D&D 5E My Quick and Dirty Tasha Read

[Paul Farquhar]

You dont know that.

Maybe he always wanted to play a Dwarven Monk, but the poor fixed Stat mods to useless stats and useless Armor proficiencies kept him away from the concept.

My group select races because the want to play them. If the race has sub-optimal stats then they play a character with sub-optimal stats. We've had goliath rogues and gnome druids amongst other things.

 

[Flamestrike]

My group select races because the want to play them. If the race has sub-optimal stats then they play a character with sub-optimal stats. We've had goliath rogues and gnome druids amongst other things.

Now they dont have to be penalised with sub-optimal stats anymore when they want to play those concepts.

Huzzah!

 

[Weiley31]

I'm not sure about that one, because it steps on the toes of the kensei monk :/

Hence why Tasha's is optional.

 

[Weiley31]

Don't forget: if your mad about dwarven monks, it's possible to have Bird Monks with +2/+2 as well. And now dat Monk has flying AND Antimatter rifles as a Monk Weapon!

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

Haven't gotten that far into reading it (currently on Druids), but so far I dig the book. The Origins section, for being just two pages, will definitely be a real game-changer (and probably will create the most discussion online). I'm guessing origin is going to eventually replace the term race.

The way the origin customization is set out, I dig it. An elf will still feel like an elf, a dwarf a dwarf. If someone wants to swap their elven training with longswords for polearms, that's hardly a stretch for elfdom, and could be a great storytelling opportunity.

I find that some of the new class abilities are contingent on DM approval to be interesting. For most of them, I think I'll be requiring a swap of an existing and commensurate ability seems fair. But I also imagine that some DMs will be fine tossing it all in the mix and others none of it.

Also, I was a little iffy on the alt cover, but in person it looks gorgeous. The shimmer gives it a lovely ethereal look.

 

[NaturalZero]

The way the origin customization is set out, I dig it. An elf will still feel like an elf, a dwarf a dwarf. If someone wants to swap their elven training with longswords for polearms, that's hardly a stretch for elfdom, and could be a great storytelling opportunity.

This is why I don't understand some folks tearing out their hair over tweaking the race mechanics. An elf wizard and an elf fighter PC had a boatload of mechanical differences before, but there are people acting like an elf starting with Con 16 instead of Con 14 completely destroys some mythical concept of racial purity.

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

Part of me gets it - I've been playing since demihumans had Predator-style infravision. Old habits die hard for some; I'm certainly very much prone to nostalgia. And nostalgia has a lot to do with the complaints - when they're not attached to more odious retrograde views. People have been playing with sword and bow elves for ages. Nevermind that, oh, for example, one can rebut the whole "dwarves use only axes and hammers, all the time" with Thorin and Orcrist.

This is why I don't understand some folks tearing out their hair over tweaking the race mechanics. An elf wizard and an elf fighter PC had a boatload of mechanical differences before, but there are people acting like an elf starting with Con 16 instead of Con 14 completely destroys some mythical concept of racial purity.

 

[Ancalagon]

Hence why Tasha's is optional.

This is true, and well understood. But just because something is optional doesn't mean it cannot be critiqued, analyzed, disagreed with, loved, etc. Your respond is marginally more useful than if you had said "giraffes have long necks"

Besides, there is an expectation among a substantial number of players that the options should be available, and that only hard-ass GMs say no. So...

 

[Weiley31]

Your respond is marginally more useful than if you had said "giraffes have long necks"

I'm glad you and I both understand that giraffes have long necks.

 

[Hatmatter]

Besides, there is an expectation among a substantial number of players that the options should be available, and that only hard-ass GMs say no. So...

Hmmm...not among my players...or those who congregate at the couple local hobby shops I frequent. It seems to be easily understood that as the creator or manager of the fantasy world, the DM gets to pick which races, subclasses, and so forth are permitted. The same for which optional rules in the DMG will be used. I have never seen any push back on that...of course, the DMs I observe often try to help a player fulfill a character concept that a player might have through alternate approaches or even making allowances. But I have never seen such an inflexible, negative attitude toward Game Masters.