D&D 5E List of All 33 Races in Mordenkainen's Monsters of the Multiverse

Mordenkainen Presents Monsters of the Multiverse contains 33 races compiled from previous Dungeons & Dragons books.

• Aarackocra
• Assimar
• Bugbear
• Centaur
• Changeling
• Deep Gnome
• Duergar
• Eladrin
• Fairy
• Firbolg
• Genasi, Air
• Genasi, Earth
• Genasi, Fire
• Gennasi, Water
• Githyanki
• Githzerai
• Goblin
• Goliath
• Harengon
• Hobgoblin
• Kenku
• Kobold
• Lizardfolk
• Minotaur
• Orc
• Satyr
• Sea Elf
• Shadar Kai
• Shifter
• Tabaxi
• Turtle
• Triton
• Yuan-ti

D&D 5E - Full List of Monsters in Mordenkainen Presents Monsters of the Multiverse

Mordenkainen Presents Monsters of the Multiverse contains revamped stat blocks for 260 monsters previously published in previous Dungeons & Dragons 5E books. The list was compiled by YouTuber Bob Worldbuilder based on some blurry screenshots originally shared by Nerd Immersion (see the video...

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While reprinted, these races have all been updated to the current standard used by WotC for D&D races used in Tasha's Cauldron of Everything, including a free choice of ability score increases (increase one by 2 points and another by 1 point; or increase three by 1 point), and small races not suffering a movement speed penalty.

The video below from Nerd Immersion delves into the races in more detail.

 

[GreyLord]

I would be absolutely shocked if getting some completionists to buy more than they would have otherwise didn't enter into the thinking. (I think a lot of MtG folks would be similarly shocked about how some of the things over there work if that wasn't part of the goal). And I would be similarly surprised if new players were best served by a $129 special cover set than they would be by being able to pick the books up one at a time based on their interest.

$129 vs $150.

It's actually somewhat of a deal to buy 3 books in one set for that price than 3 individually.

 

[Maxperson]

Okay, you have me hooked.

I've never seen someone ask for more Incarnum. Or remember Incarnum.

I personally liked the soul magic idea, but found the entire implementation goofy as all get-out.

What do you miss about it. What type of expansions are you looking for?

Yeah. It was the one book I could find nothing useful in. I tried multiple times over the years to no avail. And like you, I found the idea of soul magic to be intriguing. I really wanted to find something usable.

 

[Parmandur]

At the LGS sure. I'm guessing many are getting Tasha for $27.18 and Xanthar's for $31.49 on Amazon. (The gift set is $152.96 there).

And I will admit my perspective is skewed by who in my household is buying. My 12 yo and relatives buying gifts for him can come up with $25-50 at a time than three times that. Since I don't have Volo or Xanthar, I was tempted and it would be fine for me. I'm not sure I want to bother if I think the character options will get similar treatment (a single combined book) in a year or two. (And I can borrow my son's ;-) ).

I doubt these will get printed in a different book anytime soon: this is probably future proofed to work with the new Core. However, borrowing from children is a time honored tradition.

 

[Gammadoodler]

Yet more legacies of the game being destroyed. Let's give everyone goodies, no drawbacks/penalties/etc. despite it making perfect sense (please explain how a halfling has the same stride as a human...? Or why eyes adjust perfectly fine despite being a pure underground race?)

Everything the same as the rest.

So exactly what makes anything distinct in D&D anymore? It's all cardboard copies of each other now.

Jeez this game is falling apart. And the rookies who don't know better eat it up cause cash is all the company cares about.

Missing the TSR days more and more

I mean..the explanation for these things is simple..

All the D&D races (including D&D humans really) are fictional. As such the things they can do are governed by the drivers of the fiction.

If you need to, you can imagine that small creatures have high density fast twitch muscles. Or that underground races have sense organs or protections to allow them to adapt to sunlight. But it's no more or less "reasonable" if you don't.

It's all fantasy after all.

 

[darjr]

Oh! That’s why the new book instead of errata. Huh? Cool.

 

[overgeeked]

There are plenty of biologically different irl species that can breed. That's not an inherent part of the definition. List of genetic hybrids - Wikipedia

And, magic. I'm guessing they can interbreed in D&D because of Tolkien. Where they were clearly different.

So D&D races are the same family or genus. Or magic. Most of those listed in the wiki are such “startling” and “amazing” crossbreeding examples such as two kinds of rhino having a hybrid child or two kinds of horse. When a dog and a cat or a fish and a mammal produce a natural, fertile hybrid, then we’re talking.

 

[MGibster]

But it doesn’t. Did I miss “elf” on that list of races?

I'm confused then. My PHB says that these core races get specific ability score increases depending on which race is chosen. I thought more recent releases changed that and that these changes were the default so far as WotC was concerned. Am I misinformed?

 

[Professor Murder]

My main concern at this juncture is the following: Will DnDBeyond "update" all these PC races if you have the original sourcebooks on your account but not this new book. ex: Genasi. Comes in a free supplement. What version will I get prior to purchase of the new book? Same issue with Monster statblocks. It's all revisions of existing materials is my understanding. If I had Volo's on my account, what version of a given monster will I get?

 

[overgeeked]

$129 vs $150.

It's actually somewhat of a deal to buy 3 books in one set for that price than 3 individually.

Except all the discount retailers and online shopping sites. You can find brand new copies of these for $20. Amazon alone will have the brand new $50 books selling for $35 before it’s even released.

 

[Vaalingrade]

Half-species in D&D can be explained entirely as a product human determination.