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When I come up with a creature or race that has animal features, the very first thing I do is research that animal and borrow less obvious aspects of it and think about the implications of those aspects. So, your creature has a squid-like head. Do they lay eggs like squid do? Some squid attach...

Some thoughts that jump to mind: Relations with other races - How does this race fit into the rest of the world in relation to the other existing races? Are they friendly, hostile? Do they keep to themselves or are they integrated into diverse settlements? Is it rare to see them wandering...

I think that goes back to needing more diversity on the writing/creating side. CR, for all that I love it, is written by a white DM and played on screen by majority white players (Robbie Daymond and other rotating guests being notable exceptions). I have a lot of respect for Matt Mercer and I...

I would suggest that the problem isn't about just one setting, but about official DnD/WoC materials in general lacking diversity. I don't think anybody would try to argue that every single setting must include every single culture, just as not every setting needs to include every official...

I would suggest that the problem isn't about just one setting, but about official DnD/WoC materials in general lacking diversity. I don't think anybody would try to argue that every single setting must include every single culture, just as not every setting needs to include every official...

That's a fair point about corrective lenses. I didn't mean to imply that there is an official "take a flaw to get a benefit" rule, more that having racial flaws like sun sensitivity posed an enjoyable challenge for some players that they chose to accept because they like the flavor or the...

I know some people like to take encumbrance into account at their tables, but don't a lot of games already ignore it without much issue? It's never seemed that difficult to me to apply the "within reason" rule to encumbrance: yes, you can carry 500 gold coins in your pocket without your pants...

Exactly this. If you're going to have an evil monstrous race that is explicitly based on a certain real world culture or race, then you need to have actual people of that culture represented as well. Likewise, the problem isn't putting evil monsters in culturally specific clothing. The problem...