So a bunch of fiendish subraces but only a point of ABS besides Charisma moved to other skills and some Legacy spells swaps, plus some cult spells and features.
It doesn't do much for my game.
It doesn't do much for my game.
Want to talk about what abilities they should have? Sure, lets do it....(etc.)
Thank youGreat post.
Huh. Never thought that way myself. Wouldn't people ask for more subraces than to redo existing subraces?In fact my reaction was more "Uh-oh...now people are going to want six variants of Drow and six variants of Rock Gnome..." and so on. I can see that if what you really wanted was a full sub-race like, well, Drow or Rock Gnome, you might find this disappointing.
Huh. Never thought that way myself. Wouldn't people ask for more subraces than to redo existing subraces?
I have actually had people ask to swap out the high elf's bonus stat for Charisma instead of Intelligence. Mostly because they wanted to do a high elf valor bard, and took Prestigitation for the cantrip. I saw no reason to disallow something so small.Yes, but in the absence of more full-developed sub-races I could see them wanting "flavors":
"Can't I PLEEEEEASE have a Wood-elf with +1 Cha instead of +1 Wis? I mean, Tieflings get to pick their second stat...."
"Yes? Ok, now, instead of being able to Hide in dim light, how about...."
I have actually had people ask to swap out the high elf's bonus stat for Charisma instead of Intelligence. Mostly because they wanted to do a high elf valor bard, and took Prestigitation for the cantrip. I saw no reason to disallow something so small.
If someone wants to rewrite an entire subrace like that, then they get smacked upside the head and told that's just a new subrace, and then to go write one up if that's what they really want. I'm pretty flexible with new material, as long as its not too complicated. Complicated things get a nope.
I do like the flavor of the archdevils we get. I didn't know that Levistus focused on deals with those facing inescapable fates. That is a really useful bit of lore. Or Glasya who supposed to be involved with "familial bonds" but whose blessings can be turned against siblings. That's an interesting phrase for Asmodeus' only child to be involved with.
That sort of thing can never be wasted on me.