D&D 5E Companion thread to 5E Survivor: Species

[Tonguez]

Let us shed a tear for the lost Human Race

 

[CreamCloud0]

Hmmm...an interesting offer. I do need a new lightning rod; the dwarf I was using is starting to look a bit scorched.

Sure, the Lizardfolk can have my upvotes. Let's clean out the barn!

if someone helps me break the holding cycle i've got the tortle stuck in with a couple of extra downvotes i'll help you downvote something else in return

 

[Riley]

I fear we are all overlooking the Shifter threat. They’re just quietly lurking at the bottom of the list, receiving neither upvotes nor downvotes.

 

[Scribe]

if someone helps me break the holding cycle i've got the tortle stuck in with a couple of extra downvotes i'll help you downvote something else in return

I can move to Tortle after my righteous vengeance is completed.

 

[el-remmen]

not until all Tiefling hellspawn are banished to oblivion!


I like Saurians well enough, You downvote Tieflings I’ll upvote Lizards

Deal! I'll trade off my downvotes between your preference and @CleverNickName's in return for Lizardfolk upvotes!

 

[Vaalingrade]

I fear we are all overlooking the Shifter threat. They’re just quietly lurking at the bottom of the list, receiving neither upvotes nor downvotes.

Worst Eberron species is still better than most others.

 

[Scribe]

Halfling - 51
Dwarf - 47
Shifter - 44
Genasi - 41
Gnome - 39
Tiefling - 35

 

[CleverNickName]

Giff 0

Sorry my old gun-loving friend.

One's admiration of artillery isn't a racial species trait. Can't gnomes and halflings also be "gun-loving friends"?

 

[overgeeked]

One's admiration of artillery isn't a racial species trait. Can't gnomes and halflings also be "gun-loving friends"?

It was when they were introduced. The 2E version of Spelljammer (and the giff) are infinitely superior to the 5E versions.

"The giff pride themselves on their weapon skills, and any giff will have a number of swords, daggers, maces, and similar tools on hand to deal with troublemakers. In giff terms, a troublemaker is any non-giff one's boss tells him is a troublemaker. Giff will collect weapons as well, accumulating pole arms from half a hundred worlds and being able to tell the origin and purpose of said arms, and what they killed most recently.

But the giff's true love in weaponry is guns. Their love of explosives serves as a good warning to other races. Any giff will have a 20% chance for an arquebus (or, rarely, a wheel lock) and sufficient smoke powder for 2-8 shots. A misfiring weapon is of little matter to the giff (occasional fatalities are expected)-the flash, noise, and damage is what most impresses them."

 

[Vaalingrade]

Being cartoon Age of Discovery Brits is more the Giff thing than the God of Firearms deal they picked up this edition.

That said, I did feature a father/daughter pair of halflings snipers in one of my books. Their shtick was shooting giant monster's in the eye.