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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Marandahir" data-source="post: 7422930" data-attributes="member: 6803643">And how exactly do the mechanics bake in undesirable flavor regarding reincarnation and the Seldarine? How does any of that have to do with Dark Sun, Eberron, or your home campaign setting? The only thing I see here as an issue would be Shadar-Kai as part of the Elf chassis when some people wanted Shadar-kai as their own race (and might tie them closer to Humans, re: 4e lore) – as some other posters have commented in this thread. It's not idea in that case, but it's also easily fixable: the elf chassis is very basic and can easily be swapped out for similar but generalized features that are slapped on alongside the Shadar-Kai subrace features in your home-campaign. That is, if you were even talking about Shadar-kai. You seem to be referring to Eberron's Elf lore. But that lore is nowhere reflected in the mechanics, to the best of my knowledge. The lore of this book, as Chris Perkins said in a recent D&D Beyond video, is there to provide a baseline for players and DMs that need it. If you can refluff, or have ANY previous Eberron elf material from 3.5e or 4e, then you really don't need this lore either, and can toss it out while using what you like. No reason to toss the baby out with the bathwater, though.</blockquote>