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If the word 'race' is making certain players uncomfortable, I think 'species' is a much more scientifically correct word to describe the numerous creatures of the D&D role playing game.

A Mind Flayer has left its colony and is free from its Elder Brain's influence. It frequents the city's library and studies its books in order to learn of a way to remain free of its influence, but the townsfolk are afraid the Falyer's here to spy on them and learn their weaknesses to share with...

But that's the thing. The majority of humans needed to make cities in order to protect themselves. Lizardfolk don't make cities because they would hamper their abilities instead of complimenting them. They swim a lot better and faster than humans do (granting them underwater mobility) and...

My body is ready, btw.

Which do you think is easier for a cat to do? Use a ladder, or climb a tree? Lizardfolk can hold their breath for 15 minutes. Lying in wait underwater is much easier and effective for them than it is for a human. Using their skin as camouflage in folliage is much easier for them than it is for...

No arguments there. I remember how people were impressed and applauded the fact that Half-Orcs were no longer the result of rapes, but rather a well-thought plan by orc tribes settlements in order to create more efficient half-breed soldiers. The second they retcon the Mind Flayers to not have...

I don't know ... because they live in swamps? Because they take advantage of their environment in a different way than humans do, have different abilities than humans and therefore do not need to build structures like humans do? Because it makes them unique by not doing so than yet ANOTHER...

I don't disagree with this. I just don't want entire species in D&D to change their behaviors, eco-systems and habitats because people feel insulted by the lifestyle of a fictional creature. If people said that PoC are tribal creatures, they are a-holes for saying it, I'm not defending...

The problem is that people can't say or write anything in this day and age without feeling as if they're walking on egg shells. Every single word is put under a microscope and analyzed to death in order to search for signs of bigotry, racism, and I don't know what else.

That the specific humanoid race isn't as advanced as other humanoid societies. Now why exactly is that insulting? Why should I feel insulted that a fictional, reptilian race only gathers in tribes? I'm having trouble understanding where the line is drawn. Two days ago I found out that killing...

So by making Lizardfolk content on living in the swamps with their shamans and their spears, WotC are being racist?

Lizardfolk were always depicted as a primitive species (not stupid, just not socially and technologically advanced when compared to demihumans) who always formed tribes. Now they will be retconned into forming cities and nations as well as tribes, for the sake of not insulting players who will...

I don't understand. Is this a thing with orcs only? Or will all monstrous humanoids will now not form tribes? I'm sorry, maybe it's the fact that I'm not an American, or an English native speaker, but I never thought of black people when I read 'savage' and 'tribes'. The D&D is supposedly on a...

Can someone point out to me the language which is being used which makes monstrous races sound like victims of racism? I don't know the PHB by heart.

I explained my reasons. I don't want all races to be generalized because it might make them less unique. Telling me to go to school for thinking that is asinine, so back off with the insults. I don't think less of you for having a different opinion, and I expect the same from you.

What I really loved about 5th edition is that it made every single monster and PC race feel unique, due to abilities and modifiers. I don't want that be taken away. I UNDERSTAND that it makes little sense to have a dwarf who was raised in a library to have a +2 CON by default and not a +2 in...

I dunno ... I think the reason the Drow became so popular was because they were so evil and dark and twisted. If you take that away from the Drow ... will they still be as relevant ten years from now as they are today?

If by 'culture' you mean 'exiled elves who now live in the Underdark and worship a Goddess of spite, femdom and revenge', isn't that already an option without changing the Drow?

So basically, you won't be picking a dwarf because he's resistant to poison and has a CON/STR bonus, but you'll pick a dwarf because you want your character to look like a dwarf. But why stop there? Why should dwarves be short and be subjected to cruel jokes and insults? Any dwarf should be as...

Yes, I gave my PCs max hp ... as well to my monsters. After taking three hours for a CR5 to end, I concluded that giving max hp to every single monster wasn't the best idea.