Holiday Present - The Elf PHB entry

[A'koss]

Ooh, a Wisdom bonus. Intriiiiguing. Especially since the Eladrin are the magicky (and by association, smartypants) of the two.

I'm guessing the Eladrin then will have bonuses to Int & Cha.

 

[Glyfair]

Ooh, a Wisdom bonus. Intriiiiguing. Especially since the Eladrin are the magicky (and by association, smartypants) of the two.

Remember, since 3E (at least), Wisdom has been the stat of perception. Since Elves are focused on perception (probably even moreso in 4E), it makes perfect sense.

 

[A'koss]

Shift is all but certain to be the new 5' step and I'm sure I've heard somewhere already that elves were faster than humans already...

 

[Obscure]

I'm guessing the Eladrin then will have bonuses to Int & Cha.

Or Dex and Int?

 

[Kobu]

Sideburns?

"Springleaf, I told you to shave those sideburns!"

 

[A'koss]

Or Dex and Int?

Possibly, but as they are the "high" elves, I would expect Cha over Dex.

 

[Obscure]

This version of the elf would easily have a +1 LA in 3.5e, if not +2. I guess this is healthy power creep?

 

[Mad Mac]

Niiice.

They aren't kidding when they said they were making race important. If we take the Elf as a template, than most races are going to offer a hefty attribute adjustment, a free encounter power, synergenic bonuses for everything from movement to skill checks, and access to a whole tree of racial feats.

The Racial Feat seems a little weak, but it might not be too bad. It's availible at low levels, it boosts a power you'll probably use once every fight anyways, and your base attack bonus does scale pretty slowly. (1/2 level).

 

[Baron Opal]

Wonderful! Finally, some hard data.

Very interesting. I like it on the whole. A little disappointment that they live to be 200 years rather than 2000, but I can deal. Surprised to see two attributes given bonuses; this makes me wonder what the human write-up is going to look like. Perhaps a +2 to the attribute of choice?

Thanks for the (substantive) tidbit.

 

[Obscure]

Possibly, but as they are the "high" elves, I would expect Cha over Dex.

That would mean that elves have better racial stat boosts than eladrin; but this could be balanced out by giving eladrin better racial powers, such as their nifty "feystep" teleport ability. So maybe Int and Cha does make more sense mechanically.

I'm itching to play an eladrin "fey pact" warlock....