Lamannia Update 68 Preview 2 - Eladrin (2024)

The Eladrin is a Feywild denizen attuned to Seasonal magic. They are fey creatures in the form of elves. Mechanically, they are an elemental generalist, great at most forms of combat, with the ability to specialize into their seasonal abilities to further customize their combat prowess. The Iconic is a Wild Mage Sorcerer, whose seasonal affinity lends a unique bend to their elemental spell casting.

Eladrin​

Racial Traits​

• +2 Dexterity
• Fey Ancestry: You have Immunity to sleep spells and effects, gain a +2 saving throw bonus against enchantment spells or effects, and have a +2 racial bonus to Listen, Search, and Spot.
• Seasonal Affinity: At level 1, gain access to 4 Seasonal feats. These operate as passive toggles that grant the bonuses below. You may switch Seasonal affinity once every 12 seconds.
  • Spring Affinity: You gain +1 Charisma.
  • Summer Affinity: You gain +1 Strength.
  • Autumn Affinity: You gain +1 Wisdom.
  • Winter Affinity: You gain +1 Intelligence.

Racial Past Lives​

1. +1 Listen
2. +1 Dexterity
3. +1 Racial Action Point

Eladrin Enhancement Tree​

Cores​

• Elven Accuracy I: You gain +2% to hit with all attacks. Your Point Blank Shot and Ranged Sneak Attack range is increased by 2 meters for each Core Ability you possess from this tree.
• +1 Dexterity, Intelligence, or Charisma
• Elven Accuracy II: You gain +2% to hit with all attacks.
• +1 Dexterity, Intelligence, or Charisma
• Elven Accuracy III: You gain +2% to hit with all attacks.

Tier 1​

• Nothing Is Hidden: Your senses are so acute that you no longer need to spend time searching for the obvious. You will automatically perform a Search check to locate traps and secret doors when you are in range to Spot them, although this Search check occurs at a -12/-8/-4 penalty.
  • (from Elf)
  • (requires Keen Senses - sideways Prereq)
• Keen Senses: +1/2/3 Search, Spot, and Listen
  • (from Elf)
• Fey Step: Disappear and reappear some distance ahead. You start with 2 charges per Rest. Cooldown: 10 seconds. Based on your season, this has an additional effect:
  • Spring: You gain a temporary +20% bonus to dodge, +1% per 2 character levels, for 10 seconds.
  • Summer: You gain a +3 bonus to weapon damage, +1 per 5 character levels, for 10 seconds.
  • Autumn: You gain a +3 bonus to Sneak Attack Dice, +1 per 5 character levels, for 10 seconds.
  • Winter: You gain a +3 bonus to Tactics DCs, +1 per 5 character levels, for 10 seconds.
• Step Through The Fade: +1/2/3 charges of Fey Step.
  • (requires Fey Step - sideways Prereq)
• Arcane Fluidity: -5/10/15% Arcane Spell Failure
  • (from Elf)

Tier 2​

• Minor Spring Attunement: +1/2/3% dodge chance. Your Spring Attunement grants you an additional +1/2/3 Reflex Saving Throws.
• Minor Summer Attunement: +1/2/3 critical hit confirmation. Your Summer Attunement grants you an additional +1/2/3 Fortitude Saving Throws.
• Arcanum: +25/50/100 spell points and +1/2/3 Spell Penetration.
  • (from Elf)
• Minor Autumn Attunement: +1/2/3 to hit with Sneak Attacks. Your Autumn Attunement grants you an additional +1/2/3 Will Saving Throws.
• Minor Winter Attunement: +1/2/3 to hit. Your Winter Attunement grants you an additional +1/2/3 Physical and Magical Resistance Rating.

Tier 3​

• Major Spring Attunement: +1/2/3% doublestrike and doubleshot. Your Spring Affinity grants an additional +1 Charisma.
• Major Summer Attunement: +1/2/3 critical hit damage. Your Summer Affinity grants an additional +1 Strength.
• Fey Sight: While you have more than 100 Spell Points, you can see things as they truly are. You are able to see invisible creatures and pierce illusions.
  • (from Elf)
  • (requires Arcanum)
• Major Autumn Attunement: +1/2/3 Sneak Attack damage. Your Autumn Affinity grants an additional +1 Wisdom.
• Major Winter Attunement: +1/2/3 damage. Your Winter Affinity grants an additional +1 Intelligence.

Tier 4​

• Spring Spell: SLA: Lesser Vigor (SP cost: 5, cooldown: 10 seconds)
• Summer Spell: SLA: Longstrider (SP cost: 3, cooldown: 10 seconds)
• Skill: +3% Doublestrike, +3% Doubleshot, +3% dodge, and bypass 3% of enemy dodge.
  • (from Elf)
• Autumn Spell: SLA: Night Shield (SP cost: 3, cooldown: 10 seconds)
• Winter Spell: SLA: Blur (SP cost: 3, cooldown: 10 seconds)

Should Spring/Summer/Fall/Winter Attunement be considered active if you have a related Monk Stance active?

