D&D General your favourite fantasy sapient?

[Shiroiken]

Elves are lithe and graceful (of which I'm neither) with a relaxed, long of view of life. They understand the balance between the needs of the individual and the desires of society (chaotic).

 

[Bitbrain]

#1 Muls - I really, really like the idea of a half-dwarf. We already have half-elves, why not half-dwarves too?

#2 Lizardfolk - There’s just something about playing a semi-aquatic reptile-man which I find really appealing.

 

[RoughCoronet0]

aside from pure spectacle what makes dragon interesting?

For me personally, Dragons are interesting because they can be just about anything you want them to been. I've used dragons of all age categories as tavern owners, shop keepers, captured creatures needing rescue, local protectors, rulers of kingdoms, leaders of bandits and mercenaries, cult leaders, high priests, forces of destruction, roaming monsters, as a part of an ancient civilization of dragons, warlock patrons, adventuring patrons, and much more.

Dragons are intelligent and ambitious creatures and they express a wide variety of personalities that make for interesting characters, while also being incredibly powerful and capable of great acts of creation and destruction.

 

[cbwjm]

what is an irda?

Fancy ogres. They were one of the first races in the world, created by the evil gods. While most of the race devolved into the ogres we all know, a small group turned to good and retained their appearance and culture, going into hiding on an isolated island.

They were quite a powerful race mechanically, skilled at magic and with natural shapechanging ability.

 

[Mind of tempest]

Fancy ogres. They were one of the first races in the world, created by the evil gods. While most of the race devolved into the ogres we all know, a small group turned to good and retained their appearance and culture, going into hiding on an isolated island.

They were quite a powerful race mechanically, skilled at magic and with natural shapechanging ability.

what are they culturally like?

 

[BookTenTiger]

explain the other small people as what you describe only half applies to them?

Well it only half applies to them because they're so small!

By "other small people" I mean Hobbits by any other name. In Willow they're dwarves, in D&D they're halflings, but they usually follow the same tropes. They would usually prefer to stay home with good food and a smoking pipe, but when adventure calls they step up and do their best, even though other taller people think, well, little of them. I love the story embedded in the little folk trope!

 

[Lanefan]

what makes the drow work well as opponents?

They're smart, for one thing, which makes them fun to run; cunning and ruthless are mere bonuses. There's also a built-in reason for at least some of the PCS (the Elves) to oppose them. And they can use gobs of magic, including spells that never made it to the surface.

And if things go wrong they've got Driders to back them up.

 

[Mind of tempest]

They're smart, for one thing, which makes them fun to run; cunning and ruthless are mere bonuses. There's also a built-in reason for at least some of the PCS (the Elves) to oppose them. And they can use gobs of magic, including spells that never made it to the surface.

And if things go wrong they've got Driders to back them up.

make sense so they are like mind flayer but better looking.

 

[Lanefan]

make sense so they are like mind flayer but better looking.

And without all the psionic baggage, also not "outsiders".

 

[dave2008]

your favourite fantasy sapient type what is it and why?
we have all heard of those who pick elf above all others, the dedicated teifling player or those who seem to just love dwarves
tell me what you love about their base lore and what you make to enhance it?
this is for both fantasy races as well as those monsters who have culture and goals
I would share my own but I lack one hence I ask of others that I can't answer on my own

Half-dragon/dragonborn/draconian, some variant of a dragon person. #2 would be a human