Of course custom lineage doesnt make it an elf for MECHANICAL purposes, but it does make it an elf for lineage purposes.
If it doesn't make it an elf for mechanical purposes, it doesn't make it an elf for the purpose of qualifying for a feat.
The high elf feat Fey Teleportation, requires being the "elf (high)" lineage. It doesnt require the feature to Trance.
According to Xanathars (p73):
"A racial feat represents either ... your race’s CULTURE, or a physical transformation ... closer to your race’s LINEAGE."
I take this to mean, Tashas lets your custom-origin dwarf grow up in a high elf CULTURE, thus qualify for the high elf racial feat. And Tashas lets your custom-lineage high elf LINEAGE qualify for the high elf racial feat.
So a custom origin dwarf growing up among dragonborn can manifest scales and claws? Fey Teleportation references fey ancestry as well.
Think about Fafnir in the Norse texts, who is precisely a dwarf that manifested dragon features! The concept is ready enough.
In D&D terms, if a Dwarf took the Xanathars dragonborn feat, it means culturally embracing dragon magic to undergo a magical transformation.
This "fey ancestry" can mean having fey creature type. Before this UA, an eladrin could be either fey or humanoid, but not both. So the humanoid eladrin mentions "fey ancestry", as a tag to refer to the fey creature type. But now, the goth UA makes it clear that a character can be both humanoid and an other creature type. The goth lineages can be both fully humanoid and fully undead. By extension, an elf lineage can now be both fully humanoid and fully fey.
Same goes for "draconic ancestry", a dragonborn lineage can now be both fully humanoid creature type and fully dragon creature type.
.... wow. Someone upcasted Leap at 9th level.
Draconic Bloodline Sorcerer also doesn't qualify for any Dragonborn feats, even though they have, you know, ohh let's read the text:
Your innate magic comes from draconic magic that was mingled with your blood or that of your ancestors. Most often, sorcerers with this origin trace their descent back to a mighty sorcerer of ancient times who made a bargain with a dragon or who might even have claimed a dragon parent. Some of these bloodlines are well established in the world, but most are obscure. Any given sorcerer could be the first of a new bloodline, as a result of a pact or some other exceptional circumstance.
Of course custom lineage doesnt make it an elf for MECHANICAL purposes, but it does make it an elf for lineage purposes.
If it doesn't make it an elf for mechanical purposes, it doesn't make it an elf for the purpose of qualifying for a feat.
The high elf feat Fey Teleportation, requires being the "elf (high)" lineage. It doesnt require the feature to Trance.
According to Xanathars (p73):
"A racial feat represents either ... your race’s CULTURE, or a physical transformation ... closer to your race’s LINEAGE."
I take this to mean, Tashas lets your custom-origin dwarf grow up in a high elf CULTURE, thus qualify for the high elf racial feat. And Tashas lets your custom-lineage high elf LINEAGE qualify for the high elf racial feat.
So a custom origin dwarf growing up among dragonborn can manifest scales and claws? Fey Teleportation references fey ancestry as well.
Think about Fafnir in the Norse texts, who is precisely a dwarf that manifested dragon features! The concept is ready enough.
In D&D terms, if a Dwarf took the Xanathars dragonborn feat, it means culturally embracing dragon magic to undergo a magical transformation.
This "fey ancestry" can mean having fey creature type. Before this UA, an eladrin could be either fey or humanoid, but not both. So the humanoid eladrin mentions "fey ancestry", as a tag to refer to the fey creature type. But now, the goth UA makes it clear that a character can be both humanoid and an other creature type. The goth lineages can be both fully humanoid and fully undead. By extension, an elf lineage can now be both fully humanoid and fully fey.
Same goes for "draconic ancestry", a dragonborn lineage can now be both fully humanoid creature type and fully dragon creature type.
.... wow. Someone upcasted Leap at 9th level.
Draconic Bloodline Sorcerer also doesn't qualify for any Dragonborn feats, even though they have, you know, ohh let's read the text:
Your innate magic comes from draconic magic that was mingled with your blood or that of your ancestors. Most often, sorcerers with this origin trace their descent back to a mighty sorcerer of ancient times who made a bargain with a dragon or who might even have claimed a dragon parent. Some of these bloodlines are well established in the world, but most are obscure. Any given sorcerer could be the first of a new bloodline, as a result of a pact or some other exceptional circumstance.
