D&D 5E What Nonstandard/Untraditional Races do you wish would return?

[Ralif Redhammer]

I have a druid that wildshapes into a spider in one of my groups. I hate it, every time. In Starfinder, at a con once, a player had a cert that let them play as this weird space-spider. It's like the universe knows.

As a kid, I couldn't even look at that damnable full-page spider illustration in the MM.

Spiders? Hell no. Never.

Did you not realize that those creepy bastards have eight eyes? EIGHT! EYES!

I neeed to lie down a moment.

 

[Wednesday Boy]

I have a druid that wildshapes into a spider in one of my groups. I hate it, every time. In Starfinder, at a con once, a player had a cert that let them play as this weird space-spider. It's like the universe knows.

As a kid, I couldn't even look at that damnable full-page spider illustration in the MM.

I based my dwarven beastmaster ranger on the picture from a 2nd Ed. adventure of a dwarf NPC who was covered in spiders. My arachnophobic GM was not pleased with that concept.

 

[Warmaster Horus]

I miss TEMPLATES that I could apply to standard creatures. We have, what, ONE, in 5e (Half-Dragon)?

 

[Saplatt]

Pixies. Androids. Hoops.

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I’ve tried to get over the whole spider thing, but nope. I even tried reading Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Spiderlight. Still nope. At this point, I’m just resigned to losing gothpoints for being an arachnophobe.

I based my dwarven beastmaster ranger on the picture from a 2nd Ed. adventure of a dwarf NPC who was covered in spiders. My arachnophobic GM was not pleased with that concept.

 

[Wednesday Boy]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I’ve tried to get over the whole spider thing, but nope. I even tried reading Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Spiderlight. Still nope. At this point, I’m just resigned to losing gothpoints for being an arachnophobe.

If you ever want to see the drawing of that NPC, let me know!

 

[76512390ag12]

As someone who uses the 4e's Nentir Vale a lot for any games/systems, I'd like to have Minotaurs, Shardmind and Wilden because they fit the lore of that setting.

https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Shardmind_(5e_Race)

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[QuietBrowser]

@QuietBrowser #20 ...and i thought i know them all (most of them at least)

holy .... are most of these 4e? Never heard or read about some of these.

Devas, Shardminds, Vryloka and the "Eladrin as Feywild elf" & Forgeborn Dwarf subrace are all unique to 4th edition, yes.

The Dhampyr was previously a monster-only race in D&D prior to 4th edition.

Aranea were an AD&D PC race in the Red Steel campaign setting, then reprinted in the Savage Coast of Mystara AD&D sourcebooks. In 3e, they were a Monster Manual "playable monster".

Lupins appeared as a PC race in Basic D&D, first in Dragon and then in the Champions of Mystara boxed set, then were updated to AD&D alongside the Aranea. They got a 3e updatre in an issue of Dragon.

Diaboli are a Mystaran monster that had a 3e PC update in Dragon.

Phanatons were a Basic D&D PC race (Dragon), then an AD&D one (The Orc's Head Penninsula sourcebook for Savage Coast of Mystara), and then a 3e one (Dragon again).

Paraelemental Genasi appeared as PC options for 3e in Dragon, and might have AD&D roots. 4e featured Storm Genasi as a core race in the Forgotten Realms, and also featured unique Athasian (Sun, Sand, Cinder, Magma) & Abyssal (Plague, Caustic, Void, Ember) Genasi subraces in Dragon.

Hengeyokai appeared in AD&D, 3e and 4e, being in the Oriental Adventures for the first two and in an issue of Dragon for the last one.

Ogre Magi (Oni) appeared in AD&D's Complete Book of Humanoids and 3e's Monster Manual.

Vanara were in the 3e Oriental Adventures, as were Nezumi.


Bariaur and Githzerai were in the Planescape Boxed Set for AD&D, Githyanki were in the Guide to the Astral Plane in AD&D, and all three appeared in different splatbooks in 3e. Githzerai were a PHB 3 race in 4th edition.

Duthka'gith were introduced in Polyhedron #100 for 3rd edition.


Fey'ri were a 3e invention for Races of Faerun.

Thri-Kreen appeared in Dark Sun in AD&D.


Xixchil appeared in AD&D's Spelljammer.

Calibans are from the 3e Ravenloft campaign setting.

 

[cbwjm]

[MENTION=28653]Irdar Ranger[/MENTION] well Bariaur were one of the PC races for ADD 2nd Planescape. As were Modrons i think or was that only in PS Torment?

There were rules for rogue modrons in the planescape line.

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[QuietBrowser]

There were rules for rogue modrons in the planescape line.

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To be precise, Bariaur were one of the three races presented in the Player's Handbook equivalent placed as part of the Planescape boxed set, alongside tieflings and githzerai. Rogue Modrons, alongside Aasimar, Genasi and Planar Humans & Half-Elves, were unique to The Planewalker's Handbook, an "expanded" PHB equivalent launched two years later - that's where the famous tiefling random generation table debuted as well.