D&D General 5.5 PHB Species Options

[Zardnaar]

There's a good meme for that, but yeah, we want to play ourselves, just....better and Fantastical.

That abdvits mechanically really good.

 

[Chaltab]

My first 5E character was a human fighter so I get it, but I'm surprised it's THAT far ahead of everything else. Then again starting with two Feats is pretty big even if they're limited to Oregano Feats.

 

[pawsplay]

I just don't like the new goliaths. Pretty much all the old goliath lore is out the window, and ultimately, after three editions of being a giant-like race who were their own thing, they have finally been reduced to thematic lesser giantkin associated with specific species of giants.

Humans remain a strong choice, elves have some strong choices. Tieflings are just inherently cool. I can't imagine being highly motivated to play an orc, and only slightly moreso a dwarf. I don't like that aasimar no longer have subtypes.

 

[Chaltab]

Honestly I'm still trying to figure out why Hill Goliaths are yellow.

 

[Corinnguard]

I picked Dragonborn, Goliath and Human. Of the three, I would be more likely to role-play the 5.5 Dragonborn. It's a lot better than the 5.0 version with regards to its' breath weapon (I like how you can now switch between a line and a cone AoE) and its' new Spectral wings feature. However, I do wish each kind of Dragonborn had a subspecies trait or two to help set them apart from one another. A topic for another thread...

 

[BookTenTiger]

If I were creating a character, my top three choices would be Halfling, Dragonborn, Tiefling.

For me, these three have fun built-in stories:

Halflings: being the underdog, the small one in a world of giants

Dragonborn: being the charismatic monster, all the interesting characteristics of dragons

Tiefling: opportunity to explore demonic origin / influence