Both.Have they announced that this is the new official format, or is that an assumption because it's what appears in the latest published book?
As a DM, I can worldbuild by making the monster statblocks exactly how want them.I think I see where the other person was coming from. Try substituting "worldbuilding" or "flavor" for "racism." (Note: I can see arguments for and against fixed benefits, but that seems to betheone argument for them.)
I can see the designers are doing what they can.He did say they tried removing alignment but that proved unpopular, so they decided to go with the advise in the Monster Manual and double down on it in the stat blocks themselves.
In Witchlight, the harengon lineage seems an example this approach, where it is a race and its monster statblock says, "Any Alignment".Also humanoids or creatures with the full gamut of human choices/desires/etc do not get an alignment.
on this, we are certainly in agreement as neither of us what that.They don't have to be; they just have to be not inherently interchangeable.
I would prefer chucker races honestly they need like three feats worth of traits so we can get some good stuff.Both.
The new official format is seen in the Witchlight races:
• Type
• Size
• Speed
• ... plus other traits
My analysis of this format is, these other traits fill out a design space of a feat and a half.
Do you have a link to the announcement, then? I must have missed it, and I'm curious about what it said.Both.
That's part of the old "official product versus personal table" debate, which I'd rather not get into personally; just be aware that there are people on this board who are strongly on the "official product" side.As a DM, I can worldbuild by making the monster statblocks exactly how want them.
The Witchlight adventure itself publishes two new races, the fairy and the harengon. These two races use a new format that differs from the format in the Players Handbook.Do you have a link to the announcement, then? I must have missed it, and I'm curious about what it said.
To "worldbuild" means to homebrew ones own setting.That's part of the old "official product versus personal table" debate, which I'd rather not get into personally; just be aware that there are people on this board who are strongly on the "official product" side.
But I asked whether they had announced the new format and you said they had. Was there an announcement, and if so, where?The Witchlight adventure itself publishes two new races, the fairy and the harengon. These two races use a new format that differs from the format in the Players Handbook.
I disagree with this definition. Writers of official settings also worldbuild. The only difference is that their worldbuilding gets nicely printed up in bound books.To "worldbuild" means to homebrew ones own setting.
I said they published the new format in the Witchlight book.But I asked whether they had announced the new format and you said they had. Was there an announcement, and if so, where?
Heh, of course, official designers do worldbuilding, such as the worlds of Forgotten Realms. The point is, the monster statblocks continue these FR worlds unchanged. And if the DM wants to homebrew a world, the DM continues to do it via monster statblocks. The race format has no impact on worldbuilding.I disagree with this definition. Writers of official settings also worldbuild. The only difference is that their worldbuilding gets nicely printed up in bound books.
I would prefer chucker races honestly they need like three feats worth of traits so we can get some good stuff.