D&D 5E ...an invertebrate world?

[Casimir Liber]

Apropos of the reptilian thread.....how about an invertebrate world

thri keen - noble warriors
mind flayers - evil geniuses (again)
(my spider folk - cute gnome-like sidekicks...shameless plug here )


.....aboleth (are these fish or something more invertebratey?)

 

[Undrave]

You mean like the worlds of Hollow Knight and Bug Fables?

 

[Casimir Liber]

You mean like the worlds of Hollow Knight and Bug Fables?

I guess....am not familiar with them....will google...

 

[Oofta]

It should be obvious that flumphs would dominate. But if you have to shut down power gamers, I guess it's your choice.

 

[Lidgar]

And Jubelix rules them all!

 

[Tonguez]

I’ve seen this anime with the Queen Slimes and their slimey vassals
but anyway

Slimes

Formians
Abeils
Scorpion folk

Crabmen
Tako and Baketako
Gastrosapiens (snail folk)

Myconid - remember mushrooms are people too

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I had a 3.X homebrew in which I designed a race based on Thri-Kreen. But they were size S, flew like dragonflies, and could communicate via bioluminescence.

Some kind of Sea Star- based on Crown of Thorns, perhaps- could be the scourge of the marine world, what with their powers of regeneration. Psionic coral could be fun. Other notable aquatic invertebrates that could be inspiration for marine species would be mantis shrimp, Man-O-Wars, box jellies, nudibranchs, cone snails, and the more intelligent mollusks (the cephalopods). (In my sig, there‘s a link for Aquatic adventuring that could come in handy.)

Coconut crabs would be fun to work with on land.

Macroscopic versions of tardigrades have potential, too.

And let’s not forget hymenopterans! Sentient Fire Ants & Murder Hornets, anyone?

 

[Dioltach]

I imagine that there wouldn't be much combat. You know, given how spineless everyone would be ....

 

[Ath'kethin]

Apropos of the reptilian thread.....how about an invertebrate world

thri keen - noble warriors
mind flayers - evil geniuses (again)
(my spider folk - cute gnome-like sidekicks...shameless plug here )


.....aboleth (are these fish or something more invertebratey?)

At least according to everything published, mind flayers are vertebrates. Or rather, nothing ever suggests otherwise, and they are literally created from human stock. Nothing in their description says they lose their bones.

It's your world, though, and they can be anything you want.

 

[Casimir Liber]

I'd always thought of them as cephalopods...but I guess you're right. Are they specified as vertebrates specifically? The human stock makes sense....