D&D 5E (2014) What new linages do you want?

[Vince_Snetterton]

The slippery slope is generally classified as a logical fallacy. The logic isn't sound, because there's no logic, per se. There is a chain of scenarios that one asserts will happen with significant probability, but without support for the assertion, or source for probabilities. Fear or anxiety of the end state is used to motivate the audience to accept the assertion, without substantial support.

Your personal experience is anecdote, not data, and so isn't significant support in this situation.

Tasha's lineage, nor the other parts of the book that are power leap, is no "personal experience". That is quite literally "black and white". And yes, Tasha's Lineage mechanics are a direct result of threads like this.

 

[Silvercat Moonpaw]

This thread reminds me of 5th Grade...

Except reality doesn't come with an Ignore function.

 

[HammerMan]

I want a system to mix and match current abilities and know that it (more or less) balances.

 

[Vince_Snetterton]

I want a system to mix and match current abilities and know that it (more or less) balances.

Which is impossible. The more combinations and permutations available to players, which grow exponentially, not linearly, the more it becomes a certainty that wildly OP combo's occur. Ever have a Fallen Assimar Conquest Paladin in a game you either play or DM in? And that is just one of who knows how many are out there now, with 56 base species, compounded with Tasha's Lineage. And we have people saying "It is not enough, I want more."

 

[Fenris-77]

Perhaps we should change the thread title to Let's Kvetch About Lineages...

 

[el-remmen]

Your personal experience is anecdote, not data, and so isn't significant support in this situation.

Personal experience can be important evidence towards a claim, if contextualized and put into perspective with quantitative data - that said, this thread is not titled "What do you think of more lineage options and their effect on the game and at your table?" it is "which do you want to see?" So even if his argument was sound, it'd still be irrelevant and essentially yucking people's yum.

 

[Umbran]

Tasha's lineage, nor the other parts of the book that are power leap, is no "personal experience".

Mod Note:
So, that argument has already happened three or four times around here, and I daresay folks who are constructively engaged with the OP don't find this compelling. You are offering nothing new or constructive to this discussion.

At this point, you are threadcrapping. If you want to go start a thread about how the game is on its way to Perdition Itself over Tasha's lineages, you can do that. But this thread is for folks who want to talk about lineages they want to see.

If you don't want them, leave the thread alone, starting now. Further attempts to derail this thread will not be acceptable.

 

[Vaalingrade]

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[HammerMan]

Which is impossible. The more combinations and permutations available to players, which grow exponentially, not linearly, the more it becomes a certainty that wildly OP combo's occur. Ever have a Fallen Assimar Conquest Paladin in a game you either play or DM in? And that is just one of who knows how many are out there now, with 56 base species, compounded with Tasha's Lineage. And we have people saying "It is not enough, I want more."

okay...I didn't say it was a reasonable request.

 

[Faolyn]

Hengeyokai/pooka-type people. Smart animals that can shapeshift into humanoid form.