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<blockquote data-quote="Argyle King" data-source="post: 7154287" data-attributes="member: 58416">I'm a fan.&nbsp; Though, oddly, I'm not a fan of anime at all, so my votes for Tabaxi in the other thread have no connection to it.Instead, like many others, Tabaxi are my stand-in for Khajiit.&nbsp; As I said in the other thread, they're also a lazy way for me to convert Woem, a catfolk race I homebrewed in other games and others editions, when running some of the older stuff I've written.&nbsp; They're significantly different enough to be something other than Tabaxi, but, until I get around to figuring out how to recreate them in 5th edition, Tabaxi stats work well enough.&nbsp; With a few minor changes, Tabaxi can also work for the Litorians, if you wanted to run Ptolus in 5th Edition.I am a fan of the classic fantasy races too, but there are some things I find strange about the definition of &quot;classic.&quot;&nbsp; For one, in my opinion, the lizard man is a classic fantasy archetype, but only one edition of D&amp;D (4th) introduced a core PC race with reptilian features: the dragonborn (and they're arguably not lizard men).&nbsp; Secondly, I often find it strange that multiple types of elves is a common trope, but the majority of settings only seem to have one type of dwarf or two types of dwarf which are slightly different.&nbsp; Thirdly, I am not always sure I understand what the identity of D&amp;D Gnomes is supposed to be.&nbsp; Lastly, I'm not always clear on what the divide is between orcs and goblinoids (or why orcs are even considered evil when considering the story of Gruumsh).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Argyle King, post: 7154287, member: 58416"] I'm a fan. Though, oddly, I'm not a fan of anime at all, so my votes for Tabaxi in the other thread have no connection to it. Instead, like many others, Tabaxi are my stand-in for Khajiit. As I said in the other thread, they're also a lazy way for me to convert Woem, a catfolk race I homebrewed in other games and others editions, when running some of the older stuff I've written. They're significantly different enough to be something other than Tabaxi, but, until I get around to figuring out how to recreate them in 5th edition, Tabaxi stats work well enough. With a few minor changes, Tabaxi can also work for the Litorians, if you wanted to run Ptolus in 5th Edition. I am a fan of the classic fantasy races too, but there are some things I find strange about the definition of "classic." For one, in my opinion, the lizard man is a classic fantasy archetype, but only one edition of D&D (4th) introduced a core PC race with reptilian features: the dragonborn (and they're arguably not lizard men). Secondly, I often find it strange that multiple types of elves is a common trope, but the majority of settings only seem to have one type of dwarf or two types of dwarf which are slightly different. Thirdly, I am not always sure I understand what the identity of D&D Gnomes is supposed to be. Lastly, I'm not always clear on what the divide is between orcs and goblinoids (or why orcs are even considered evil when considering the story of Gruumsh). [/QUOTE]

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