D&D 5E Volo's Guide to Monsters: General Discussion.

[FormerlyHemlock]

PC hobgoblins get +2 CON, +1 INT, and their interesting trait is saving face. Once per short or long rest, if you fail an attack roll, check, or saving throw, you gain a bonus to that roll equal to as many allies you can see within 30ft (up to +5)

Oh, that is very awesome flavor. The powergamer in me isn't excited by it, but the roleplayer in me loves it! It's kind of too bad that they don't retain their Martial Advantage feature but oh well--I guess hobgoblin footsoldiers must have some kind of special roguish-training.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

NOW super weird? LOL, they've always been pretty weird, looking like a regular sized Danny DeVito's head on a doll.

I linked how they are depicted in the book so they do look super weird still.

 

[Parmandur]

Yeah, it has all the information for caste societies, and all that stuff for all goblinoids. The bugbear race has a particular trait I can see many polearm masters using: long limbed. It basically extends your reach with melee weapons by 5ft. Can you imagine a sentinel polearm master with a 15ft radius? Yeah...

What are the castes? Do Goblinoids get unified personality trait tables, or anything like that?

 

[Zene]

2 questions:

1) What CR is the ki-rin?

2) For the Kobold player race's sunlight sensitivity, does it actually say "per the MM" or something to that effect? Because if I remember correctly, the MM version of sunlight sensitivity is only when "you" are in direct sunlight; whereas the PHB (i.e., Drow) version of it is when you, your target, or whatever you're trying to perceive are in direct sunlight. Critical difference for an ranged attack build.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

2 questions:

1) What CR is the ki-rin?

2) For the Kobold player race's sunlight sensitivity, does it actually say "per the MM" or something to that effect? Because if I remember correctly, the MM version of sunlight sensitivity is only when "you" are in direct sunlight; whereas the PHB (i.e., Drow) version of it is when you, your target, or whatever you're trying to perceive are in direct sunlight. Critical difference for an ranged attack build.

Ki-Rin CR is 12

Player Kobold is the same as PHB version and Drow. But the Kobold variants in the book use the MM version. However Pack Tactics means that if you have a ally close to your target and it's sunny out the disadvantage will be gone.

 

[vpuigdoller]

What the book says about vegepymy exactly just statblock? Variants of it?

 

[Sword of Spirit]

We heard that there was a table of quick stats for other races that didn't get a full write-up. Is that accurate, or was there some misinformation or last minute crash rewrites going on?

 

[Sacrosanct]

We heard that there was a table of quick stats for other races that didn't get a full write-up. Is that accurate, or was there some misinformation or last minute crash rewrites going on?

Not a table, per se, but only stat adjustments and abilities with no fluff. Those are the goblinoids talked about earlier in this thread. The rest get full write ups like in the PHB

 

[Sacrosanct]

What are the castes? Do Goblinoids get unified personality trait tables, or anything like that?

Lashers: highest caste, the best warriors and trained in special skills like trap making
Hunters: trained in weapons, but that's about it
Gatherers: self explanatory
Pariahs: the lowest of the low. muckers, miners, etc

There's no unified trait table, but there is a table for status symbols. d20 table with things like nose rings, orc-tusk lip piercings, frog in a jar, etc

 

[MonsterEnvy]

We heard that there was a table of quick stats for other races that didn't get a full write-up. Is that accurate, or was there some misinformation or last minute crash rewrites going on?

Not a table, per se, but only stat adjustments and abilities with no fluff. Those are the goblinoids talked about earlier in this thread. The rest get full write ups like in the PHB

This is misleading. The monstrous races that don't get fluff in chapter 2 are the Goblinoids, Orc, Kobold and Yuan-Ti Pureblood. While they don't get fluff in chapter 2. All of them get massive sections in chapter 1 that eclipses any phb race.