
Originally Posted by
Failedlegend
PDKs don't get the extra skill point and cant use Dragonmarks and if your not a Cha-Based build the human enhancements are much superior
All elves are underpowered and only used for racial access to AA so it doens;t really matter but Sun ELves make even less sense...Amauntor is primarily worshipped by Aasimar and Humans and +Int makes no sense for a cleric neither does access to AA or any of the Elven enhancements...the +2Cha/Wis of the Aasimar would have made way more sense and would have suited the iconic visual style of "similar to an existing race with a few unqiue differences" whereas sun elves look just like normal elves.
Bladeforged do have some pretty cool abilities and the lack of -cha does make it better for Sorcs but the -2 dex is a big deal to alot of builds
Shadar-Kai...nice race alot of cool lore abilities and the chain is a pretty awesome albeit expensive ability but I'd only put them about on par with the other races with Halflings being slighly better imo.
I really would have rather seen these added as normal races...I really don't get the "iconic" thing (note: morninglord should have been part of the light disciple cleric line and PDK should have been a fighter prestige) they should have changes races to work like classes do (Mele, Catser,Specialist) except with racial groups -> subtypes
For example (few races added to illustrate better):
Humans: Human, Lesser Tieflings, Lesser Aasimar, Lesser Genasi, Shadar-Kai, Kalashtar
Monstrous: Half-Orcs, Bugbears, Dragonborne, Shifters, Hengeyokai, Revenents
Elves: Sun Elves, Aerenal Elves, Valenar Elves, Faerun Drow, Eberron Drow, Half-Elf
Dwarves: Lesser Duergar, Shield Dwarves (current), Mul
Vertically Challenged: Gnomes, Kobolds, Halflings, Goblins, Mouslings
Constructs: Warforged, Bladeforged, Shardminds