Actually, the same narrative that describes the Sorcerer class, can also serve as a narrative for the lineage of a character. Either, the character oneself, or an ancestor of the character, has blood that has been transformed by dragon magic.
The Sorcerer may or may not actually descend from a dragon. For the Sorcerer the salient point is that dragon magic pervades the blood of the character.
If the player wants to lean into this narrative, so as to customize an origin (such as swap in +2 Charisma for Persuasion/Intimidation, +1 Wisdom for Perception, etcetera) or create a custom lineage for a draconic humanoid creature type, that is reasonable.
If so, why could a Custom Lineage "Rare-Dude-Bro Elf" not also take Elven Accuracy?
The prerequisite is simply being an elf. It doesn't even use the word "race".
It doesn't say Prerequisite" MUst have chosen the elf race with a suitable subrace option" is just says "Elf".
Custom Lineage allows you to build a custom Elf. He'd introduce himself as an elf, people would look at him and see an elf. He is an elf.
So he'd qualify for the feat. He is an elf, you need to be an elf to qualify, super simple easy peazy.
..... Let's Just make an Example. I wanna create a Custom Lineage of "Devout High Elves" who all take like the magic initiate (cleric) feat. They live in a remote moon grove and their numbers have dwindled over the centuries. Divine Magic infuses the nature of their small community.
You going to tell me these aren't elves? Or that they aren't high elves? That doesn't even make sense.
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It is apparently so hard to program Aberrant Mind and Clockwork Soul spell-swapping into dndbeyond they had to remake the game without it rather than implement it.
If it doesn't make it an elf for mechanical purposes, it doesn't make it an elf for the purpose of qualifying for a feat.
Why not? If the feat only requires "Elf", and your lineage is "Elf"... you qualify. It doesn't require "Race: Elf", just "Elf".
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I'm probably laughing.
It is apparently so hard to program Aberrant Mind and Clockwork Soul spell-swapping into dndbeyond they had to remake the game without it rather than implement it.
If it doesn't make it an elf for mechanical purposes, it doesn't make it an elf for the purpose of qualifying for a feat.
Why not? If the feat only requires "Elf", and your lineage is "Elf"... you qualify. It doesn't require "Race: Elf", just "Elf".
Sigh.... if you chose to read this thread you would have seen an answer....
Custom lineage is not "I am going to make my own race as a PC and that race is going to be an Elf." - That right there is saved for DMs, DMs can certainly grant you a homebrew race that is an elf. Custom lineage calls out in the box that you are granted a set of features INSTEAD of being a race that exists in the game.
If it doesn't make it an elf for mechanical purposes, it doesn't make it an elf for the purpose of qualifying for a feat.
Why not? If the feat only requires "Elf", and your lineage is "Elf"... you qualify. It doesn't require "Race: Elf", just "Elf".
Sigh.... if you chose to read this thread you would have seen an answer....
Custom lineage is not "I am going to make my own race as a PC and that race is going to be an Elf." - That right there is saved for DMs, DMs can certainly grant you a homebrew race that is an elf. Custom lineage calls out in the box that you are granted a set of features INSTEAD of being a race that exists in the game.
There are literally 9 pages explaining this.....
I read it all...
It says you choose a Lineage. Such as Variant Elf. You're now a Variant Elf. Pretty simple stuff.
Racial feats don't say you need to be a Race, they just list names of races. If you're a Variant Elf from a Custom Lineage, then you are an Elf for purposes of a feat, surely.
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I'm probably laughing.
It is apparently so hard to program Aberrant Mind and Clockwork Soul spell-swapping into dndbeyond they had to remake the game without it rather than implement it.
If it doesn't make it an elf for mechanical purposes, it doesn't make it an elf for the purpose of qualifying for a feat.
Why not? If the feat only requires "Elf", and your lineage is "Elf"... you qualify. It doesn't require "Race: Elf", just "Elf".
Sigh.... if you chose to read this thread you would have seen an answer....
Custom lineage is not "I am going to make my own race as a PC and that race is going to be an Elf." - That right there is saved for DMs, DMs can certainly grant you a homebrew race that is an elf. Custom lineage calls out in the box that you are granted a set of features INSTEAD of being a race that exists in the game.
