D&D 5E New (?) Info on the Rules expansion gift set.

[Scribe]

I'd bet good money that there are at least two aasimar in this book.

As long as I can keep my fear aura...

 

[Henadic Theologian]

Even if subraces are done like individual races, I don't think they will each individually count as a race, because between the Genasi, Aasimar, and Gith's subraces alone, you would have nearly a third of the 30 race slots taken if they did (there are 9 subraces between those 3 races in 5e so far).

 

[Henadic Theologian]

I'm strongly of the idea Tieflings should be a Planetouched race of any Fiendish background (like they were before 4e) including Demons, Yugoloths, Hordelings, Night Hags, Demodands/Gehreleths, Rakshasa, etc or just a Lower Planar Radiation Mutation, so I feel they should either be one race with many "pick anyone of these options" or divided along Devil/Demon/Yugoloth/Etc lines.

They kind of are both honestly, there is still the SCAG variant Tieflings. Still the way they have it now could confuse people, because you have the old school variants in the SCAG,the 4e style in the PHB, and the new Archdevil based Tieflings in MToFs.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

I'd bet good money that there are at least two aasimar in this book.

Possibly, but that doesn't mean they will be counted separately. They could organize the book by race, but have structured multiple races in an individual race section. Given its coming in January I hope for more details in December.

 

[Scribe]

Even if subraces are done like individual races, I don't think they will each individually count as a race, because between the Genasi, Aasimar, and Gith's subraces alone, you would have nearly a third of the 30 race slots taken if they did (there are 9 subraces between those 3 races in 5e so far).

Well lets rip it out of the Poll. D&D 5E - What are your (up to 3) favorite character races? - Wizards Survey Duplication

Anything Volo or MToF, in my opinion will be in.
Aasimar
Bugbear
Firbolg
Gith
Goblin
Hobgoblin
Kenku
Kobold
Lizardfolk
Minotaur
Orc
Tabaxi
Tiefling
Triton
Yuan-Ti

SCAG or EEPC or One Off
Elf
Genasi
Gnome
Goliath
Dwarf
Half-Elf
Halfling
Tortle

New?
Astral Elf
Autognome
Giff
Hadozee
Plasmoid
Thri-Kreen

There's 29 right there and I probably missed some.

If we see any of those in the Fizban template, thats your list.

 

[Kobold Avenger]

I feel that since a Shifter is sort of a Half-Lycanthrope and a Changeling is basically a Half-Doppelganger. They're generic enough to get in, as they are not be tied to anything really specific about Eberron.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

Well lets rip it out of the Poll. D&D 5E - What are your (up to 3) favorite character races? - Wizards Survey Duplication

Anything Volo or MToF, in my opinion will be in.
Aasimar
Bugbear
Firbolg
Gith
Goblin
Hobgoblin
Kenku
Kobold
Lizardfolk
Minotaur
Orc
Tabaxi
Tiefling
Triton
Yuan-Ti

SCAG or EEPC or One Off
Elf
Genasi
Gnome
Goliath
Dwarf
Half-Elf
Halfling
Tortle

New?
Astral Elf
Autognome
Giff
Hadozee
Plasmoid
Thri-Kreen

There's 29 right there and I probably missed some.

If we see any of those in the Fizban template, thats your list.

Stuff like Plasmiod is most certainly for a setting book AFTER MP: MotM is released, this is for races release BEFORE MP: MotM so it up to Strixhaven (Owlin).

And you forgot Grungs and Locaths.

 

[Scribe]

Stuff like Plasmiod is most certainly for a setting book AFTER MP: MotM is released, this is for races release BEFORE MP: MotM so it up to Strixhaven (Owlin).

Probably, in some combination yeah. Giff monster block is in MToF though, so...yeah whatever.

And you forgot Grungs and Locaths

The what? lol

Just looked, and yes these would be like Tortle, and probably should be in.

 

[NotAYakk]

Hopefully that's where they are going to put the updated Kobold race from Volo's (not the one from the UA). It would be nice to see it in print.

Hopefully they are going to add a PC "3 Kobolds in a trenchcoat" race here as well.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

I feel that since a Shifter is sort of a Half-Lycanthrope and a Changeling is basically a Half-Doppelganger. They're generic enough to get in, as they are not be tied to anything really specific about Eberron.

Shifter

Shifters, also sometimes called the weretouched, were a race of humanoids descended from interbreeding between lycanthropes and humans. Fierce and wild-spirited, shifters were feared by many as much as their shapeshifting brethren. Shifters resembled humans, their close brethren, but with...

forgottenrealms.fandom.com

Shifter at least is official in the Forgotten Realms and Nerath settings at least. T

And in 4e Doppelgangers and Changelings were treated as the same thing (functional Changelings replaced traditional Doppelgangers in 4e, including in FR), so they too have a presence in FR. FR even had a Changeling (half Doppelganger Template) in 3e/3.5e.