Dragonlance What do you think of the Kender?

[Zardnaar]

Good thing they'll be AL legal

Good thing one doesn't play AL.

 

[Demetrios1453]

Banned twice over in my games their mechanics are irrelevant.

I, conversely, have encouraged the player who wants to play one when I run the adventure. But I know she's not going to get out of hand with the character...

 

[pukunui]

What do you think?

I think that WotC’s designers still haven’t quite grokked what constitutes a racial trait vs a cultural one.

The kender’s semi-fearlessness* and their free skill proficiency are due to their magical origins, but their taunt is just “extraordinary” and, in my view, should be a learned cultural thing, not an innate one.

I’m glad they’ve tried to reduce the stereotypes, though.


*I reckon they didn’t go with full immunity to fear because of that one time Tas felt afraid.

 

[James Gasik]

I think that WotC’s designers still haven’t quite grokked what constitutes a racial trait vs a cultural one.

The kender’s semi-fearlessness* and their free skill proficiency are due to their magical origins, but their taunt is just “extraordinary” and, in my view, should be a learned cultural thing, not an innate one.

I’m glad they’ve tried to reduce the stereotypes, though.


*I reckon they didn’t go with full immunity to fear because of that one time Tas felt afraid.

Here's the thing though; being immune to the frightened condition =/= being afraid.

 

[John R Davis]

Kender rogue stares quizzically at a hoopak with no clue what it is

 

[GMforPowergamers]

Kender rogue stares quizzically at a hoopak with no clue what it is

wait... what? I thought they had it stated

 

[AnotherGuy]

Also, I'm amused by all the "usable x times per day" abilities returning in 5e, after being soundly rejected in previous editions ("why can my character only perform his Vorpal Tornado attack once per day?").

Because after 50 years they haven't yet figured out how to build the fatigue system into the x times per day abilities.
It is not like we have a secondary resource to utilise. (Cough, cough...Hit Dice)

 

[James Gasik]

I really thought they said they were going to find more uses for Hit Dice for D&D One.

 

[AnotherGuy]

I really thought they said they were going to find more uses for Hit Dice for D&D One.

We will have to wait and see (and hope).

 

[John R Davis]

Yeah HD should be a resource that can be used for lots cool stuff