D&D (2024) First playtest thread! One D&D Character Origins.

[Haplo781]

The CG ones would be descendants of the Animal Lords and the like from the Beastlands.

Of course, they may just make up a new set of CG celestials to replace the appropriated 2e eladrin, but I would personally prefer for them to keep the tulani and the like and give them a new group name ("celestial eladrin" perhaps?)

Coure?

 

[darjr]

Oh the soldier background with Goblin in it is an Eberron reference!

 

[Cadence]

RE: Ardlings - Is it just that Tieflings are edgy and cool, and aasimar aren't. But animal headed and possibly furry aasimar would be?

RE: Half-Elves - Is it that calling out half's as generally not wanted by the parents is bad? (Or something like the reaction to the use of Half-Blood in Percy Jackson?) Will letting all of the races mix freely end up with more people wondering even more why they're different races at all, and to ask why they can't just mix and match whatever they want?

 

[Zaukrie]

I think it is interesting (?) that a game that is de-emphasizing alignment (IMO) has decided it needs the good version of tieflings, by alignment.

 

[Demetrios1453]

I'm almost certain they aren't given it's one of the most popular races by the D&D Beyond. This feels like being deliberately slightly provocative to see the response.

Right, this is a UA version.

Honestly, perhaps instead of forcing either (for example) all human or all elven mechanical traits, they should allow both the "all" options like here, and allow mixing and matching of traits. That would definitely allow for the greatest flexibility. Granted, that could result in people picking overpowered parental combos, so they would have to walk a narrow line with that.

 

[Haplo781]

I think it is interesting (?) that a game that is de-emphasizing alignment (IMO) has decided it needs the good version of tieflings, by alignment.

That's just Aasimar ...

 

[Ruin Explorer]

I'm almost certain they aren't given it's one of the most popular races by the D&D Beyond. This feels like being deliberately slightly provocative to see the response.

My feeling, as a long-term Half-Elf player is that they'll get away with it.

There really isn't that much difference, on paper, between playing a Half-Elf and playing an Elf and saying they're a Half-Elf (as suggested here). I think off-paper it is a bit different because you have to keep explaining to people that you're not ACTUALLY an Elf, you're a Half-Elf, and so on (hoping Beyond lets you customize the name of the race in your Race field), but I think that won't get noticed until people actually playtest this stuff at the table, which likely will be a long time after Sept. 1st when the feedback is due.

So we will indeed say "RIP Half-Elves" as a separate race.

It's not completely impossible to imagine they might bring them back as an "example" half-race, though - just an example, of course, like how Backgrounds are all examples.

Also did everyone notice they removed the old semi-mechanical semi-RP benefit backgrounds have? I mean it's fine, but it's of note, I think.

 

[Ruin Explorer]

However, just flat, basic orcs are a base race so I'm happy. No more of this 'half orcs are fine but regular orcs are too evil' nonsense. Orcs be orcing

Orcs seem really good, too, like an absolute obvious choice for a martial melee. I expect to see an absolute ton of Orc Paladins, particularly.

 

[Minigiant]

My feeling, as a long-term Half-Elf player is that they'll get away with it.

We must fight, brother!
We must fight for the half elf, half orc,half giant, and half dwarf inclusion!

Join the Half Race Appreciation Society!

 

[Veltharis ap Rylix]

My question re: Ardlings is, why make another giod-aligned planetouched rather than go for the obvious neutral-aligned?

Mechanus, Limbo, and the Outlands don't have any representation right now.

Presumably, they wanted to mirror the "choose your planar origin" thing they were doing with Tieflings, but didn't want to overhaul the Aasimar again so soon after MotM, and the fact that Aasimar as presented in 5e are pretty much universally flavored as "angel-descended planetouched" made it comparatively easier to just create a new race to cover the existing variety of non-angelic celestials.

That said, I would like to seen a Law-based Axani/Zenythri/Aphorite-type and Chaos-based Cansin/Ganzi-type planetouched at some point...