• Air Stance -> Consider Spring active
• Fire Stance -> Consider Summer active
• Earth Stance -> Consider Autumn active
• Water Stance -> Consider Winter active

personally i think this race looks quite good, but it needs a few numbers adjustments to be competitive. for example, aasimar is the top race because of its 10 mp, vul stacking, and hamp. i think this tree should get at the bare minimum some mp/rp.

• i think thematically it would be cool if your stance gave you +5 resist to the elements of the season (to help low levels)
• I feel fey step buff should have a slightly longer duration, maybe 12 seconds
• summer step should give +1 damage per 2 character levels
• spring step should ignore dodge cap
• currently summer and autumn attunement are just worse than the other 2 due to regular to hit being better than sneak attack to hit or seeker. I suggest just making it 2/4/6 SA to hit and seeker for t2
• I also suggest making t3 summer and autumn 2/4/6 as well
• make all the major attunements give +5 MP/RP (and only when stance is turned on, so you cant get them all active at once)
• add to skill +5 MP/RP to match aasimar 10 mp (aasimar will still be better in a lot of cases due to the 60 hamp
• change lesser vigor to greater vigor (or vigor to match other races, but I think they all should be greater)
• change longstrider to a crown of summer clicky or fire shield
• change blur to displacement

FVSHasBeenEvenMoreGutted said:

personally i think this race looks quite good, but it needs a few numbers adjustments to be competitive. for example, aasimar is the top race because of its 10 mp, vul stacking, and hamp. i think this tree should get at the bare minimum some mp/rp.

• i think thematically it would be cool if your stance gave you +5 resist to the elements of the season (to help low levels)
• I feel fey step buff should have a slightly longer duration, maybe 12 seconds
• currently summer and autumn attunement are just worse than the other 2 due to regular to hit being better than sneak attack to hit or seeker. I suggest just making it 2/4/6 SA to hit and seeker for t2
• I also suggest making t3 summer and autumn 2/4/6 as well
• make all the major attunements give +5 MP/RP (and only when stance is turned on, so you cant get them all active at once)
• add to skill +5 MP/RP to match aasimar 10 mp (aasimar will still be better in a lot of cases due to the 60 hamp
• change lesser vigor to greater vigor (or vigor to match other races, but I think they all should be greater)
• change longstrider to a crown of summer clicky or fire shield
• change blur to displacement

Click to expand...

I don't know man, the race seems preeeetty OP as is.

The t4 spells are very lackluster. Maybe if they were a t2...but the top of the tree should be something much more appealing for all those pts.

Longstrider - Used to be completely useless, but now at least it has a very rare place in quests with shallow water, but it's also so infrequent that scrolling it isn't an issue.

Blur - Lots of gear has blur on it at low lv. Super not worth the pts, and if you have a ton of racial AP you're really not hurting for blur at lv 1-2.

Lesser Vigor - Super weak

Nightshield - The only useful one, but also a bit expensive. I don't see any of my guys ever spending that many pts unless they have a ton of racial AP. I don't like wanding shield every quest/rest, but I'd totally do it to save 15 AP lol.

I love dex builds, but this race does not seem to fit in with itself. A dex build that has spell focusers as character build tree options? It's like this race is designed for the iconic re-interpretation, but the base race needs more spice.

The enhancement I find exciting( or new) is Fey Step, but that excitement is crushed b/c of the charges. Also, it's going be hard for me to slot Fey Step on hot bars b/c of these limited charges. 5 charges of 10 second abilities should be mind blowing OR maybe make the last tier of charges include a 120 second clock to regain a charge.

Again, I personally love dex builds, but do not want another Dex racial past life...it's not balanced if you consider the following:

Terranigma said:

Should Spring/Summer/Fall/Winter Attunement be considered active if you have a related Monk Stance active?

• Air Stance -> Consider Spring active
• Fire Stance -> Consider Summer active
• Earth Stance -> Consider Autumn active
• Water Stance -> Consider Winter active

Click to expand...

One problem with this is that seasons have a 10 minute cooldown, but changing monk stances can be done much faster.

Mystra said:

I don't know man, the race seems preeeetty OP as is.

Click to expand...

(in a kind voice) OP as in over-powered? Can you explain what you mean with specifics?

Shear-buckler said:

The sneak attack from autum is crazy and will be the defining feature of the race. Is that intended?

Click to expand...

It’s +3 damage not +3 dice. At least that’s how I read it.

EinarMal said:

It’s +3 damage not +3 dice. At least that’s how I read it.

Click to expand...

If it were just damage then they would have used the word Damage instead of Dice. And then it would be worse than the Summer which has the same value added but is always applicable not just on Sneak Attack. And Summer's extra dmg is subject to crit muliplier. Dice it has to be. Up to 9 extra SA dice from autumn.

EinarMal said:

It’s +3 damage not +3 dice. At least that’s how I read it.

Click to expand...

I don't know but "dice" is in the text so I assume it's +3 dice (plus a lot more from levels).

Edit: I mean the active ability. I see the confusion.