Talk:Dvati (5e Race)

Balance Issues

This race breaks the action economy; for example, if the Dvati is a sorcerer, they would be able to cast two spells each round using Quickened Spell. They can also give themselves free advantage on attacks all day long something even the Arcane Trickster doesn't get without spending 13 levels and wasting their own bonus action. And that's not even taking into account that a number of times they can do even more, limited only by a short rest. --Ghostwheel (talk) 07:48, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

Reduced Dual Action to 1/long rest. At 5th level, it changes to 1/short rest and is no longer at disadvantage. As for Helping and Protecting each other, a pair of 4th-level characters with 3 levels into Mastermind Rogue and 1 level into Fighter could be a much more terrifying force on the battlefield when side-by-side; This is just a Lite version of that, playable by one player.

I have also addressed the spellcasting concern; Only one twin may cast spells in any given turn. Thus, a Dvati Sorcerer wouldn't be able to pull off three spells that all take an Action to cast in a single round. --Zhenra-Khal (talk) 17:09, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

The thing is that it still breaks the action economy, which is too strong for a race. 5e has a very limited amount of power that races can have when compared to what classes can do. In fact, let's take your example; a Dvati mastermind rogue who gives themselves advantage all day long, using their bonus action on their other twin. 3 levels in a class wasn't meant to be able to do that, yet a Dvati can do so easily, which is quite a bit too much for a race to do.

Alternatively, a Dvati with polearms, and Sentinel (and PAM if you want to get spicy) movelocks an enemy (or more, which is also impossible for a character to do single-handedly before 18th level) between them. --Ghostwheel (talk) 23:35, 20 December 2019 (UTC)