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Human with Fey Step

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#1
bartd
Aug 06, 2009 9:12:06 As a DM, I'd like to let a player play a human character with Fey Step (or whatever we will end up calling it). Now the question is what to give up for it?

Is the extra at-will enough? (Planning to take that away at least)
Or should I also remove the bonus feat, bonus skill and/or defense bonus? What do you think will be a balanced trade?

An alternative route would be to take a Dragonborn and trade Dragon Breath for Fey Step and then re-fluff as a human (and consider the character human for feats etc). Do you think that would be a balanced trade?
#2
magus_stragus
Aug 06, 2009 9:29:08 I believe that by taking away the extra at-will you will be balancing things out.
#3
fenrir7139
Aug 06, 2009 14:20:36 Magus has the right of it; the trading the at-will for it will work perfectly well.
#4
slobo777a
Aug 06, 2009 14:36:57 Sounds reasonable.

You could also consider building the character entirely as an Eladrin, but just replace "Fey Origin" with "Human Origin" - i.e. the character could take Human Feats, not Fey or Elf ones. Might be a step too far for the player though? I do this myself for refluffed races, so I can use Character Builder.
#5
bartd
Aug 07, 2009 11:37:37 Thanks for your comments. The reason I wasn't sure the trade was fair is that the third at-will is generally the least useful... and Fey Step is a pretty good racial encounter.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 bartd Aug 06, 2009 9:12:06	As a DM, I'd like to let a player play a human character with Fey Step (or whatever we will end up calling it). Now the question is what to give up for it? Is the extra at-will enough? (Planning to take that away at least) Or should I also remove the bonus feat, bonus skill and/or defense bonus? What do you think will be a balanced trade? An alternative route would be to take a Dragonborn and trade Dragon Breath for Fey Step and then re-fluff as a human (and consider the character human for feats etc). Do you think that would be a balanced trade?
#2 magus_stragus Aug 06, 2009 9:29:08	I believe that by taking away the extra at-will you will be balancing things out.
#3 fenrir7139 Aug 06, 2009 14:20:36	Magus has the right of it; the trading the at-will for it will work perfectly well.
#4 slobo777a Aug 06, 2009 14:36:57	Sounds reasonable. You could also consider building the character entirely as an Eladrin, but just replace "Fey Origin" with "Human Origin" - i.e. the character could take Human Feats, not Fey or Elf ones. Might be a step too far for the player though? I do this myself for refluffed races, so I can use Character Builder.
#5 bartd Aug 07, 2009 11:37:37	Thanks for your comments. The reason I wasn't sure the trade was fair is that the third at-will is generally the least useful... and Fey Step is a pretty good racial encounter.