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<blockquote data-quote="plisnithus8" data-source="post: 7063425" data-attributes="member: 6870553"><p>My group has been discussing the falling vulnerability of a couple of PC aarakocra; being knocked prone, restrained, or unconscious at only 20-40' in the air killed 1 character and almost another. Afterwards, the players brought up what I thought was good point: How could a race whose thing is flying ever have warriors who can be killed so easily by falling damage?</p><p></p><p>I know some of you don't like aarakocra or ban them. That's fine but not the point of this thread so please use one of the other threads to speak to that.</p><p></p><p>One aarakocra player asked if he could make a feat that could refuce falling damage based on the fact that it would seem logical that aarakocra would spend time on learning this tactic, at least moreso than feats such as Heavy Armor Master.</p><p>I figured Deep Gnomes already get their own feat <span style="color: #440805"><span style="font-family: 'MrsEavesSmallCaps'">Svirfneblin Magic so let's give it a try.</span></span></p><p></p><p>So of course he gave me 3 feats:</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'UICTFontTextStyleBody'">Aarakocra</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'UICTFontTextStyleBody'">- <span style="color: #181913"><span style="font-family: 'Times'"><em>Dive Attack</em></span></span><span style="color: #696A5B"><span style="font-family: 'Times'"><em>. </em></span></span><span style="color: #181913"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">If </span></span><span style="color: #2A2C26"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">the </span></span><span style="color: #3D3D38"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">aarakocra </span></span><span style="color: #181913"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">i</span></span><span style="color: #3D3D38"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">s </span></span><span style="color: #181913"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">flying </span></span><span style="color: #2A2C26"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">and dives at </span></span><span style="color: #181913"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">le</span></span><span style="color: #3D3D38"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">as</span></span><span style="color: #181913"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">t </span></span><span style="color: #2A2C26"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">30 </span></span><span style="color: #181913"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">fe</span></span><span style="color: #3D3D38"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">et s</span></span><span style="color: #181913"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">traight </span></span><span style="color: #2A2C26"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">toward </span></span><span style="color: #3D3D38"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">a target </span></span><span style="color: #3D3D38"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">an</span></span><span style="color: #181913"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">d then hit</span></span><span style="color: #3D3D38"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">s </span></span><span style="color: #181913"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">it </span></span><span style="color: #2A2C26"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">with a melee </span></span><span style="color: #3D3D38"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">attack</span></span><span style="color: #968F86"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">, </span></span><span style="color: #2A2C26"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">the </span></span><span style="color: #3D3D38"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">a</span></span><span style="color: #181913"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">tt</span></span><span style="color: #3D3D38"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">ack </span></span><span style="color: #181913"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">d</span></span><span style="color: #3D3D38"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">ea</span></span><span style="color: #181913"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">l</span></span><span style="color: #3D3D38"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">s an </span></span><span style="color: #3D3D38"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">ex</span></span><span style="color: #181913"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">tra </span></span><span style="color: #3D3D38"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">3 </span></span><span style="color: #2A2C26"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">(1d6) </span></span><span style="color: #181913"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">dam</span></span><span style="color: #3D3D38"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">age </span></span><span style="color: #181913"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">t</span></span><span style="color: #3D3D38"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">o </span></span><span style="color: #181913"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">th</span></span><span style="color: #3D3D38"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">e </span></span><span style="color: #2A2C26"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">target.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'UICTFontTextStyleBody'"><span style="color: #2A2C26"><span style="font-family: 'Times'"> - </span></span><span style="color: #141210"><span style="font-family: 'Times'"><em>Flyby. </em></span></span><span style="color: #141210"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">The aarakocra</span></span><span style="color: #141210"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">doesn't provoke </span></span><span style="color: #262421"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">opportunity attacks when </span></span><span style="color: #141210"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">it </span></span><span style="color: #141210"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">flies </span></span><span style="color: #262421"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">out of </span></span><span style="color: #262421"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">an </span></span><span style="color: #262421"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">enemy's </span></span><span style="color: #141210"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">reach</span></span><span style="color: #57554F"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'UICTFontTextStyleBody'"><span style="color: #57554F"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">- Flyer's Defense. An aarakocra gains resistence to falling damage and takes no additional damage from falls over 30'.