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You would think that you could just mention, Race X created Spell Y - See Spells for details. Same with features and feats. I very strongly dislike the idea of having to flip to multiple sections of a book to get all the details when the appropriate section already exists. I mean, isn't it logical to put the mechanics into the same place? This isn't the first book to do something weird like that. I'll just have to keep in mind logic isn't always a thing.

Arovyn wrote:

I just had a strange thought about this, reading through the PDF. But I have to ask a serious question about the Geniekin. Someone let me know if I'm way off base here, but I want to make sure I get it right.

In 1E, each of the flavors of Geniekin were their own separate race, so in a way it makes sense they'd get different Heritage options here. But here's where I run into an issue. I get that in 1E, if you wanted a flavored Aasimar or Tiefling, for example, you had to spend a feat. And that carried over directly into 2E with their versatile heritage. With me so far?

Doesn't that create a sort of feat tax for literally every other versatile heritage in the game if you want that flavor when Geniekin don't? Not that it's hard to take out the 1st level feat flavors and just make them into the same kind of option the Geniekin have, but it's weird they don't have to spend their 1st level feat for the flavor.

Now, I know, people want to say, but they were all separate in 1E! And I totally get that argument, too. But that's acting on nostalgia and a sense of "But that's how it worked before, so it should now." But should it?

I'm not trying to be a downer on any of it, but am I missing something here? Why do the Geniekin not have to spend a 1st level feat they can't retrain into or out of to be a specific flavor when literally every other Versatile Heritage does?

You can't compare "Geniekin" to "Tiefling," they are different scopes of classification. "Geniekin" means "inner sphere planetouched," which generally frees up "planetouched" refers to specifically the outer sphere planetouched.

Ifrit (Fire), Oread (Earth), Suli (Neutral/All), Sylph (Air), and Undine (Water) correspond categorically with Aasimar (good), Aphorite (lawful), Duskwalker (neutral), Ganzi (chaotic), and Tiefling (evil). There are 5 for the inner sphere and 5 for the outer sphere. An aasimar can take a lineage feat if they want character options that specifically relate to the type of aasimar they are,...

I am corrected. Thank you for clarifying it. I really did misunderstand it, and I didn't read deep enough in to realize they all had lineage feats as well. I just didn't see the geniekin as five separate heritages, just one, and that was my error.

Arovyn