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<blockquote data-quote="Jfdlsjfd" data-source="post: 8373816" data-attributes="member: 42856">Maybe 6e should switch to a point-buy system for advantage at character creation. You want to be a typical elf? Pick long-lived, able archer, entrancing appearance and haunting song. Want to be a D&amp;D elf? Pick long-lived, able archer and inborn magic 1. Want to be a nowadays elf? Pick Axe fighter, Beard is Power, Unparalleled Smith and Cave Denizen.Setting book would suggest say, 5 typical traits commonplace for a race to have (maybe with some overlap, so both drows and dwarves can have Cave Denizen) to replicate the feeling of the race in the setting and players would get to select some (either with points or number of pick if they are balanced with each other), potentially from their &quot;racial&quot; list (or cultural list).If you want to take something that is not common, onus is on you to write that into your background. &quot;No, I am not an aarockra, I was a wizard apprentice and a lab accident made me Winged.&quot; So we could have the best of both worlds:1. Racial distinctiveness (because NPCs would take the feats associated to their race)2. Liberty for the players (they could choose out-of-list features if they want and get help integrating that into their background, so they could still play against type without losing anything)3. A system that wasn't, so far, met with pitchfork and torches (Xanatar's racial feats).4. Increased liberty for setting authors. In retro setting, Orcs are associated with five traits that make them Gruumsh Orcs, but in Eberron, they can be druidy. Background and skill acquisition could also work on this mode, with each setting deciding. &quot;We are doing a Tolkien setting, so if you're a Rohirrim, your background give your Animal Handling and Good with Horses, even if you're adopted and not born Rohirrim&quot;. On the other hand &quot;In this setting, speaking Sylvan is innate to the Eladrin and their word list even updates whenever they are near a feywild manifest zone... so this language is a racial thing, not a skill you can learn.&quot;Dunno. I half-expected Tasha to give us something like that when they spoke about changing character bulding.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jfdlsjfd, post: 8373816, member: 42856"] Maybe 6e should switch to a point-buy system for advantage at character creation. You want to be a typical elf? Pick long-lived, able archer, entrancing appearance and haunting song. Want to be a D&D elf? Pick long-lived, able archer and inborn magic 1. Want to be a nowadays elf? Pick Axe fighter, Beard is Power, Unparalleled Smith and Cave Denizen. Setting book would suggest say, 5 typical traits commonplace for a race to have (maybe with some overlap, so both drows and dwarves can have Cave Denizen) to replicate the feeling of the race in the setting and players would get to select some (either with points or number of pick if they are balanced with each other), potentially from their "racial" list (or cultural list). If you want to take something that is not common, onus is on you to write that into your background. "No, I am not an aarockra, I was a wizard apprentice and a lab accident made me Winged." So we could have the best of both worlds: 1. Racial distinctiveness (because NPCs would take the feats associated to their race) 2. Liberty for the players (they could choose out-of-list features if they want and get help integrating that into their background, so they could still play against type without losing anything) 3. A system that wasn't, so far, met with pitchfork and torches (Xanatar's racial feats). 4. Increased liberty for setting authors. In retro setting, Orcs are associated with five traits that make them Gruumsh Orcs, but in Eberron, they can be druidy. Background and skill acquisition could also work on this mode, with each setting deciding. "We are doing a Tolkien setting, so if you're a Rohirrim, your background give your Animal Handling and Good with Horses, even if you're adopted and not born Rohirrim". On the other hand "In this setting, speaking Sylvan is innate to the Eladrin and their word list even updates whenever they are near a feywild manifest zone... so this language is a racial thing, not a skill you can learn." Dunno. I half-expected Tasha to give us something like that when they spoke about changing character bulding. [/QUOTE]

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