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'UICTFontTextStyleBody'"><span style="color: #57554F"><span style="font-family: 'Times'"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'UICTFontTextStyleBody'"><span style="color: #57554F"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">1. What do you think of these aarakocra feats?</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'UICTFontTextStyleBody'"><span style="color: #57554F"><span style="font-family: 'Times'">2. What feats might work well for other races?</span></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="plisnithus8, post: 7063425, member: 6870553"] My group has been discussing the falling vulnerability of a couple of PC aarakocra; being knocked prone, restrained, or unconscious at only 20-40' in the air killed 1 character and almost another. Afterwards, the players brought up what I thought was good point: How could a race whose thing is flying ever have warriors who can be killed so easily by falling damage? I know some of you don't like aarakocra or ban them. That's fine but not the point of this thread so please use one of the other threads to speak to that. One aarakocra player asked if he could make a feat that could refuce falling damage based on the fact that it would seem logical that aarakocra would spend time on learning this tactic, at least moreso than feats such as Heavy Armor Master. I figured Deep Gnomes already get their own feat [COLOR=#440805][FONT=MrsEavesSmallCaps]Svirfneblin Magic so let's give it a try.[/FONT][/COLOR] So of course he gave me 3 feats: [COLOR=#454545][FONT=UICTFontTextStyleBody]Aarakocra[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=UICTFontTextStyleBody]- [COLOR=#181913][FONT=Times][I]Dive Attack[/I][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#696A5B][FONT=Times][I]. [/I][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#181913][FONT=Times]If [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#2A2C26][FONT=Times]the [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#3D3D38][FONT=Times]aarakocra [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#181913][FONT=Times]i[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#3D3D38][FONT=Times]s [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#181913][FONT=Times]flying [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#2A2C26][FONT=Times]and dives at [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#181913][FONT=Times]le[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#3D3D38][FONT=Times]as[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#181913][FONT=Times]t [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#2A2C26][FONT=Times]30 [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#181913][FONT=Times]fe[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#3D3D38][FONT=Times]et s[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#181913][FONT=Times]traight [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#2A2C26][FONT=Times]toward [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#3D3D38][FONT=Times]a target [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#3D3D38][FONT=Times]an[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#181913][FONT=Times]d then hit[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#3D3D38][FONT=Times]s [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#181913][FONT=Times]it [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#2A2C26][FONT=Times]with a melee [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#3D3D38][FONT=Times]attack[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#968F86][FONT=Times], [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#2A2C26][FONT=Times]the [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#3D3D38][FONT=Times]a[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#181913][FONT=Times]tt[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#3D3D38][FONT=Times]ack [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#181913][FONT=Times]d[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#3D3D38][FONT=Times]ea[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#181913][FONT=Times]l[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#3D3D38][FONT=Times]s an [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#3D3D38][FONT=Times]ex[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#181913][FONT=Times]tra [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#3D3D38][FONT=Times]3 [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#2A2C26][FONT=Times](1d6) [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#181913][FONT=Times]dam[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#3D3D38][FONT=Times]age [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#181913][FONT=Times]t[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#3D3D38][FONT=Times]o [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#181913][FONT=Times]th[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#3D3D38][FONT=Times]e [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#2A2C26][FONT=Times]target.[/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=UICTFontTextStyleBody][COLOR=#2A2C26][FONT=Times] - [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#141210][FONT=Times][I]Flyby. [/I][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#141210][FONT=Times]The aarakocra[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#141210][FONT=Times]doesn't provoke [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#262421][FONT=Times]opportunity attacks when [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#141210][FONT=Times]it [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#141210][FONT=Times]flies [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#262421][FONT=Times]out of [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#262421][FONT=Times]an [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#262421][FONT=Times]enemy's [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#141210][FONT=Times]reach[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#57554F][FONT=Times].[/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=UICTFontTextStyleBody][COLOR=#57554F][FONT=Times]- Flyer's Defense. An aarakocra gains resistence to falling damage and takes no additional damage from falls over 30'. 1. What do you think of these aarakocra feats? 2. What feats might work well for other races?[/FONT][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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