D&D 5E D&D's official twitter feed is giving previews of art and contents from Monsters of the Multiverse

[Charlaquin]

Well, everybody complains about Cheesecake and objectifying women. Now it's time to make an uproar about naked Goat Men in our DND. At least the women have clothes on. This guy just swinging it around all out there in the wind with a smile on his face.

Equality is demanded.

Except the depiction isn’t sexualized. It doesn’t even fall into “tasteful nude” territory.

 

[RavinRay]

What happened to the gargoyle-inspired face? Those look like wilted blue dragon ear frills.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I'll actually be surprised if Elves and all of their subraces aren't updated to Fey in the 2024 PHB update.

I don't think so. The Astral Elf lineage from the very recent UA is humanoid. I suspect "is fey" will be one of the main distinguishing features of eladrin lineage.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Why not both?

They dropped the dual type idea.

Eladrin-as-monsters are fey in MToF, I expect PC ones will be changed to match.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

I had this conversation with a friend of mind playing a centaur in another D&D game:

Me: A centaur? I guess that campaign won't be spending much time in dungeons or climbing mountains?
Him: Huh?
Me: Centaurs are large and awkward creatures. Just going up and down stairs, ladders, doorways, anywhere the party might need to crawl, turning around in very narrow passages, all of that is going to be a recurring obstacle. So I am assuming the game will be a more pastoral vibe.
Him: Centaurs are medium in 5E and you can worry about that stuff or you can just, you know, handwave it and have fun.
Me: Handwaving that stuff is the opposite of fun to me.

So that's where I still stand, but I'm glad some folks will have the options for their own style of game.

Horses aren’t actually terribly awkward. They’re quite sure footed. Some can climb very steep inclines quite easily.

And they’re medium, shorter than Goliaths. About the only actual problem would be crawling.

 

[el-remmen]

Horses aren’t actually terribly awkward. They’re quite sure footed. Some can climb very steep inclines quite easily.

And they’re medium, shorter than Goliaths. About the only actual problem would be crawling.

I don't know about that. I think a centaur mule would be better off. .


And doing steps that aren't sufficiently shallow and wide would be very difficult for them and have never known a horse that can go down a ladder. That said, them being medium would certainly help - but in my mind there is no way a classic centaur can be medium. Again, others may feel differently.

I do think playing creatures of that type work better depending on the campaign. They would likely not do well in a typical D&D campaign.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

What happened to the gargoyle-inspired face? Those look like wilted blue dragon ear frills.

The snake like hair or whatever it is has always been a trait of Abishai.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

Star Spawn Grue's are in, nice art. Obviously a playable race!/jk

 

[Paul Farquhar]

The snake like hair or whatever it is has always been a trait of Abishai.

Snakes don't have hair.

 

[Weiley31]

Star Spawn Grue's are in, nice art. Obviously a playable race!/jk

Simic Hybrid refluff.