Playable Giff in the next Extra Life?

[SkidAce]

...will have to be significantly 'cut down' from their monster expression to remain playable (no firearms, for instance), and thus...

Why?

Firearms are in DMG, and wasn't there a FR country that had them? (I could be miss remembering about the FR country)

 

[Demetrios1453]

Why?

Firearms are in DMG, and wasn't there a FR country that had them? (I could be miss remembering about the FR country)

*points to my post a few posts up*

 

[Pauper]

Why?

Mainly based on this:

Can I Ever Become Proficient in the Musket I Found?

No.

What if I Find a Way to Become Proficient in it?

Even then, no.

Ever?

Never.

How about now?

No, Jeremy.

Firearms are in the DMG, but are not in Adventurer's League, so even if they are included in a hypothetical Giff Extra Life write-up, they wouldn't be made AL-legal, based on the above.

As for Lantan, it was used to justify both firearms (smokepowder) and warforged PCs (Gondsmen) in prior editions of D&D, but in 5E, Lantan is, well, different:

The center of Gond's worship on the Sword Coast lies in Baldur's Gate....Lantan had been the preeminent place of Gond's worship in the world until a century ago, when the island nation disappeared, and since its return the few Lantanese merchants seen in Sword Coast ports have said little about the present state of their homeland.

These traders seek to attain large quantities of raw materials such as various types of woods and metals, trading unusual gems and strange gold coins in return. Of their inventions, folks have seen little, but the few glimpses attained have fueled much speculation about Lantan's development of smokepowder and greater willingness to blend magic with machinery. Indeed, Lantanese traders have reportedly offered many shield guardians in private auctions up and down the Sword Coast, and such golem-like constructs are usually the province of wizards, not tinkerers.

Lantan is not what it was in prior editions; what it is now remains to be seen, but I doubt giff fit into the picture.

Granted, Mearls could simply declare the race AL-legal; he's done such things before. But I'd like to think, somehow, that Mearls has learned to work with his AL adminstrators, not negate their hard work with arbitrary decisions for temporary benefits.

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Pauper

 

[gyor]

Hippos are native to Mulhorand I believe so perhaps there are some Giffs there, Mulhorand even has a history of hiring mercs.