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<blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 9299801" data-attributes="member: 58172">The UA Elf is significantly less powerful than the Mordenkainen Elves and the Spelljammer Astral Elf.The main reason for this is probably because the UA grants a free half-feat for the background.Moreorless, part of the species design space is reallocating to the background design space.Astral Elf backgrounds can grant features that are part of the Astral Elf culture.Elves build magical cultures. Elven backgrounds can grant magical features, even to Nonelf members.One of the Astral Elf background feats can easily grant a 1-hour Trance, two extra proficiencies with skill, tool, or weapon, and a proficiency swap after each Trance.Regarding Misty Step. In Xanathars, the Fey Teleportation feat grants Misty Step per Short Rest. This is a level 4 feat, and powerful one. To do Misty Step per proficiency per Long Rest is extraordinarily powerful. I love its flavor, tho it seems more comparable to a higher tier, akin to flight.The UA species designs are clearly pulling the breaks on higher level features. To even cast Misty Step once per Long Rest, delays until level 5. This delay feels a bit excessive, compared to every other Elf design that can cast it several times at level 1.Even so, there UA demonstrates a strong effort to balance the player species with each other. This is an important goal, and the UA does a solid job of it.For me, the UA feels fair. All the player species are in the same boat.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Yaarel, post: 9299801, member: 58172"] The UA Elf is significantly less powerful than the Mordenkainen Elves and the Spelljammer Astral Elf. The main reason for this is probably because the UA grants a free half-feat for the background. Moreorless, part of the species design space is reallocating to the background design space. Astral Elf backgrounds can grant features that are part of the Astral Elf culture. Elves build magical cultures. Elven backgrounds can grant magical features, even to Nonelf members. One of the Astral Elf background feats can easily grant a 1-hour Trance, two extra proficiencies with skill, tool, or weapon, and a proficiency swap after each Trance. Regarding [I]Misty Step[/I]. In Xanathars, the Fey Teleportation feat grants [I]Misty Step[/I] per Short Rest. This is a level 4 feat, and powerful one. To do [I]Misty Step[/I] per proficiency per Long Rest is extraordinarily powerful. I love its flavor, tho it seems more comparable to a higher tier, akin to flight. The UA species designs are clearly pulling the breaks on higher level features. To even cast [I]Misty Step[/I] once per Long Rest, delays until level 5. This delay feels a bit excessive, compared to every other Elf design that can cast it several times at level 1. Even so, there UA demonstrates a strong effort to balance the player species with each other. This is an important goal, and the UA does a solid job of it. For me, the UA feels fair. All the player species are in the same boat. [/QUOTE]

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