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<blockquote data-quote="ro" data-source="post: 7288980" data-attributes="member: 6890747">Magic Initiate: Absorb Elements, Resistance, Guidance is pretty close to what you are looking for.Advantage on a saving throw is roughly equivalent to proficiency statistically, which is half of Resilient. For Gnome Cunning, Int and Cha are mostly useless, so it is really a half-feat (+1 ASI) in value. In contrast, Dex, Con, and Str are all much more useful than Int and Cha, and so advantage against all magic would be worth +4 ASI.Absorb Elements is excellent, but only applies to damage, costs your reaction, and costs a spell slot. Through Magic Initiate it would be worth about +1 ASI, or maybe slightly less depending on how you rate cantrips.Elves already have more benefits than most other races, including Gnomes. On a scale like the Musicus Scale, an Elf is score with about +7 ASI of racial bonuses (including their Dex and Int/Wis ASIs). Around 6.5 or 7 is a good target for race design, to stay balanced with existing races. If you want to give them more, it's important to sacrifice something else, or do it with feats.Full magic resistance (advantage on saves against magic) would be a two-feat feature: Feat 1: Wis/Str/Int, Feat 2: Con/Dex/Cha? Keep Int and Cha separate and Str and Con separate, and keep Str in the first one to make the second feat the better of the two.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ro, post: 7288980, member: 6890747"] Magic Initiate: Absorb Elements, Resistance, Guidance is pretty close to what you are looking for. Advantage on a saving throw is roughly equivalent to proficiency statistically, which is half of Resilient. For Gnome Cunning, Int and Cha are mostly useless, so it is really a half-feat (+1 ASI) in value. In contrast, Dex, Con, and Str are all much more useful than Int and Cha, and so advantage against all magic would be worth +4 ASI. Absorb Elements is excellent, but only applies to damage, costs your reaction, and costs a spell slot. Through Magic Initiate it would be worth about +1 ASI, or maybe slightly less depending on how you rate cantrips. Elves already have more benefits than most other races, including Gnomes. On a scale like the Musicus Scale, an Elf is score with about +7 ASI of racial bonuses (including their Dex and Int/Wis ASIs). Around 6.5 or 7 is a good target for race design, to stay balanced with existing races. If you want to give them more, it's important to sacrifice something else, or do it with feats. Full magic resistance (advantage on saves against magic) would be a two-feat feature: Feat 1: Wis/Str/Int, Feat 2: Con/Dex/Cha? Keep Int and Cha separate and Str and Con separate, and keep Str in the first one to make the second feat the better of the two. [/QUOTE]

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