Dragon Fear requires the Dragonborn's breath weapon, I conclude that Tasha's is telling me to releax the restriction on Flames of Phlegethos. That means a straight up Fire Genasi should be able to take Flames of Phlegethos. Or a Red Dragonborn. Or a plain Human if the character's background or culture suggest that it's possible. None of these characters are using Custom Lineage.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bacon Bits, post: 8212902, member: 6777737"] I did not argue that Custom Lineage can be defined as a specific race. That was another poster. I quite clearly said that entire line of reasoning was irrelevant. What I said was that the natural conclusion of reading the Tasha's Customizing Your Origin section -- which is to say, pages 7 & 8 and not merely the Custom Lineage sidebar on page 8 -- was to conclude that the game was telling you that classes, subclasses, feats, and all similar game mechanics should [I]not[/I] strictly limit to the listed race of a character but instead consider the [I]culture[/I] of the character instead. That racial prerequisites should be considered [I]racial or cultural prerequisites[/I] if that could be suitable to the feature. Since I see nothing in the rules for Flames of Phlegethos that [I]demands[/I] a Tiefling-specific racial feature like Dragon Fear requires the Dragonborn's breath weapon, I conclude that Tasha's is telling me to releax the restriction on Flames of Phlegethos. That means a straight up Fire Genasi should be able to take Flames of Phlegethos. Or a Red Dragonborn. Or a plain Human if the character's background or culture suggest that it's possible. None of these characters are using Custom Lineage. [/QUOTE]

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