The Crimson Binome
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I agree about the warforged, but Kieth Baker home brewed a 5e version that I like. Having a Large or Tiny race would be an interesting expansion to the ruleset; I don’t find Medium minotaurs or firbolg very satisfying.
Sometimes you have to say “screw balance, let’s get weird with it.”
I really should have made my own answer, but I didn't want to clutter up the opening post...
From 4th Edition:
Deva: Because these reincarnating, willfully-fallen angels and their risk of transforming into rakshasa just has so much more to it than the aasimar do.
Is none an acceptable answer?
As both DM and player, I like to tell stories about familiar heroes (humans, elves, dwarves, etc). Nothing wrong with dipping into the weird races, just not my cup of tea.
I did have a fascination with avariel from 2e, but 20 years and lots of DMing later, I strongly dislike flying races as PC options!
Is none an acceptable answer?
As both DM and player, I like to tell stories about familiar heroes (humans, elves, dwarves, etc). Nothing wrong with dipping into the weird races, just not my cup of tea.
I did have a fascination with avariel from 2e, but 20 years and lots of DMing later, I strongly dislike flying races as PC options!
100% in agreement with this. After decades of playing D&D I still have not run out of interesting concepts for characters of the primary races. For me the primary races are the most easily relateable, and therefore generate the most engaging stories. The further a character is from human the more difficult it is to empathize with them, and the less invested I become in their story. The best stories are heavily influenced by the relationship between the characters in the party, and a party of characters that look like they belong in the Star Wars cantina scene tend to not have much of a relationship with each other beyond effectively slaughtering monsters.
On the other hand, the more options that I have for creating NPCs the better. To that end I encourage WotC to publish everything that they can think of. If I don't like it then I don't need to use it.
Here's what I don't understand: if you don't have any interest in the idea of having non-traditional races return to D&D, then why are you even here? This thread has nothing for you.
Nope....
Aranea: They're shapeshifting spiders with an affinity for arcane magic, but they're not evil, they just want to live in peace. I just wish they'd come back, they're too good to languish in Mystara.
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animated tree rogues