D&D 5E Simic Hybrids Outside of Ravnica

[Kobold Avenger]

There's 5 races in Guildmasters Guide to Ravnica: Centaurs, Minotaurs, Loxodon, Vedalken and Simic Hybrids. Centaurs and Minotaurs are in the Monster Manual and assumed to be in most worlds. Loxodon might be in Forgotten Realms as the Loxo, and the Loxodon like the Vedalken are in a few other MtG worlds too. I'd argue that Vedalken could be related to the Mercane/Arcane of Spelljammer at least superficially.

So the Simic Hybrid having the "Simic" Combine in their name are more specific to Ravnica. But the fact that being magical science experiments is the main thing about the Simic Hybrids, I feel they could have all sorts of places in other published worlds and homebrew worlds just fine. I remember Ravenloft had "Broken Ones" for it's Island of Doctor Moreau analogy, so I think a Broken One could be a Simic Hybrid. I don't think they'd be out of place in Eberron, as they either be experiments or mutations brought one by Khyber or Xoriat.

In some cases they might be people created by Aboleths or Krakens. Any other ideas where a Simic Hybrid might come in, or other names they might have in other worlds?

 

[Fenris-77]

They'd be aces in any kind of planar adventure (Spelljammer or Plansescape). They'd also fit well into any kind of setting that adds some weird science to it's fantasy. If you changed the weird science to something more like weird alchemy they'd fit anywhere IMO.

 

[Stormonu]

They could be lifemorphs (i.e., psionics life experiments) in Dark sun.

 

[Bitbrain]

If I ever get to run a Mystara campaign, I’ll be including Simic Hybrids and the in-campaign lore will be that they are a product of glantrian experimentation.

 

[Kobold Avenger]

I think it's a given that any race could appear in Spelljammer or Planescape based on the nature of those settings.

Though I do seem to with their weird science theme, is that their hybrid properties tend to lean closer towards sea creatures over types (probably the Blue mana MtG association with Blue-Green Simic of the original concept), though it of course doesn't have to be sea creatures in other worlds.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

There's 5 races in Guildmasters Guide to Ravnica: Centaurs, Minotaurs, Loxodon, Vedalken and Simic Hybrids. Centaurs and Minotaurs are in the Monster Manual and assumed to be in most worlds. Loxodon might be in Forgotten Realms as the Loxo, and the Loxodon like the Vedalken are in a few other MtG worlds too. I'd argue that Vedalken could be related to the Mercane/Arcane of Spelljammer at least superficially.

So the Simic Hybrid having the "Simic" Combine in their name are more specific to Ravnica. But the fact that being magical science experiments is the main thing about the Simic Hybrids, I feel they could have all sorts of places in other published worlds and homebrew worlds just fine. I remember Ravenloft had "Broken Ones" for it's Island of Doctor Moreau analogy, so I think a Broken One could be a Simic Hybrid. I don't think they'd be out of place in Eberron, as they either be experiments or mutations brought one by Khyber or Xoriat.

In some cases they might be people created by Aboleths or Krakens. Any other ideas where a Simic Hybrid might come in, or other names they might have in other worlds?

Simic Hybrids could be the result of the Zulkir of Transmutation in Thay experimenting on prisoners. But drop Simic for Magic Hybrid.

 

[Iry]

I wish Simics could be any animal. I mean, I can always fluff them that way, but all the good Simic art is sea-creature based.

 

[Mind of tempest]

people modified by the meat mages, members of sarkic cults?

 

[Tales and Chronicles]

As someone who use A LOT of 4e lore in my FRs, I use them as experiment by the Aboleth Sovereignty in the deeps chasm under the ruined Neverwinter and the abyss under the Asylum of Helm's Hold.

They are the aboleth version of the yuan-ti pureblood, used to infiltrate the surface people.

 

[Kobold Avenger]

As someone who use A LOT of 4e lore in my FRs, I use them as experiment by the Aboleth Sovereignty in the deeps chasm under the ruined Neverwinter and the abyss under the Asylum of Helm's Hold.

My first thought of what might be behind some possible versions would be the Aboleths, mainly because of something like that and Pathfinder using the Aboleths a lot since it was something they were allowed to use under OGL.