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<blockquote data-quote="Obryn" data-source="post: 6323025" data-attributes="member: 11821">Okay, I think it will be splendid if there's a published option. I sincerely hope there'll be something.But! If there's not, niche playstyles have literally always been best-served by house-rules, and 5e will be no different here. Name me a system that's been as extensively house-ruled as D&amp;D. As always, it's a question of effort and benefit. In this specific case, the effort is basically nil; there have been several totally fine solutions right here in this thread. So I just simply can't parse the idea that a lack of an &quot;official&quot; alternative to one game mechanic (or two! or three!) could possibly overrule every other presumed positive if you're thinking of running 5e regularly, anyway. I mean, if you're looking at picking it up, there has to be some reason for it, right? No; this is another &quot;heart and soul of D&amp;D&quot; argument, and seriously, screw those.I don't think WotC should cater to rage-quitters from any school of thought, because you don't design your game based on your loudest objectors. It's not up to fake-daddy WotC to pat gamers on the head and tell them their way of pretend elf-ing was right all along.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Obryn, post: 6323025, member: 11821"] Okay, I think it will be [I]splendid [/I]if there's a published option. I sincerely hope there'll be something. But! If there's not, niche playstyles have [I]literally always [/I]been best-served by house-rules, and 5e will be no different here. Name me a system that's been as extensively house-ruled as D&D. As always, it's a question of effort and benefit. In this specific case, the effort is basically nil; there have been several totally fine solutions right here in this thread. So I just simply can't parse the idea that a lack of an "official" alternative to one game mechanic (or two! or three!) could possibly overrule every other presumed positive if you're thinking of running 5e regularly, anyway. I mean, if you're looking at picking it up, there has to be [I]some[/I] reason for it, right? No; this is another "heart and soul of D&D" argument, and seriously, screw those. I don't think WotC should cater to rage-quitters from [I]any [/I]school of thought, because you don't design your game based on your loudest objectors. It's not up to fake-daddy WotC to pat gamers on the head and tell them [I]their[/I] way of pretend elf-ing was right all along. [/QUOTE]

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