CreamCloud0
One day, I hope to actually play DnD.
making this so we have a place to discuss the survivor thread without cluttering it
D&D 5E Companion thread to 5E Survivor: Species
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CreamCloud0
One day, I hope to actually play DnD.
while i'm not surprised human is getting stomped on this early i don't exactly enjoy seeing it, human are only as 'boring' as you imagine them and the fact that hundereds of other media manage to be interesting with only humans attests to that, i was going to vote for hospitality halfling but seeing warforged so downvoted so soon i felt the need to vote for that first. why the hate for it?
CleverNickName
Limit Break Dancing
Welp, my favorite is already eliminated (the custom rules from Tasha's Cauldron of Everything) so I no longer have a champion in this fight. There are some good ones on the list that I've enjoyed playing in the past; I'll just have to pick one. I really like the new Dragonborn species in Fizban's Treasury of Dragons, and I've had a lot of fun playing Variant Humans.
And for the sake of completeness, I added in the weird races from Spelljammer, just to watch them get trounced (and hopefully give the Warforged a bit of breathing room). I really (truly, deeply, passionately) do not like science-fiction flavored D&D, so I've got plenty of other targets on the field now. I'll still be downvoting the Warforged, for sure, but it's no longer my main target.
And for the sake of completeness, I added in the weird races from Spelljammer, just to watch them get trounced (and hopefully give the Warforged a bit of breathing room). I really (truly, deeply, passionately) do not like science-fiction flavored D&D, so I've got plenty of other targets on the field now. I'll still be downvoting the Warforged, for sure, but it's no longer my main target.
Vaalingrade
Legend
Everything good, and also humans are going to go away quick on EnWorld.
This is inevitably going to be an elf fight, but I'm going to keep the Eberron goodness alive as long as possible
This is inevitably going to be an elf fight, but I'm going to keep the Eberron goodness alive as long as possible
RealAlHazred
Frumious Flumph
I feel like this is going to be the Survivor thread with the most corrections. I have already contributed, because DNS issues and some weirdness with my browser meant I commented on a post from last night instead of the latest one, so I already had to correct myself and then the guy who voted after me...
RealAlHazred
Frumious Flumph
Which is D&D tradition. I remember playing Moldvay Basic D&D back in the day, and everybody made an elf because there wasn't any downside to it -- it was objectively the most powerful race. So, the DM bribed players into making other races by starting them off with minor magic items. Which led to an arms race which ended up destroying the campaign both in-game and out-of-game. Bitter arguments! Shouted accusations! Tears and wails and gnashing teeth! wipes tear from eye Good times!
CleverNickName
Limit Break Dancing
And add onto that the number of people who are blocking/ignoring other people, and we're already elbow-deep in chaos.
Some people on these boards have very strong opinions about the various ancestries in D&D. Their opinions are so strong that they ignore/block (and get ignored/blocked by) other members just for having a different points of view. Both of them are more likely to post in this thread, because this is a passionate topic for them and obviously Their Favorite Must Win To Prove They Are Right...but unfortunately they can't see each other's votes. So I predict epic levels of cross-posting.
That's why I saved this one for last.
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RealAlHazred
Frumious Flumph
Weird. I see there was a response on the thread, but there's nothing there! It must be the pills again!
/s
RuinousPowers
Hero
This should have been broken into sections!!
Ruin Explorer
Legend
Oh god that's a really unfortunate but very valid issue, damn.
CleverNickName
Limit Break Dancing
I tried, I really did. But I couldn't find a fair and balanced way to do that.
What categories would you have used?
Vaalingrade
Legend
And there's two options for ignore: a hellban where they can see you but you can't see them, or the peaceful one that makes you invisible to them and they don't even know it. So some people are missing posts without even knowing that was a thing that was happening.
Mind of tempest
(he/him)
my mission statement.
CleverNickName
Limit Break Dancing
A popular approach, it would seem.
So for all of the Humanity Haters, what is your motivation? What do the Humans have/lack that other species on the list don't?
Vaalingrade
Legend
I just killed the base humans for the audacity of not being variants and therefore encouraging featless play.
The rest may live until I've eliminated as many elves as possible
CleverNickName
Limit Break Dancing
That's...a bit upside-down, I think. Feats are the optional rule, not the default rule.
It's as good of a reason to downvote it as any other; I would have downvoted it for being boring. "My special power is not being special." Zzzz. I much prefer the Dragonmarked Houses from Eberron. The V.Human in the Player's Handbook is pretty good too, even if the only thing that makes them special is starting the game with a feat.
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