[RPG] Can you use Fey-Step (Eladrin) while in Wild Shape

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I've created a Eladrin Druid (using Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes) for a new campaign. However, we've hit one little snag. Eladrin have the Fey Step racial trait built into their kit. Druids have their Wild Shape ability, part of which states:

You retain the benefit of any features from your class,
race or other source, and can use them if the new form is physically
capable of doing so. (PHB p. 67)

My question being, can a brown bear (for instance) utilize Fey Step while in beast form, or is this breaking some sort of game ruling?

Best Answer

Should be viable

Wild Shape allows for to:

...retain the benefit of any features from your class, race, or other source and can use them if the new form is physically capable of doing so. However, you can’t use any of your special senses, such as darkvision, unless your new form also has that sense.

Fey Step (From the official release of the Eladrin subrace of Elves in Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes) is a racial feature and does not seem to be generated by a physical feature.

As a bonus action, you can magically teleport up to 30 feet to an unoccupied space you can see. Once you use this trait, you can’t do so again until you finish a short or long rest.

Physical basis?

Whether or not the Eladrin trait to Misty Step is something inherent or a physical aspect of their being is not clarified (like darkvision), but it is reasonable to allow this interaction as there doesn't seem to be a specific physical association with the Fey Step, it's just part of their abilities (like Halfling Luck).

Confusion from Example Subrace from the DMG

The DMG, under Part 3 (Master of Rules) includes a section on Creating New Character Options (page 186.) In this section, they provide some examples to help guide a DM in homebrewing - but these are not official subclasses. In this section, they provide an Eladrin (as well as Aasimar) with different rules than the final published official Subclass options for those races, but do note that these are only example to help guide homebrew on how to create a subrace and not an official subrace for player use.

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