There are literally 9 pages explaining this.....
I read it all...
It says you choose a Lineage. Such as Variant Elf. You're now a Variant Elf. Pretty simple stuff.
Racial feats don't say you need to be a Race, they just list names of races. If you're a Variant Elf from a Custom Lineage, then you are an Elf for purposes of a feat, surely.
If you'd read all 9 nine pages you would be able to answer your own question.
No point in rehashing the entire discussion again.
If it doesn't make it an elf for mechanical purposes, it doesn't make it an elf for the purpose of qualifying for a feat.
Why not? If the feat only requires "Elf", and your lineage is "Elf"... you qualify. It doesn't require "Race: Elf", just "Elf".
Sigh.... if you chose to read this thread you would have seen an answer....
Custom lineage is not "I am going to make my own race as a PC and that race is going to be an Elf." - That right there is saved for DMs, DMs can certainly grant you a homebrew race that is an elf. Custom lineage calls out in the box that you are granted a set of features INSTEAD of being a race that exists in the game.
There are literally 9 pages explaining this.....
I read it all...
It says you choose a Lineage. Such as Variant Elf. You're now a Variant Elf. Pretty simple stuff.
Racial feats don't say you need to be a Race, they just list names of races. If you're a Variant Elf from a Custom Lineage, then you are an Elf for purposes of a feat, surely.
Well you frankly didn't read this thread because you are literally saying incorrect not RAW or RAI information. So I guess I;ll copy and paste all of this thread into one response and maybe you'll actually read what has been written.
CUSTOM LINEAGE
Instead of choosing one of the game’s races for your character at 1st level, you can use the following traits to represent your character’s lineage, giving you full control over how your character’s origin shaped them:
Right there in bold. If you are a custom lineage it doesn't matter what you "call" youself YOU ARE NOT CONSIDERED ONE OF THE GAMES RACES. Done nothing you say changes that.
Now racial feats from from XGtE so let's quickly quote that:
Racial Feats
This section introduces a collection of special feats that allow you to explore your character’s race further. These feats are each associated with a race from the Player’s Handbook, as summarized in the Racial Feats table. A racial feat represents either a deepening connection to your race’s culture or a physical transformation that brings you closer to an aspect of your race’s lineage.
So once again CL NOT race in the game NOR is it a PHB race therefore ONCE AGAIN CL does not qualify you for a racial feat. Again nothing will change this. this is RAW and also RAI, however you can happily override this at your table.
But frankly you have a poor understanding of the terms and rules in this game you you somehow see CL as Variant of a race.....
If it doesn't make it an elf for mechanical purposes, it doesn't make it an elf for the purpose of qualifying for a feat.
Why not? If the feat only requires "Elf", and your lineage is "Elf"... you qualify. It doesn't require "Race: Elf", just "Elf".
Custom lineage is its own “race”. You choose it instead of choosing a race, like elf. You are not any race in any official book. You are your own thing.
I think you are thinking of “customizing your origin “ in Tasha’s which is different than custom lineage.
from Jeremy Crawford on Twitter:
In Tasha's Cauldron of Everything, the custom lineage option is chosen in lieu of a race, such as elf or dwarf. If you choose the custom lineage, you don't qualify for things in the game that require elf, dwarf, and the like. #DnD
If so, why could a Custom Lineage "Rare-Dude-Bro Elf" not also take Elven Accuracy?
The prerequisite is simply being an elf. It doesn't even use the word "race".
It doesn't say Prerequisite" MUst have chosen the elf race with a suitable subrace option" is just says "Elf".
Custom Lineage allows you to build a custom Elf. He'd introduce himself as an elf, people would look at him and see an elf. He is an elf.
So he'd qualify for the feat. He is an elf, you need to be an elf to qualify, super simple easy peazy.
..... Let's Just make an Example. I wanna create a Custom Lineage of "Devout High Elves" who all take like the magic initiate (cleric) feat. They live in a remote moon grove and their numbers have dwindled over the centuries. Divine Magic infuses the nature of their small community.
You going to tell me these aren't elves? Or that they aren't high elves? That doesn't even make sense.
If you want to make Devout High Elves you would only get what the custom lineage gives you but technically you are not an elf as in a race from the books. What you are looking for is homebrew.
