Tim Dugger wrote:
> Dwarves
> Stonecunning
>
> Elves
> The part about passing near a secret door. Should this be
> racial? Or might is possibly be a trained/learned ability?
>
> Gnomes
> The bonus to saves vs illusions, and the ability to cast the zero
> level illusionist spells.
You're right. All of these should be cultural things. (take a look at
the end of Chapter 6 in the PHB. It splits the dwarves for me.)
> The ability to speak with burrowing animals. This may possibly
> be a type of cultural/racial ability in that for normal Gnomes it is
> burrowing animals, and for other Gnomes living in different cultures,
> it may be a different type of animal.
The speak with animals ability is noted as "innate for gnomes." It
*should* be racial. Different gnomes can use the ability in different
ways, though, which their culture could modify.
> Halflings
> Why is the bonus to saving throws a cultural thing and not
> racial? I would expect it to be racial, from their toughness. Saving
> Throw bonuses for other races have been listed as racial, yet not
> for these guys.
The halflings are the only ones with a broad saving throw bonus, and the
"surprisingly able to avoid mishaps" bit is something I like, and I
think anyone with the same wanderlust-style culture should have.
> I guess that is all for now, except to say that it is a fantastic job so
> far!!
Thanks! And sorry the reply took so long.
I'm going to update the online file just after I send this.
DM
