The 10 Player Races in Volo's Guide Revealed

On its Volo's Guide to Monsters product page, Fantasy Grounds has a screenshot up listing the 10 playable races - Aasimar, Bugbear, Firbolg, Goblin, Goliath, Hobgoblin, Kenku, Kobold, Lizardfolk, Orc, Tabaxi, Triton, Yuan-ti Pureblood.

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Product Page: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/store/product.xcp?id=WOTC5EVGM
Screenshot: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/images/screenshots/Screenshots/WOTC5EVGM/New-Monstrous-Races.jpg

Biggest surprise for me is Kenku. Bugbear is also unexpected.

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[Shardstone]

Aasimar are SIGNIFICANTLY different here when compared to their DMG brothers.

 

[Prakriti]

Someone on reddit has the book.

Goliaths are the same, Aasimar have subraces now.

EDIT: forgot the link: https://www.reddit.com/r/dndnext/comments/5aqpe8/spoilers_just_picked_up_volos_guide_to_monsters/

Edit: Only Aasimar have sub-races. No Goliath subraces. Nuts.

Also, sorry for the erroneous thread title, everyone. Apparently I don't know how to count.

 

[tuxgeo]

Someone on reddit has the book.

Goliaths are the same, Aasimar have subraces now.

EDIT: forgot the link: https://www.reddit.com/r/dndnext/comments/5aqpe8/spoilers_just_picked_up_volos_guide_to_monsters/

Also shown in that reddit thread is the Index, which includes:
Abjurer, Archdruid, Bard, Boggle, Champion, Conjurer, Cow, Deinonychus, Diviner, Dolphin, Draegloth, Enchanter, Evoker, Firenewt, Flail snail, Illusionist, Kraken priest, Martial arts adept, Master thief, Meenlock, Necromancer, Sea spawn, Shadow mastiff, Shoosuva, Stegosaurus, Swashbuckler, Transmuter, War priest, Warlocks of three types of patron, Warlord, Wood woad, and Xvart.

What? The Warlord is a monster but not a playable thing?
Odd. At least they managed to include something called "Warlord" in the game, finally.

 

[flametitan]

Warlord probably refers to someone like Genghis Khan rather than the 4e class.

 

[gyor]

I like how there is an Aasimar for every alignment, Protector Aasimar for good, Scroug Aasimar for Nueutral, and Fallen Aasimar for evil. Not that I think alignment is a requirement for any if them, its just a flavour tendency.

 

[I'm A Banana]

This list is a touch disappointing, in that it doesn't have the Aaracocra, who I now believe will be the only EE race not updated/printed in a Hardback. We have Genasi in PotA, Svirfneblin (curse their impossible to pronounce name!) in SCAG and now Goliaths in VGtM.

I bet Aarakocra are coming in the as-yet-unnanounced Rod of Seven Parts mega-adventure. Their MM fiction ties them in with the lore from that adventure (Wind Dukes and such) pretty nicely.

 

[Charles Rampant]

6935149[/URL]]I bet Aarakocra are coming in the as-yet-unnanounced Rod of Seven Parts mega-adventure. Their MM fiction ties them in with the lore from that adventure (Wind Dukes and such) pretty nicely.

That is very believable. I read the power score overview of that item and its previous appearances, and it does seem ripe for the big book treatment!

 

[Henry]

Snerf-nibblin'

I had some good advice on those - pronounce it kind of like the Swedish Chef from Muppets.

sVEER-fuh-NEBB-lin.

BorkBorkBork!

 

[Lidgar]

Also shown in that reddit thread is the Index, which includes:
Abjurer, Archdruid, Bard, Boggle, Champion, Conjurer, Cow, Deinonychus, Diviner, Dolphin, Draegloth, Enchanter, Evoker, Firenewt, Flail snail, Illusionist, Kraken priest, Martial arts adept, Master thief, Meenlock, Necromancer, Sea spawn, Shadow mastiff, Shoosuva, Stegosaurus, Swashbuckler, Transmuter, War priest, Warlocks of three types of patron, Warlord, Wood woad, and Xvart.

New NPC's?

 

[QuietBrowser]

Further reddit spoilers have given us most of the ability traits for the Triton, and the complete writeups for Bugbears, Goblins, Hobgoblins and Kobolds. Bad news is, racial ability scores are back - Kobolds get -2 Strength, Orcs get -2 Intelligence.