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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MindWanderer" data-source="post: 4269935" data-attributes="member: 64938">Nope.  You can only have one origin.  And in the MM, they're "Medium fey humanoid."So to be good at a class, you have to make sense of both of your attribute bonuses, or have a class feature that synergises well?  Let's see, then:- Humans: Only one +2, so that already puts them at a disadvantage.  The extra skill is okay, but it has to be a class skill (unlike the Eladrin's bonus skill).  The bonus feat is only good if there's something you're absolutely dying for, and even then you just have to be a little patient (you get more feats in 4e than there are really good feats to have).  So they're no good at anything.- Elves: Good archery rangers, given.  Being able to shift in difficult terrain is meh most of the time.  And no one but a ranger or ranger multiclass will get much use out of the bow prof.  So they're good at only one class.- Half-elves: Good star-pact warlocks by stat bonuses.  Their abilities are useless from the perpective of any one class.  So again, just one class they're good at.- Dwarves: Nothing by stat bonuses.  Dwarven Resilience is good for anyone.  So a solid choice for con- or wis- based builds (some fighters, infernal-pact warlocks), and that's about it.- Halflings.  Trickster rogues.  Second Chance is, like Dwarven Resilience, nice for anyone but not especially nice for any one.  Small weapons hurt all weapon-using classes except rogue.  So they're good fey-pact warlocks as well.- Dragonborn: They look like good paladins, but it's a trap because of 4-way MAD.  Inspiring Warlord, however, works well, as does melee cleric.  If you like their racial features, you can pretend they get a Con bonus, because they need Con to make use of them.  That makes them good Con-based fighters, and warlocks of any type.- Tiefling: Fey-pact warlocks are the only class their ability scores lend them to, and none of their other abilities are class-specific.  Their one really good ability is tied to Cha, so they can make good paladins and tolerable inspiring warlords.  Good trickster rogues, too, due to their skill bonuses.So we have 1 race good in 0 classes, 3 races good in 1 class, 2 good in 2 classes, and 2 races good at 4 classes.  All this is build-specific, of course.  In that context, using this type of evaluation, eladrin aren't exceptionally bad.  Oddly, tieflings come out as winners, tied with dragonborn.</blockquote>

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