They’re adjacent, and currently the closest thing 5e has to a catch-all animal people race.I think it is weird to.include Shifters. They aren't anthros.
No, they're not. They aren't an anthropomorphic race, they are very specifically a lycanthrope race, which is not the same thing at all.They’re adjacent, and currently the closest thing 5e has to a catch-all animal people race.
They have animal features. That makes them anthro-adjacent,No, they're not. They aren't an anthropomorphic race, they are very specifically a lycanthrope race, which is not the same thing at all.
The celestial angle ties them to guardinals and various mythical figures from around the world, and of course the Beast Lords which are very old D&D lore.
I disagree on this one strongly. You'd lose a lot of the neat individual stuff that these groups have by themselves. Plus, well, those races have a history. They're not related and don't have anything feywild to 'em. Certainly more viable to have seperate beast-people race than 7 different types of elvesI second that ardlings should be fey, and I would add that Owlin, Harengon, Tortle, Leonin, Loxodon, and yes even Tabaxi and Bullywug, should be rolled into ardling. For species that have a lot of separate lore or history (like Bullywug, Giff and Tabaxi) you can have it that they migrated from the Feywild so long ago that although they were originally ardling, they are now considered their own thing.
Core species, presumably.So, is the Ardling suppose to be a new core race or for a upcoming source book?
Depends on how people vote.So, is the Ardling suppose to be a new core race or for a upcoming source book?