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Is this modified version of the changeling's "Shapechanger" trait fair?
I would simply accept that I am not playing a changeling with this DM.
“Fair” or not doesn’t come into it; it’s not worth the argument. But being able to change their appearance at will is literally ...
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Can clothes be enchanted to change their form?
You should look into Shiftweave. It is from the same setting as Changelings (Eberron):
When a suit of shiftweave is created, up to five different outfits can be embedded into the cloth. While wearing ...
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Is this modified version of the changeling's "Shapechanger" trait fair?
It seems excessive.
Changelings are not particularly powerful, and you may need to discus this with your DM.
keep in mind the ability can be replicated by low levels spells like Alter Self (2) of ...
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Can a changeling increase their Charisma by +3 at character creation?
Yes
+3 to Charisma is a legitimate choice and also slightly better than adding the +1 to a different stat most of the time. It's also not a typo but intentional, as evidenced by Crawford agreeing ...
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Can changelings instantly change their hairstyle?
Probably. Ask your DM, though.
The relevant text in the Changeling's Shapechanger trait is:
You determine the specifics of the changes, including your coloration, hair length, and sex.
This is not a ...
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Can a Changeling with the Actor feat have permanent advantage on Performance and Deception checks?
No, only on checks related to the identity they've assumed
You already got to that in your question:
Or is the meaning of the Actor feat that they only have advantage when they are trying to prove ...
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Can I play as a Changeling?
If you are in Eberron
The Changeling is available in the book Eberron: Rising from the Last War:
Humanoids of all kinds have made their mark on the continent of Khorvaire. Presented in ...
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How well can a Changeling copy voices?
The Changeling's Shapechanger trait (E:RftLW, p. 18) says, in part:
As an action, you can change your appearance and your voice. You determine the specifics of the changes, including your coloration, ...
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Can clothes be enchanted to change their form?
It exists in moderation
Beyond the Glamoured Studded Leather, there is something called the Cloak of Many Fashions:
While wearing this cloak, you can use a bonus action to change the style, color, ...
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Can changelings instantly change their hairstyle?
Probably not, but ask your DM
The Shapechanger feature says:
Shapechanger. As an action, you can change your appearance and your voice. You determine the specifics of the changes, including your ...
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Can a changeling increase their Charisma by +3 at character creation?
Not anymore, as of the 2020 errata
As noted in Please stop being evil's answer, this was previously allowed by the rules, and even confirmed by rules designer Jeremy Crawford as a valid reading of the ...
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What are the height (and weight) size ranges for each size category of creature?
While there doesn't appear to be a simple table in Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition dnd-5e, there was one in the Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 dnd-3.5e Dungeon Master's Guide 2003, 29. Though it's not ...
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Can a changeling change into a form with wings?
It really depends.
The "basic arrangement of limbs" is talking about being, for example, a bipedal four-limbed bilaterally-symmetric creature. That is to say, you have two arms and two legs, ...
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Can a Changeling with the Actor feat have permanent advantage on Performance and Deception checks?
No, only when the Deception or Performance check concerns identity
you have advantage on Deception and Performance checks when trying to pass yourself off as a different person
This part of the ...
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Can a Changeling or Doppelgänger shapechange into a hybrid lycanthrope form?
You cannot change your statistics when shapechanging
The Doppelganger's Shapechanger trait states:
[...] Its statistics, other than its size, are the same in each form. [...]
And the Changeling's ...
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Does a changeling gain the abilities of the race it shapeshifts into?
None of your game statistics change.
The changelings Shapechanger feature says:
You can make yourself appear as a member of another race, though none of your game statistics change.
This means if ...
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Is this Changeling homebrew race balanced?
This is not balanced and has a few minor issues
First, if you take the book races to be the standard of balance, then almost by definition, if you buff an existing book race to be more powerful, it ...
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What are the height (and weight) size ranges for each size category of creature?
Height is never really defined
There's a reason you don't remember such a chart, because 5e doesn't have one. It doesn't really spend a lot of time on height outside of cylindrical spell effects and ...
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How can I pull off being two separate characters at the beginning of a campaign?
Silent Image
A 1st level wizard or bard would have access to this 1st level illusion spell1 (a rogue would have to wait until level 3 to have access to it, and even then, only if they chose the Arcane ...
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What is the lifespan of the Changeling race from UA: Eberron?
There isn't an officially stated lifespan for Changelings (as of writing this answer).
The most important thing to remember is that Unearthed Arcana material is only effectively playtest material. It'...
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Can changelings instantly change their hairstyle?
Yes, you can change your hairstyle
You can change your appearance, as an action. The rules go through great length to give you very wide latitude in changing your appearance.
Your hairstyle is part ...
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How do a changeling's Change Appearance and a druid's Wild Shape interact?
According to RAW, you can't Change Appearance while Wild Shaped
The rules for Wild Shape states concerning racial features is:
You retain the benefit of any features from your class, race, or other ...
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What does body type mean in the disguise self spell description?
A Big Kobold's OK
The Player's Handbook p 222 (disguise self) says:
You cannot change your body type. For example, a human caster could look human, humanoid, or like any other human-shaped bipedal ...
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How well can a Changeling copy voices?
The specifics are up to a GM, but you cannot replicate a kenku
The Changeling's Shapechanger trait states:
As an action, you can change your appearance and your voice. You determine the specifics of ...
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How do a changeling's experiences affect the set of forms they can take?
Changelings can both change themselves into an arbitrary imagined form and into forms of specific creatures they have seen, provided the form they are becoming has the same basic arrangement of limbs ...
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Is this modified version of the changeling's "Shapechanger" trait fair?
You need to talk with your DM directly
We can't tell you if these changes are "fair" or if they will integrate into the campaign. For that level of approval, there is only one source you ...
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Can a changeling transform into races with a tail/horns?
In the Official Published Version, Yes
As per the "Shapechanger" racial trait description on page 18 of Eberron: Rising from the Last War:
You can make yourself appear as a member of another race, ...
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Are there ways Changelings can overcome their shape-shifting limitations?
The changeling is more flexible then you are assuming
There isn't anything in the Changeling race that precludes adding tails or horns or other visual aspects.
The only requirements are what you've ...
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How do the physical traits granted by the draconic sorcerer bloodline interact with a changeling's shapechanger trait?
Much of the transformation specifics are left to the GM
The Changeling's Shapechanger trait states:
[...] As an action, you can change your appearance and your voice. [...] none of your game ...
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