TL;DR: by RAI, Custom Lineage does not qualify for any racial feat. RAW is a little unclear, because of course it is. Your DM may (as always) ignore that.
TL;DR: by RAI, Custom Lineage does not qualify for any racial feat. RAW is a little unclear, because of course it is. Your DM may (as always) ignore that.
I mean... if "Instead of choosing one of the game's races" is RAW unclear...... It was pretty clear before the tweet, but some people frankly want their own ideas to be the RAW instead of just understanding that you don't have to accept RAW to play the game.
If so, why could a Custom Lineage "Rare-Dude-Bro Elf" not also take Elven Accuracy?
The prerequisite is simply being an elf. It doesn't even use the word "race".
It doesn't say Prerequisite" MUst have chosen the elf race with a suitable subrace option" is just says "Elf".
Custom Lineage allows you to build a custom Elf. He'd introduce himself as an elf, people would look at him and see an elf. He is an elf.
So he'd qualify for the feat. He is an elf, you need to be an elf to qualify, super simple easy peazy.
..... Let's Just make an Example. I wanna create a Custom Lineage of "Devout High Elves" who all take like the magic initiate (cleric) feat. They live in a remote moon grove and their numbers have dwindled over the centuries. Divine Magic infuses the nature of their small community.
You going to tell me these aren't elves? Or that they aren't high elves? That doesn't even make sense.
If you want to make Devout High Elves you would only get what the custom lineage gives you but technically you are not an elf as in a race from the books. What you are looking for is homebrew.
Honestly the problem is this person is frankly describing making a HB race, but as a PC you can't so that is why that made CL, however they made it very clear in the text AND after via tweets that CL is not a replacement builder for any old race. You can't make a Dragonborn with DV using CL and then pretend you can also breath fire too.
RAI, by the designers, is that Custom Lineage is for characters that do not fall within the lineages/species offered within the game. If your character is an elf, you use one of the Elf statblocks. If your character is an awakened honey badger Path of the Beast barbarian, you use Custom Lineage to represent your badger traits.
Custom Lineage is not, and never was, intended to allow for "I use Custom Lineage to start the game with an 18 in Dexterity and Elven Accuracy at level 1", which is apparently what eighty percent of users of Custom Lineage use it for. That is enormously depressing and shows a deep lack of creativity on the part of the D&D playerbase, but if the number of "how do I make Batman in D&D?" threads I've seen is any indication, it didn't take Custom Lineage to kill creativity.
Nevertheless. If your DM is okay with giving away species feats to Custom Lineage characters? Cool. Go for it. Do you, boo.
Would I allow someone to use Custom Lineage to be an elf, especially if literally their only reason for doing so is "I want Elven Accuracy from level 1"? No. Custom Lineage is for characters outside the standard species lexicon. I'm totally willing to work with somebody to tweak a species to better fit a cool origin story or an interesting twist a player has. "My elf was cursed by an enemy she doesn't know and now she cannot trance; instead, she sleeps like a human and her dreams are plagued by nightmares. She's adventuring to try and find whatever cursed her and end it" - okay, badass. I'll homebrew a version of the elf without the Trance ability, prolly write in a Cursed Slumber 'ability' on the species docket, and set up your story nice and proper. May even throw you a noncombat bonus feat to start or a minor boon, something to reflect the hit you're taking.
But "I'm playing a young elf who grew up the most amazing archer in all of elfdom, but he's super lazy and decided he liked sleeping instead of trancing and he didn't have time for all that other shit elves do. But he's a suuuuuper awesome archer with amazing superior accuracy that left the elf lands because they were boring" is absolutely not gonna fly. If you can't be assed to do better than that, then you don't get special exemptions from the rules.
TL;DR: by RAI, Custom Lineage does not qualify for any racial feat. RAW is a little unclear, because of course it is. Your DM may (as always) ignore that.
I mean... if "Instead of choosing one of the game's races" is RAW unclear...... It was pretty clear before the tweet, but some people frankly want their own ideas to be the RAW instead of just understanding that you don't have to accept RAW to play the game.
"Racial feats" and "custom lineage" are 2 different rules, from 2 different books (that don't reference each other), with a bit of time between them --- not to mention a probably-major shift in design direction between them. Also, their slight overloading of the words "custom," "origin," and "lineage" in both Tasha's and the more recent UA wasn't the best editing choice.
