D&D (2024) Fey Video Critique & Alternate Perspective

[Remathilis]

In what way are your feelings on the matter any more valid than theirs?

I didn't. I just said that's a lot of words to express a very simple difference in taste.

 

[Micah Sweet]

I didn't. I just said that's a lot of words to express a very simple difference in taste.

Maybe so, but I can't see any logical errors in any piece of that post. It isn't necessarily true, but it absolutely can be.

 

[Sorcerers Apprentice]

I think this has some nuance based on the fact that 2024 isn't a fully new edition. It exists in the context of being 5e. 5e already has humanoid goblins, and those aren't going anywhere. I suspect the humanoid goblins will use the "generic NPC" statblocks, rather than any entry for "Goblin." It sounds like they're not going to focus on them, but much like, idk, the rune knight, it's still a viable option.

My impression is that for players who start with 5.5 and only own those books, fey goblins will be the only ones that exist.

 

[Micah Sweet]

My impression is that for players who start with 5.5 and only own those books, fey goblins will be the only ones that exist.

Not exactly the company line according to the video.

 

[dave2008]

My impression is that for players who start with 5.5 and only own those books, fey goblins will be the only ones that exist.

Possibly, but that was not how it was described in the video.

 

[UngeheuerLich]

I am still baffled how one can be so upset about that change...

...other than having older modules be a bit less fitting if goblins are fey...

I am a big fan of the old treasure hunt module. Right now I am not sure how fey goblins work as pirates... I have to think about that.

 

[I'm A Banana]

My impression is that for players who start with 5.5 and only own those books, fey goblins will be the only ones that exist.

I'd wager we still have a Goblin template for the NPC statblocks, which is how you'd stat up a humanoid goblin with the 2025 MM.

 

[UngeheuerLich]

I'd wager we still have a Goblin template for the NPC statblocks, which is how you'd stat up a humanoid goblin with the 2025 MM.

At least all the changes have really sparked my curiosity.

 

[Shadowdweller00]

Waiting to see the actual execution. I like and have long liked the idea of goblinoids having a fey origin; which is in keeping with myth and faerie-tale fantasy origins. I am, however, STRONGLY against the idea of the rank-and-file goblinoid variations no longer counting as a humanoid. Because this would break lore continuity and place undesirable limits on enchantment spells against common low-level enemies.

So if the MM includes a few stronger or rarer fey-based goblinoid variants - cool. If the default is that virtually none are humanoids any longer then the change won't ever see the light of day in any of my games.

 

[Bae'zel]

That’s tough, bro. Hard times indeed.

I’m waiting on a cancer diagnosis myself. But I empathize with the angst.