D&D (2024) 2024 PHB Race discussion

[Rune]

It took nearly fifty years, but D&D is finally treating half-elves exactly the same way that Tolkien did!

 

[Yaarel]

@Aldarc

That feels too close to true to be funny.

The D&D Players Handbook designers are holding a gun to the head of D&D worldbuilders.

 

[Aldarc]

That feels too close to true to be funny.

The D&D Players Handbook designers are holding a gun to the head of D&D worldbuilders.

Stop engaging in gross hyperbole. They are doing NOTHING of the sort.

 

[Yaarel]

Stop engaging in gross hyperbole. They are doing NOTHING of the sort.

They wrote "gods" in the human race entry.

As if to be human, one must be a polytheist.

The intellectual violence is a gross violation of reallife inclusivity.

 

[Sorcerers Apprentice]

D&D used to be about worldbuilding.

It still is, as long as those worlds are part of the One D&D Multiverse™. If you want your own unique setting it looks like you'll be working against many of the basic assumptions of the game, so it will take extra effort.

 

[Aldarc]

They wrote "gods" in the human race entry.

As if to be human, one must be a polytheist.

The intellectual violence is a gross violation of reallife inclusivity.

They also wrote "orcs" in the orc race entry and my homebrew world doesn't have orcs! The horror! But that's WotC for you. They have all sorts of guns pointed at my head! Those monsters!

 

[GMforPowergamers]

the loss of the half-elf saddens me. I don't mind "your character can have any parents they want!". In fact I would like more nods to reskinning. But the half-elf as a thing is very D&D, and they have been a popular race option over the years.

the idea of having rules to cross any 2 races is amazing (and leads to nothing but joy) but taking the 2 cross races we had that HAD there own identity and abilities in 5e is annoying... half orcs are not orcs, and are losing there endurance.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

I like the tremorsense give to dwarves, but I really like the stone cunning bonus to checks. It's not powerful at all, so it could live together with the new ability.

i love tremor sense as a dwarven feature

 

[Horwath]

the idea of having rules to cross any 2 races is amazing (and leads to nothing but joy) but taking the 2 cross races we had that HAD there own identity and abilities in 5e is annoying... half orcs are not orcs, and are losing there endurance.

If we get some racial (gene) pointbuy system like in PF1, we could create every custom race or half-breed combination.
Or quarter-breed; my mommy was a half orc-human, and daddy was half dwarf-bugbear

 

[Nikosandros]

i love tremor sense as a dwarven feature

As I do, but the previous power was nice, tematic and could easily remain together with the new one.