It's clearly the most correct interpretation, but that it needs interpreting at all is the issue. Thus, Crawford deciding to tweet about it.
Because people think racial feats require something they don't.
Custom Lineage is not, and never was, intended to allow for "I use Custom Lineage to start the game with an 18 in Dexterity and Elven Accuracy at level 1", which is apparently what eighty percent of users of Custom Lineage use it for. That is enormously depressing and shows a deep lack of creativity on the part of the D&D playerbase, but if the number of "how do I make Batman in D&D?" threads I've seen is any indication, it didn't take Custom Lineage to kill creativity.
I've never used this feat nor have an intent to use it. I chose it because it has been referenced already within this thread several times, and the distinction made between it and Fey teleportation was salient to my point.
On an aside, telling people what they can't do while bemoaning the death of creativity, is priceless.
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I'm probably laughing.
It is apparently so hard to program Aberrant Mind and Clockwork Soul spell-swapping into dndbeyond they had to remake the game without it rather than implement it.
Because people think racial feats require something they don't.
Custom Lineage is not, and never was, intended to allow for "I use Custom Lineage to start the game with an 18 in Dexterity and Elven Accuracy at level 1", which is apparently what eighty percent of users of Custom Lineage use it for. That is enormously depressing and shows a deep lack of creativity on the part of the D&D playerbase, but if the number of "how do I make Batman in D&D?" threads I've seen is any indication, it didn't take Custom Lineage to kill creativity.
I've never used this feat nor have an intent to use it. I chose it because it has been referenced already within this thread several times, and the distinction made between it and Fey teleportation was salient to my point.
On an aside, telling people what they can't do while bemoaning the death of creativity, is priceless.
Becuase people LIKE YOU don't READ THE RULES.
Race is a game term meaning that guess what? if something like a RACIAL FEAT has the prereq of BEING AN ELF it means you NEED TO BE AN ELF IN GAME TERMS.
People who have explained themselves to the end of this damn thread have come back to basically just reiterate our proof and examples and even quote JC on RAI, but I guess you are going to ignore all that since you WANT racial feats to not require you to be of a certain race.
Did you purposefully ignore my quote from XGtE that called out who these feats are tied to races in the PHB?
TL;DR: by RAI, Custom Lineage does not qualify for any racial feat. RAW is a little unclear, because of course it is. Your DM may (as always) ignore that.
I mean... if "Instead of choosing one of the game's races" is RAW unclear...... It was pretty clear before the tweet, but some people frankly want their own ideas to be the RAW instead of just understanding that you don't have to accept RAW to play the game.
"Racial feats" and "custom lineage" are 2 different rules, from 2 different books (that don't reference each other), with a bit of time between them --- not to mention a probably-major shift in design direction between them. Also, their slight overloading of the words "custom," "origin," and "lineage" in both Tasha's and the more recent UA wasn't the best editing choice.
It's clearly the most correct interpretation, but that it needs interpreting at all is the issue. Thus, Crawford deciding to tweet about it.
You can continue to push that opinion that the RAW was unclear at me all you want, but the person who revived this thread is now saying that racial feats don't mean you have to be that race to get them.... So pretending the problem is with RAW and interpreting it incorrectly frankly imo is giving people too much credit.
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.... wow. Someone upcasted Leap at 9th level.
Draconic Bloodline Sorcerer also doesn't qualify for any Dragonborn feats, even though they have, you know, ohh let's read the text:
Your innate magic comes from draconic magic that was mingled with your blood or that of your ancestors. Most often, sorcerers with this origin trace their descent back to a mighty sorcerer of ancient times who made a bargain with a dragon or who might even have claimed a dragon parent. Some of these bloodlines are well established in the world, but most are obscure. Any given sorcerer could be the first of a new bloodline, as a result of a pact or some other exceptional circumstance.
#OpenDnD
Actually, the same narrative that describes the Sorcerer class, can also serve as a narrative for the lineage of a character. Either, the character oneself, or an ancestor of the character, has blood that has been transformed by dragon magic.
The Sorcerer may or may not actually descend from a dragon. For the Sorcerer the salient point is that dragon magic pervades the blood of the character.
