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.

 

[Parmandur]

my idea is if the rules of the PHB are overturned enough that a character made from one doesn't look like one made by the other... it isn't a new edition but close enough to cheese off people

But Tasha's rules characters are not fundamentally different in any way, the initial paperwork is a smidgen different. In play, there is no difference other than details to the exceptions based rules.

god I hope not

You can take it to the bank: WotC won't want to rock the D&D boat anymore than Hasbro does Monopoly. That doesn't mean they won't still do "new editions," but look for something more like B/X to BECMI to Rules Cyclopedia, nothing as radical as 1E to 2E.

 

[overgeeked]

You can take it to the bank: WotC won't want to rock the D&D boar anymore than Hasbro does Monopoly. That doesn't mean they won't still do "new editions," but look for something more like B/X to BECMI to Rules Cyclopedia, nothing as radical as 1E ro 2E.

I think you're mostly right. But once sales fall off, WotC will make a proper "big shift" edition again.

 

[Cadence]

It's actually pop culture, not D&D that uses races wrong from a scientific point of view. Humans don't really have races biologically. I was surprised to learn that too. Exceptions like Thrikreen and Lizardfolk that really are different species exist, but Elves, Humans, Orcs, Dwarves, Halflings, Gnomes, Gith, Tieflings, Aasimar, Genasi all different races of humanity. They even can interbreed creating stuff like Half Elves, Muls, and Half Orcs.

That's not how science works with species irl. Upthread is a link to different species interbreeding, some creating fertile offspring. Some not even on the same genus.

 

[Parmandur]

I think you're mostly right. But once sales fall off, WotC will make a proper "big shift" edition again.

Not necessarily: they've proven internally that using an edition change as marketing fails in the long run. They might try all sorts of things, but disrupting the game that way is probably permanently off the menu. And indeed, a big sales drop off isn't a given, as people turn 12 every day. And I'm the Ling run, their income is going to come from merchandising once the multimedia franchise comes online.

 

[MGibster]

As someone who has played both Star Frontiers and Mekton Zeta within the past decade, lack of continued support isn't damaging. In some cases, it be immensely freeing.

I would be hard pressed to find someone who had heard of Star Frontiers or Mekton Zeta let alone had any interest in playing either of them. And I don't mean that as a slight against either of them. It's just that I've always found it a lot easier to find players to participate in games which are currently supported. At least in the past. Tt's a bit easier these days since you can often find "out of print" games available in PDF through legal means.

 

[Maxperson]

I don't see anything about Doliphons, do you mean the Deathlock, Deathlock Mastermind, and Deathlock Wight? Those are from MToF originally.

 

[Cadence]

I would be hard pressed to find someone who had heard of Star Frontiers or Mekton Zeta let alone had any interest in playing either of them. And I don't mean that as a slight against either of them. It's just that I've always found it a lot easier to find players to participate in games which are currently supported. At least in the past. Tt's a bit easier these days since you can often find "out of print" games available in PDF through legal means.

I think the biggest issue for our groups have been if the rules are available. DriveThruRpg makes that easy for a lot of long ago things.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

It's quite clear that a massive chunk of the playerbase seems to think of them as the equivalent of real world human races.

And the dumbing down of D&D continues.
First it was ability scores, now its land speed and vision.


Which is very silly.
When different races exist which differ from each other like in D&D or dog breeds when you want a real world example, then it is not racism to say X is more/less whatever then Y but a fact.

Mod Note:

I’m not sure if it’s genuine misunderstanding of deliberate mischaracterization at this point, but right now, I’m not inclined to parsing the reality.

No, there’s not a “massive chunk” of players who see D&D races as equivalent to RW races. There is, however, a large and growing number of players who recognize that there has been an unhealthy amount of use of RW bigoted language and imagery associated with several D&D races, and who would like that to stop.

If you’re intentionally conflating these two things, that speaks volumes about you. If you’re misunderstanding the issues, hopefully, this helps.

Either way, don’t venture farther down this path here if you want to continue participating in the discussion.

 

[Voadam]

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

• Aarackocra
• Assimar
• Bugbear
• Centaur

Aasimar?

Otherwise a bold move from WotC on choosing to change the name.

 

[overgeeked]

Not necessarily: they've proven internally that using an edition change as marketing fails in the long run.

Not really. They've proven internally that making an edition that is unpopular is, to no one's surprise, bad for sales.

They might try all sorts of things, but disrupting the game that way is probably permanently off the menu.

That's a big assumption. They'll do whatever it takes for maintaining and expanding sales. The game and its mechanics are secondary to that.

And indeed, a big sales drop off isn't a given, as people turn 12 every day.

No, it's not a given. But if sales do drop, they will make whatever changes, sweeping or not, to boost sales.

And I'm the Ling run, their income is going to come from merchandising once the multimedia franchise comes online.

If the multimedia franchise is successful. That's hardly a given.