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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 7724012" data-attributes="member: 58172">I like sleek design. Inconsequential ribbon features, feel like unnecessary clutter to me.I like to see the mechanics of a race or a class do something vivid, effectively and comprehensively.My favorite mechanics actualize the flavor in a clear useful way.The Wood Elf is an excellent design, for example. The mechanics work well together and express the flavor of a stealthy, precise, attunement with nature.The Githzerai design fares ok. The Wisdom and the telepathic Detect Thoughts make sense for psionic flavor. Albeit, this particular spell seems underpowered, little more than an Insight skill check, but its Wisdom flavor makes sense.The quasi-telekinetic Mage Hand works with the Psionic flavor. The quasi-telekinetic Shield synergizes mechanically with the AC bonus, and both flavors make sense in the context of Monk training, again working well with Wisdom flavor.By contrast, the Githyanki design seems a bit disorganized and cluttered. The Githyanki has Strength with redundant medium armor proficiency, seemingly non-psionic. Then has quasi-telekinetic Mage Hand and Jump. Jump also seems underpowered. But this Jump is telekinetic? Or is it psychometabolic? Is the high Strength somehow psionic in a psychometabolic shapeshifting sense? The mechanics seem unclear. Why is there Misty Step? It seems mechanically redundant with Jump? Why the flavor? Maybe a limited form of planeshifting back and forth from the Astral Plane is more appropriate? Isnt Misty Step an Eladrin thing?</blockquote>

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