D&D 5E A Compilation of all the Race Changes in Monsters of the Multiverse

Over on Reddit, user KingJackel went through the video leak which came out a few days ago and manually compiled a list of all the changes to races in the book. The changes are quite extensive, with only the fairy and harengon remaining unchanged. The book contains 33 races in total, compiled and updated from previous Dungeons & Dragons books.

D&D 5E - List of All 33 Races in Mordenkainen's Monsters of the Multiverse

Mordenkainen Presents Monsters of the Multiverse contains 33 races compiled from previous Dungeons & Dragons books. Aarackocra Assimar Bugbear Centaur Changeling Deep Gnome Duergar Eladrin Fairy Firbolg Genasi, Air Genasi, Earth Genasi, Fire Gennasi, Water Githyanki Githzerai Goblin Goliath...

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D&D 5E - Full List of Monsters in Mordenkainen Presents Monsters of the Multiverse

Mordenkainen Presents Monsters of the Multiverse contains revamped stat blocks for 260 monsters previously published in previous Dungeons & Dragons 5E books. The list was compiled by YouTuber Bob Worldbuilder based on some blurry screenshots originally shared by Nerd Immersion (see the video...

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[Kobold Avenger]

The strength score doesn't completely represent how much one can lift or carry, it's more of a measure of "how efficiently one can apply physical force". Strength affects how well one swings many types of weapons and athletic ability, pure bulk and size are not all that matters.

Also the strength score (and all ability scores) seems to top out at 30, because if it represented pure lifting ability a Gargantuan monster like a Kraken would have a Strength in the 100s instead of 30.

 

[Doctor Futurity]

Goblinoids are Fey now?

Wow this game has severely lost its way.

Given that I have always treated goblins as originating from fey it works well for me. Some may wonder why....but others wonder why it took so long to get this right.

 

[Crimson Longinus]

But I think if you are going to defend a mechanic based on verisimilitude, you need to make a coherent argument for why it actually simulates the thing it is trying to simulate. Saying, "there was an attempt," doesn't really mean much if the attempt doesn't produce the desired result. Personally, I can't get too bothered about fixed vs floating racial asi when the former never really did what it claimed to do.

Call of Cthulhu, fwiw, handles the issue of size better, namely by having a size stat.

I actually agree that ASIs do a poor job at simulating things. That is fair. They don't do it as well as I would like, but they do it a bit. I would prefer more, better simulation though, rather than abandoning it altogether. So from my perspective we're going from bad to worse and that the starting point was not ideal either doesn't change that.

 

[Reynard]

The strength score doesn't completely represent how much one can lift or carry, it's more of a measure of "how efficiently one can apply physical force". Strength affects how well one swings many types of weapons and athletic ability, pure bulk and size are not all that matters.

It's not even that. It's a measurement of the probability of success at a given DC for Strength based tasks. The lifting and jumping stuff is secondary to the Attribute check, I think.

 

[ART!]

I don't remember seeing much complaints about Vulcans generally being smarter than humans. And come to think of it, whilst a lot of people don't like gnomes, it is not because them being depicted smart is problematic.

Vulcans are not (generally) smarter than humans because of biology, but because of culture. There's nothing from Star Trek lore that suggests Vulcans are just biologically smarter than humans.

 

[Faolyn]

The short version in power lifting is that bigger=stronger. Not to say there aren't smaller strong people. There is a dwarf power lifter who can squat 750 pounds, but that is not near the world records for the highest weight class.

This is true. And the strongest orc will likely be stronger than the strongest gnome. But not in this one party of adventurers.

 

[Cadence]

This is true. And the strongest orc will likely be stronger than the strongest gnome. But not in this one party of adventurers.

If the Gnome has a 20, it won't be true in any party containing them, right?

 

[Faolyn]

There are outliers in every population - that's why the stats are on a distribution that approximates a normal curve. But if they were both active the same amount and led a similar lifestyle of work and activity (ie were about the same point on the curve), but one were twice the size of the other, which would you expect to be able to be able to tote around more weight or be able to apply more force to a task? That's why the ASI difference is appropriate.

I disagree that it's appropriate because (again) we're not talking about the entire race. We're talking about this one individual PC, who is an outlier.

My idea for a future-edition MM would have all the humanoids in their own chapter, written up with multiple possible suggested cultures and no statblock(s). Instead, there would a template which would then be placed on an NPC statblock. These templates would be NPC-only and contain racial ASIs. However, the actual PHB races would have no ASIs, because they're for PCs only.

 

[Faolyn]

If the Gnome has a 20, it won't be true in any party containing them, right?

No. Because the PC gnome has the 20 Strength, and (most of) the NPC gnomes don't.

 

[Parmandur]

Vulcans are not (generally) smarter than humans because of biology, but because of culture. There's nothing from Star Trek lore that suggests Vulcans are just biologically smarter than humans.

I dunno, the technological edge of the Romulan Star Empire in spite of a bananas political system suggests a possible superior brainpower, which isn't necessarily as problematic when discussing green blooded space aliens. Though Star Trek is pretty rife with problematic ideas, when push comes to shove.