Quick Suggestion after taking a quick look through the Alpha:
Make it so that race can be a bigger part of the character. Make a lot of racial feats and maybe even make it so that during even levels you gain a racial feat.
To me this just makes so much sense if you want to take 3.5 to the next level.
I agree - the whole 'race really only matters at levels 1-3' syndrome can be helped out a lot with racial feats.
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I would like to see racial feats or even better racial abilities. General racial ones and then class/race ones. Make them stand out a bit more, obviously it needs to be balanced but it would be nice if the things a dwarf fighting can do is different than a human fighter who is different from a elf fighter.
How about giving access to Bonus Feats every four levels starting at 4th level. Of course you still have to meet the prerequisites but an extra 5 feats over 20 levels doesn't seem like it should make this overpowered yet this would make your race something that matters beyond 1st level.
For example, if you are an elf, you gain these bonus feats to choose from every 4 levels:
Agile Maneuvers (Plays into the grace and quickness of the elven race)
Deadly Aim (Plays into the skill with Bows that the elven race has)
Far Shot (See Deadly Aim)
Point Blank Shot, Rapid Shot, Precise Shot, Shot on the Run, Many Shot
Any Metamagic feat (Plays into the fact that elves are good with magic)
Lightning Reflexes
Magical Aptitude
Spell Focus
Greater Spell Focus
Spell Mastery
Spell Penetration
Greater Spell Penetration
I'm sure there are more that could be added to the list.
Just as a small aside it would be nice if the races could get rid of those tiny specific bonuses to saves. Just give Elves a +1 to their Reflex and Willpower saves. Give dwarves a +2 to their Fortitude saves. Give Halflings a +2 to their Reflex saves. Give Gnomes a +1 to their Reflex and Fortitude saves. Give humans a +1 to all their saves. Give Half-orcs a +2 to thier Fortitude saves. Give Half-Elves a +2 to any one save and a +1 to any one save (cannot be the same as the +2 save).
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One of the few things I really liked about 4e was the improvements to races. I am not talking about making teiflings core, I am talking about the race skills or feats or what ever they are calling it. I think it would be great to have racial feats and every third level you get a racial feat. Make your character racially different from everyone else, even with in their own race. This way at the 10th level a elven ranger is different than a human ranger even if they both take the same non racial feats.
This way at the 10th level a elven ranger is different than a human ranger even if they both take the same non racial feats.
It sounds nice.
Maybe a racial advancement by level table would do the trick without the recourse of race as class level.
I allow players to boost one racial ability in power at 6th level and every 4 levels after. Like increasing the range of Darkvision, or a bonus to specific saves to +4 instead of +2. Much like automatically adding the bonus of a paragon class level.