If the player wants to lean into this narrative, so as to customize an origin (such as swap in +2 Charisma for Persuasion/Intimidation, +1 Wisdom for Perception, etcetera) or create a custom lineage for a draconic humanoid creature type, that is reasonable.
he / him
Humans usually aren't small either, but it happens IRL
when it comes to racial traits its easy all you gotta ask is the fallowing:
Player: DM i want to take the fey teleportation feat
DM: Are you a High elf
Player: no but im custom Lineage/Origin and i was Raised/Off-shoot of high elf (aka Flavored elf)
Dm: Then no you are NOT a highelf.
Its that easy.
The only feats you qualify for would be ones that dont have a racial requirement such as heavy armor master (if you have heavy armor prof ofcourse).
Can a High Elf take elven accuracy?
If so, why could a Custom Lineage "Rare-Dude-Bro Elf" not also take Elven Accuracy?
The prerequisite is simply being an elf. It doesn't even use the word "race".
It doesn't say Prerequisite" MUst have chosen the elf race with a suitable subrace option" is just says "Elf".
Custom Lineage allows you to build a custom Elf. He'd introduce himself as an elf, people would look at him and see an elf. He is an elf.
So he'd qualify for the feat. He is an elf, you need to be an elf to qualify, super simple easy peazy.
..... Let's Just make an Example. I wanna create a Custom Lineage of "Devout High Elves" who all take like the magic initiate (cleric) feat. They live in a remote moon grove and their numbers have dwindled over the centuries. Divine Magic infuses the nature of their small community.
You going to tell me these aren't elves? Or that they aren't high elves? That doesn't even make sense.
I'm probably laughing.
It is apparently so hard to program Aberrant Mind and Clockwork Soul spell-swapping into dndbeyond they had to remake the game without it rather than implement it.
Why not? If the feat only requires "Elf", and your lineage is "Elf"... you qualify. It doesn't require "Race: Elf", just "Elf".
I'm probably laughing.
It is apparently so hard to program Aberrant Mind and Clockwork Soul spell-swapping into dndbeyond they had to remake the game without it rather than implement it.
Sigh.... if you chose to read this thread you would have seen an answer....
Custom lineage is not "I am going to make my own race as a PC and that race is going to be an Elf." - That right there is saved for DMs, DMs can certainly grant you a homebrew race that is an elf. Custom lineage calls out in the box that you are granted a set of features INSTEAD of being a race that exists in the game.
There are literally 9 pages explaining this.....
I read it all...
It says you choose a Lineage. Such as Variant Elf. You're now a Variant Elf. Pretty simple stuff.
Racial feats don't say you need to be a Race, they just list names of races. If you're a Variant Elf from a Custom Lineage, then you are an Elf for purposes of a feat, surely.
I'm probably laughing.
It is apparently so hard to program Aberrant Mind and Clockwork Soul spell-swapping into dndbeyond they had to remake the game without it rather than implement it.
If you'd read all 9 nine pages you would be able to answer your own question.
No point in rehashing the entire discussion again.
Well you frankly didn't read this thread because you are literally saying incorrect not RAW or RAI information. So I guess I;ll copy and paste all of this thread into one response and maybe you'll actually read what has been written.
Right there in bold. If you are a custom lineage it doesn't matter what you "call" youself YOU ARE NOT CONSIDERED ONE OF THE GAMES RACES. Done nothing you say changes that.
Now racial feats from from XGtE so let's quickly quote that:
So once again CL NOT race in the game NOR is it a PHB race therefore ONCE AGAIN CL does not qualify you for a racial feat. Again nothing will change this. this is RAW and also RAI, however you can happily override this at your table.
But frankly you have a poor understanding of the terms and rules in this game you you somehow see CL as Variant of a race.....
Custom lineage is its own “race”. You choose it instead of choosing a race, like elf. You are not any race in any official book. You are your own thing.
I think you are thinking of “customizing your origin “ in Tasha’s which is different than custom lineage.
from Jeremy Crawford on Twitter:
EZD6 by DM Scotty
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/397599/EZD6-Core-Rulebook?
If you want to make Devout High Elves you would only get what the custom lineage gives you but technically you are not an elf as in a race from the books. What you are looking for is homebrew.
EZD6 by DM Scotty
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/397599/EZD6-Core-Rulebook?
