The background for House Agents of Lyrandar in Eberron is meant to provide proficiency with both sea and air vehicles, but only provides proficiency with sea vehicles in the character builder. Image attached.
This is an error with Eberron: Rising from the Last War that has not yet been errata'd. If you look at what the background says, you get proficiency with "vehicles (sea/air)", but note that in the game rules there is no Vehicle (Air) or Vehicle (Sea), there is only Vehicle (Water) and Vehicle (Land).
D&D Beyond has to both represent the game content as printed and in a way that is correct within the rules without taking (too many) liberties. Assuming Vehicle (Sea) means Vehicle (Water) is a reasonable one and that is why it's selectable. However, until it is added, there is no Vehicle (Air) to select as a proficiency
But doesn't Spelljammer: Adventures in Space have a background (Wild Spacer) that provides proficiency with Vehicles (space), while offering no direct inclusion of such a tool?
You could argue that by outlining the rules for Spelljamming Vessels that the "space vehicle" is intended to be a tool (despite never being referred to as such), but by that logic, the Airship in the DMG would also provide that precedent to the background in Eberron (a setting in which air vehicles are prominent, even if the rules for them aren't touched upon in the book itself).
While the translation from "sea" to "water" vehicles is a fair leap in logic, if the determining factor for the "air" vehicle proficiency's lack of representation is based on its inclusion in the PHB tools list, wouldn't that be inconsistent with how Spelljammer was handled?
In addition, wouldn't adding the tool proficiency for air vehicles be more in line with DnDBeyonds stated goals of best representing the content as closely as it is described? Even if the PHB didn't feature such a tool, would the intention of listing it as a proficiency in a setting-specific background (for a setting where such vehicles are an undeniable staple, no less) be quite reasonably inferable?
The background for House Agents of Lyrandar in Eberron is meant to provide proficiency with both sea and air vehicles, but only provides proficiency with sea vehicles in the character builder. Image attached.
This is an error with Eberron: Rising from the Last War that has not yet been errata'd. If you look at what the background says, you get proficiency with "vehicles (sea/air)", but note that in the game rules there is no Vehicle (Air) or Vehicle (Sea), there is only Vehicle (Water) and Vehicle (Land).
D&D Beyond has to both represent the game content as printed and in a way that is correct within the rules without taking (too many) liberties. Assuming Vehicle (Sea) means Vehicle (Water) is a reasonable one and that is why it's selectable. However, until it is added, there is no Vehicle (Air) to select as a proficiency
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But doesn't Spelljammer: Adventures in Space have a background (Wild Spacer) that provides proficiency with Vehicles (space), while offering no direct inclusion of such a tool?
You could argue that by outlining the rules for Spelljamming Vessels that the "space vehicle" is intended to be a tool (despite never being referred to as such), but by that logic, the Airship in the DMG would also provide that precedent to the background in Eberron (a setting in which air vehicles are prominent, even if the rules for them aren't touched upon in the book itself).
While the translation from "sea" to "water" vehicles is a fair leap in logic, if the determining factor for the "air" vehicle proficiency's lack of representation is based on its inclusion in the PHB tools list, wouldn't that be inconsistent with how Spelljammer was handled?
In addition, wouldn't adding the tool proficiency for air vehicles be more in line with DnDBeyonds stated goals of best representing the content as closely as it is described? Even if the PHB didn't feature such a tool, would the intention of listing it as a proficiency in a setting-specific background (for a setting where such vehicles are an undeniable staple, no less) be quite reasonably inferable?