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<blockquote data-quote="Infiniti2000" data-source="post: 5031625" data-attributes="member: 31734">There's your answer.&nbsp; You don't seem to be responding to my point, or maybe I'm not explaining it well.&nbsp; &nbsp;Yes, a huge one.&nbsp; It's the reskinning itself.&nbsp; I think you might be biased by a personal view that you think eladrin is so close to elf that they're interchangeable.&nbsp; Instead, look at as if I wanted to be a dwarf but reskinned as elf.&nbsp; If you were to be consistent, then you would have no problem with this as a DM.&nbsp; I, on the other hand, would have a problem with it.&nbsp; What's the purpose?&nbsp; To gain some benefits that you desire for a particular build without regard to the fluff.&nbsp; What's the difference?&nbsp; Why, look at the default racial benefits of course!I mentioned it before, but a better design concept than simple reskinning would be allowing some sort of &quot;pool&quot; of racial abilities, not unlike Feats let's say, that you can pick and choose from.&nbsp; While I wouldn't support this concept, it's certainly better than reskinning if done correctly and completely (it would be hard I think to balance properly).&nbsp; This way you could make anything and call it anything.&nbsp; &quot;Reskin&quot; to your heart's content because fluff is irrelevant as far as mechanics are concerned.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Infiniti2000, post: 5031625, member: 31734"] There's your answer. You don't seem to be responding to my point, or maybe I'm not explaining it well. Yes, a huge one. It's the reskinning itself. I think you might be biased by a personal view that you think eladrin is so close to elf that they're interchangeable. Instead, look at as if I wanted to be a dwarf but reskinned as elf. If you were to be consistent, then you would have no problem with this as a DM. I, on the other hand, would have a problem with it. What's the purpose? To gain some benefits that you desire for a particular build [I]without regard to the fluff[/I]. What's the difference? Why, look at the default racial benefits of course! I mentioned it before, but a better design concept than simple reskinning would be allowing some sort of "pool" of racial abilities, not unlike Feats let's say, that you can pick and choose from. While I wouldn't support this concept, it's certainly better than reskinning if done correctly and completely (it would be hard I think to balance properly). This way you could make anything and call it anything. "Reskin" to your heart's content because fluff is irrelevant as far as mechanics are concerned. [/QUOTE]

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