More to read on this exact topic, with a more recent update from D&D's lead designer as well: https://www.dndbeyond.com/forums/d-d-beyond-general/general-discussion/100557-crawfords-answer-about-lineage-and-racial-feats
TL;DR: by RAI, Custom Lineage does not qualify for any racial feat. RAW is a little unclear, because of course it is. Your DM may (as always) ignore that.
I mean... if "Instead of choosing one of the game's races" is RAW unclear...... It was pretty clear before the tweet, but some people frankly want their own ideas to be the RAW instead of just understanding that you don't have to accept RAW to play the game.
Honestly the problem is this person is frankly describing making a HB race, but as a PC you can't so that is why that made CL, however they made it very clear in the text AND after via tweets that CL is not a replacement builder for any old race. You can't make a Dragonborn with DV using CL and then pretend you can also breath fire too.
Why is this still a topic of argument?
RAI, by the designers, is that Custom Lineage is for characters that do not fall within the lineages/species offered within the game. If your character is an elf, you use one of the Elf statblocks. If your character is an awakened honey badger Path of the Beast barbarian, you use Custom Lineage to represent your badger traits.
Custom Lineage is not, and never was, intended to allow for "I use Custom Lineage to start the game with an 18 in Dexterity and Elven Accuracy at level 1", which is apparently what eighty percent of users of Custom Lineage use it for. That is enormously depressing and shows a deep lack of creativity on the part of the D&D playerbase, but if the number of "how do I make Batman in D&D?" threads I've seen is any indication, it didn't take Custom Lineage to kill creativity.
Nevertheless. If your DM is okay with giving away species feats to Custom Lineage characters? Cool. Go for it. Do you, boo.
Would I allow someone to use Custom Lineage to be an elf, especially if literally their only reason for doing so is "I want Elven Accuracy from level 1"? No. Custom Lineage is for characters outside the standard species lexicon. I'm totally willing to work with somebody to tweak a species to better fit a cool origin story or an interesting twist a player has. "My elf was cursed by an enemy she doesn't know and now she cannot trance; instead, she sleeps like a human and her dreams are plagued by nightmares. She's adventuring to try and find whatever cursed her and end it" - okay, badass. I'll homebrew a version of the elf without the Trance ability, prolly write in a Cursed Slumber 'ability' on the species docket, and set up your story nice and proper. May even throw you a noncombat bonus feat to start or a minor boon, something to reflect the hit you're taking.
But "I'm playing a young elf who grew up the most amazing archer in all of elfdom, but he's super lazy and decided he liked sleeping instead of trancing and he didn't have time for all that other shit elves do. But he's a suuuuuper awesome archer with amazing superior accuracy that left the elf lands because they were boring" is absolutely not gonna fly. If you can't be assed to do better than that, then you don't get special exemptions from the rules.
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"Racial feats" and "custom lineage" are 2 different rules, from 2 different books (that don't reference each other), with a bit of time between them --- not to mention a probably-major shift in design direction between them. Also, their slight overloading of the words "custom," "origin," and "lineage" in both Tasha's and the more recent UA wasn't the best editing choice.
It's clearly the most correct interpretation, but that it needs interpreting at all is the issue. Thus, Crawford deciding to tweet about it.
Because people think racial feats require something they don't.
I've never used this feat nor have an intent to use it. I chose it because it has been referenced already within this thread several times, and the distinction made between it and Fey teleportation was salient to my point.
On an aside, telling people what they can't do while bemoaning the death of creativity, is priceless.
I'm probably laughing.
It is apparently so hard to program Aberrant Mind and Clockwork Soul spell-swapping into dndbeyond they had to remake the game without it rather than implement it.
Becuase people LIKE YOU don't READ THE RULES.
Race is a game term meaning that guess what? if something like a RACIAL FEAT has the prereq of BEING AN ELF it means you NEED TO BE AN ELF IN GAME TERMS.
People who have explained themselves to the end of this damn thread have come back to basically just reiterate our proof and examples and even quote JC on RAI, but I guess you are going to ignore all that since you WANT racial feats to not require you to be of a certain race.
Did you purposefully ignore my quote from XGtE that called out who these feats are tied to races in the PHB?
You can continue to push that opinion that the RAW was unclear at me all you want, but the person who revived this thread is now saying that racial feats don't mean you have to be that race to get them.... So pretending the problem is with RAW and interpreting it incorrectly frankly imo is giving people too much credit.