Sprite with Versatile Heritage: What Is It?


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Sprites are unique among ancestries in that their heritages specifically are what KIND of sprite they are; a jungle orc or an Arctic orc are both orcs, but a Melixie and a Grig are two entirely different things. So if instead, you choose undine for example, what is the 'base pixie' you are assumed to be, RAW?

In my own game, I'm house ruling that the type of sprite you are is mostly flavor if you choose a versatile heritage, since you technically can't be an ifrit Nyktera, but it SHOULD in theory be possible.

What's your input?


nixie

edit - Nixies are aquatic, so not quite


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I think you are one 9f the types, just your versatile heritage is more prominent and thus mechanically represented.

In the same way that taking the Acolyte background doesn't mean you weren't ever a street urchin.


That's a good catch, yeah. I'd argue that an Undine Sprite for instance looks like an Undine version of whichever other kind you want. Or looks like it's own thing entirely. Your choice.


If needs must you could also homebrew a first level Heritage feat that says what type you are.

Also, am I the only one who thinks it odd that an Undine sprite shoots people with fire?

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Perpdepog wrote:

If needs must you could also homebrew a first level Heritage feat that says what type you are.

Also, am I the only one who thinks it odd that an Undine sprite shoots people with fire?

Just ask your GM. My GM lets my Sylph Sprite do 1d4 Bludgeoning (Air) with Sprite's Spark.

Really, it's not going to break the game.


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I would go with the luminous sprite, with the light turned off and replaced by whatever the versatile heritage grants.

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