D&D 5E New Unearthed Arcana: Folk of the Feywild!

Wander into the magical realm of the Feywild with our latest Unearthed Arcana: Folk of the Feywild!

Your character can be a member of one of the new D&D races: fairy, hobgoblin of the Feywild, owlfolk, or rabbitfolk. Which will you choose?

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[Scribe]

They're talking about the Quick Build section for classes. These are just races ancestries...

Yeah, I see that now. I thought everything was 'lineage' but I guess Wizards didnt update all their docs.

I agree with J-H. Loss of ASI assigned at (insert word for a species here) does nothing to help. Its a bland change and the game is worse for it.

 

[Scribe]

Easy fix though.

Rabbit - Dex/Int
Owl - Wiz/Cha
Fae - Dex/Cha

I'll update my document with the logical attributes and off we go.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I honestly find leaving suggested languages out is weirder than explicitly letting groups be flexible with stats.

By default, most of these folks should be speaking Sylvan or Goblin. It's weird to me that's not said. But again, at my table, they will be.

 

[BookTenTiger]

I like this bit:

On some worlds, such bonds lead hobgoblins to form communities with deep ties to each other. In the Forgotten Realms, vast hobgoblin legions have emerged, with ranks upon ranks of devoted soldiers noteworthy for how effective
they are at fighting as a unit.

It shows how ancestries can be both generic and specific to a setting.

 

[humble minion]

I'd probably say that flight for owlfolk and probably fairies should only be usable in light or no armour, flying around in full plate is a bit hard for me to visualise.

Agree that the hop ability is mechanically a mess. I get what they're trying to do, but d12 feet, every round, in a system where everything is in 5ft intervals? Ick. Maybe make the leap considerably bigger, at cost of making it a bonus action.

 

[Scribe]

I honestly find leaving suggested languages out is weirder than explicitly letting groups be flexible with stats.

By default, most of these folks should be speaking Sylvan or Goblin. It's weird to me that's not said. But again, at my table, they will be.

I think its just an overall focus on 'do whatever you want'. I'm hoping official products back out on these changes, but I'm not holding my breath.

 

[Davies]

So what terms should we use to distinguish the Fey Hobgoblin from the other Hobgoblin that appeared in Eberron Rising from the Last War?

Is the term 'boggart' in use anywhere else in this edition?

 

[DariusArgent]

So it seems that ASI are completely out. Pity, at least they could've just added something like "Standard" or "Generic" ASIs. I'm all for optional rules but removing something in PHB in favor for some optional rule in an optional splatbook is silly for me.

 

[BookTenTiger]

So it seems that ASI are completely out. Pity, at least they could've just added something like "Standard" or "Generic" ASIs. I'm all for optional rules but removing something in PHB in favor for some optional rule in an optional splatbook is silly for me.

Have they been removed from the PHB?

 

[DariusArgent]

Have they been removed from the PHB?

Sorry, forgot to say removed in future books.
But then again the way things are going lately it seems that it is heavily suggested to completely disregard the standard ASIs for the rest of the published races and arrange them the way you want. Which effectively removes that rule.