D&D General what is the worst race in dnd?

[Vaalingrade]

the scaly makes sense, wings would get them banned at most tables, the lack of tails you are absolutely right on.

Scaly is what sets them apart from dwarves, fear of flying is a blight on our culture.

 

[Mind of tempest]

Scaly is what sets them apart from dwarves, fear of flying is a blight on our culture.

we agree but that does not change the opinions of others, also it might be the whole give lizard looking people a warror culture thing that half of sci fi has for some reason.

 

[Tales and Chronicles]

Oh yeah, I mean, they have Walrus-men. Is there anyone who ever said to themselves, "man, I wish I could play an anthropomorphic Walrus in D&D"?

I actually do.

If prefer my furry races to avoid the cutesy (or worse...) tropes, so a Walrus-men is not that bad, same with the Loxos from FR/Ravnica or Thri-kreen. Not that furries wont find a way to turn even those into creepy sexy monstrosities.

Never.Ever. google '' X animal-men '' on google. You wont find anything D&D related and your soul will be swallowed whole

 

[Tales and Chronicles]

Scaly is what sets them apart from dwarves, fear of flying is a blight on our culture.

I think Dragonborn would be more interesting if they were more centaur-shaped, like a drake lower body a human torso and their usual dragonish face. Add a tail there and you are set. And that unusual body shape gives some kind of reason to avoid flight, cause you'd need 2 pairs of wing to lift them. Oh, and give them also the cool specific crests all dragons have.

Because, as of now, they do indeed look more like lizard-folk-men (half-human/half-lizardfolk) rather than anything draconic.

Something like this, evidently with a scaled body and shorter, clawed legs.

 

[aco175]

Well, if I can choose 2, then Gully Dwarves.

There are 3 types of people in the world. Those that can do math and those that cannot do math.

 

[FrozenNorth]

From a 5e mechanical point of view, it’s hard to go past goblins though. The iconic goblin pc would be a rogue, but goblin racial abilities duplicate rogue abilities so you gain little, and their only other ability of note is a teeny tiny damage boost a couple of times a day. For a race that should be one of the most obvious ‘monster pc’ options, it’s a dud.

Volo’s 5e Orc is worse though. One of two races with a stat penalty, and a racial ability that is extremely situational, they were just bad.

 

[Twiggly the Gnome]

I think Dragonborn would be more interesting if they were more centaur-shaped, like a drake lower body a human torso and their usual dragonish face. Add a tail there and you are set. And that unusual body shape gives some kind of reason to avoid flight, cause you'd need 2 pairs of wing to lift them. Oh, and give them also the cool specific crests all dragons have.

Yeah, Dracons were pretty cool, wish they had made their way into nuSpelljammer.

 

[FrozenNorth]

Do you expect all dwarves to be grumpy curmudgeons and half elves to be whiny and conflicted? Cos that’s from the same novel.

There’s be plenty of mender in Dragonlance who are quite different to Tasslehoff

Before Flint, there were quite a few dwarven characters that players could take as their inspiration. Tasselhoff was not only the first kender most people were exposed to, he went on to star in a large number of Dragonlance novels.

He was also hardly the only kender portrayed that way in Dragonlance. In Kendermore, his Uncle Trapspringer is similarly obnoxious.

Also, I remember seeing the Dragonlance write-up for kender and it definitely encouraged bad behaviour on the part of players.

 

[Clint_L]

My answer is Halflings, but only because I think the Halfing Luck trait is bad for the game.

 

[Vaalingrade]

My answer is Halflings, but only because I think the Halfing Luck trait is bad for the game.

Yeah, everyone should have it, not just halflings.