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

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[darjr]

wow! I think I'm going to go build a Kenku asap. But that lizard folk assassin is a classic.

 

[MiraMels]

This list looks great! My first is going to be an orc cleric of Luthic.

 

[Enevhar Aldarion]

Interesting. I did not know that 13=10.

And since we already have Goliath, that would be 12 new races.

 

[Zardnaar]

Interesting. I did not know that 13=10.

And since we already have Goliath, that would be 12 new races.

And Aasimar that is 11.

 

[Enevhar Aldarion]

And Aasimar that is 11.

11.5 then. The Aasimar in the DMG was only an example of how to build your own races. It needed fine tuning and was not a true ready-to-play race as listed without DM permission, otherwise it would have been legal for AL play without needing a special cert.

 

[KahlessNestor]

11.5 then. The Aasimar in the DMG was only an example of how to build your own races. It needed fine tuning and was not a true ready-to-play race as listed without DM permission, otherwise it would have been legal for AL play without needing a special cert.

The reason they need a cert is not because it isn't ready to play, but because the DMG is not a legal AL rules source. That's all. I'm betting the Volo version will be exactly the same.

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[CrusaderX]

The reason they need a cert is not because it isn't ready to play, but because the DMG is not a legal AL rules source. That's all. I'm betting the Volo version will be exactly the same.

I'm betting it won't be. Mike Mearls stated in a podcast months ago that they wanted to redesign the Aasimar because they weren't really satisfied with the DMG version. Well, now is their chance for a redesign.

 

[Charles Rampant]

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.

Otherwise, these look fun. I would observe that it is a pretty unmonstrous list of monstrous race options; no Minotaurs or Elementals or whatever. Probably for the best, as the ECL rule setup seemed like a friggin' nightmare.

I suspect that most tables will place soft bans of much of these races, in practice; Aasimar is one thing, but a Bugbear seems a hard sell if you're going for a campaign where the players interact with the King and spend all their time in Human towns and whatnot. Even in all the material that I've read for Waterdeep, I don't think that I saw an explicit mention of a Goblinoid or Orc NPC of any kind, beyond a vague mention that sometimes Orc tribes send delegations to Waterdeep to buy important supplies. Of course, this list does give some really solid options for a subversive 'Evil Races' game, which I'm sure was probably (part of) the intent.

Aasimar Paladins and Tabaxi Rogues will probably be hitting everyone's tables soon though!

 

[gyor]

I don't think this list includes the table of races we heard about.

But cool list. Nothing shocking, but a nice list.