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Now you got me wondering as to why there aren't any goblin subspecies who hail from the Shadowfell. The Elves have the Shadar-Kai after all.

Somehow, I don't think the type change is going to work that well thanks to 50 years of game inertia and player stubbornness. You will have some of the newest generation of D&D players seeing them as Fey and role-playing them as Fey characters. But a certain number of them are going to be...

How many times has D&D almost died?

Logan's Run. :p

This is one reason why there are so many D&D brews out there. If one of them isn't to your tastes, then you can either brew up your own version of D&D or find one that does meet your tastes.

In other words, there is a Feywild subrace of the Goblins just as the Eladrin are a Feywild subrace of Elf. The Unseelie Goblin.

These three have a clearly visible tail. Copper Dragonborn College of Valor Bard, page 67. Gold Dragonborn Monk, page 100 Blue Dragonborn Aberrant Sorcerer, page 145

I think quite a number of players who have or are role-playing a Dragonborn atm have called out Tails. Nearly every Dragonborn pic in the 5.5 PHB now has them supporting tails. Wings? They need some work. Spectral wings just won't do.

Like Reptilian in 3e's Reptilian subtype. Kobolds back then were Humanoids with the Reptilian subtype. They weren't Humanoids with the Kobold subtype. The word became something of an oddity because there weren't any other words like it. Aarakocara, for instance, weren't Humanoids with an Avian...

So, does this mean that 5.5e is courting magic essentialism now?

Exactly. A5e's separation of race/species into heritage and culture added a new level of customization to the character creation process. Before A5e, if you wanted to a play a human raised within a dwarven culture, you could role-play that element. However, you gained none of the benefits from...

Which D&D has been trying to move away from since 5e's debut back in 2014. The most recent move away from biological essentialism in D&D was to move ASIs away from a given species and into a given background. I am not completely convinced a Type change is a significant move given that there is...

According to the 5.5e Monster Manual, Humanoids are now people defined by their roles and professions, such as mages, pirates and warriors. They include members of varied species. Fey, otoh, are defined as creatures tied to the Feywild or forces of nature, such as dryads, goblins and pixies. The...

Or he could be a Fighter from Level Up and have the Charging Shield archetype. :) https://a5e.tools/node/3723 There are many ways of looking at a particular character without getting into magic.

This reminded me of the 1984 animated Lensmen movie. :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lensman_(1984_film)#Plot

Emphasis on the surprise part until it was realized that a Monk's Ki abilities function a bit like 3e's psychometabolism. Monks give themselves a bit of a psychic buff whenever they use a ki-related ability.

From Wikipedia: Dragon No. 379 included the Assassin class, introducing the shadow power source. The Player's Handbook 3 introduced the psionic power source, which draws power from the mind. Player's Option: Heroes of the Elemental Chaos introduced builds that use the elemental power source.

After reading through the Praetor subclass, I can see why. ;) Edit: If I was to play a Psyknight (Praetor), I would be aiming for a two-bladed Starglaive.

In PF1, they would have been a Monk/Kineticist hybrid class who focused on telekinesis and the Kinetic Blade infusion. :)

The Jedi and the Sith are Psion subclasses who lean toward the Monk class. ;)