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<blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 7691528" data-attributes="member: 58172"><p>Yeah, exactly.</p><p></p><p>Which is why, a 5e player will probably want to modify the 3e Wood Elf, not only to calibrate it for use with the 5e system, but also to recharacterize it, with new flavor and new mechanics to express that flavor.</p><p></p><p>Arguably, the modified 3e Wood Elf can use the same mechanics as the 5e Wood Elf. But because it is important to avoid plagiarizing the language that 5e uses to describe the 5e Wood Elf, the modifier of the 3e version is probably safer to make the Wood Elf a bit different from the 5e one. Besides, I think it is more interesting when designers put some thought into how options fit into a particular setting, and tweak it accordingly.</p><p></p><p>A 3e-modded Wood Elf can have +2 Dexterity and +1 Wisdom, no problem. Even the increased speed is fine. But at that point, I would personally come up with a different mechanical trait to express how the Wood Elf is preternaturally in tune with the forest wilderness - and in this way distinguish its flavor from the 5e one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Yaarel, post: 7691528, member: 58172"] Yeah, exactly. Which is why, a 5e player will probably want to modify the 3e Wood Elf, not only to calibrate it for use with the 5e system, but also to recharacterize it, with new flavor and new mechanics to express that flavor. Arguably, the modified 3e Wood Elf can use the same mechanics as the 5e Wood Elf. But because it is important to avoid plagiarizing the language that 5e uses to describe the 5e Wood Elf, the modifier of the 3e version is probably safer to make the Wood Elf a bit different from the 5e one. Besides, I think it is more interesting when designers put some thought into how options fit into a particular setting, and tweak it accordingly. A 3e-modded Wood Elf can have +2 Dexterity and +1 Wisdom, no problem. Even the increased speed is fine. But at that point, I would personally come up with a different mechanical trait to express how the Wood Elf is preternaturally in tune with the forest wilderness - and in this way distinguish its flavor from the 5e one. [/QUOTE]
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