But I think they balanced them just against the PHB and after thinking about it, it makes sense that these races would be powerful. The only races I think are OP are Yuan-Ti, and then maybe Kobolds and Tabaxi. Bonus points for Mobile meaning you can have a wall-crawling cat zipping in and out of battle without taking any melee hits!

Instead, it is about the ability to be wherever the suer needs to be and the Tabaxi racial ability is perfect for that.

In such a case, we don't need sprinting like breaking the speed of sound that is just a personal goal because it is awesome. This is perfect for rogues diving from cover to cover, barbarians or paladins who want to stay right in the face of the enemy, or archers who want to effectively move around the battlefield (especially combined with that now-doubled 20' climb speed!). Normally it doesn't matter that much, but the Tabaxi ability is insane because the only requirement for recharging is holding still a round. But when you are talking about someone explicitly trying to run, those chase rules now are relevant!įor me, sprinting speed is primarily about one thing: Get the heck out of Dodge! If there is one lesson I've picked up from Call of Cthulhu, it is that the ability to exfiltrate ahead of your companions keeps you on this side of death. It is ignored for normal combat because there are few enough rounds where the characters are Dashing to make the rules relevant and so they are ignored for the few that are. So, I guess, in certain circumstances, it might be good, but it doesn't seem like a situation you'd really want to build for except for the sake of building.It's from the Chase rules (I think in the DMG). I guess it's nice to be able to close into melee if you're really far away or get a head start on running away from enemies, and, unlike the goblin ability, doesn't use your bonus action, so it can be used with Cunning Action. Though I wonder why people in this thread consider sprinting speed so important. Where are you getting that from? I'm actually curious, because it came up in our last game, but all we could find was rules for forced marching.Īnd I agree with you about not needing to sustain the dash.

Dmg chase rules