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

[EzekielRaiden]

Haven't you heard? Tolkien is old-hat. Out of fashion. Tired, and played-out, and (insert cliché for 'not new' here).

Old and Busted: Tolkien elves and dwarves and hobbits saving the world, in a high fantasy epic campaign saga.
New Hotness: Marvel superheroes with mutant powers from another dimension, sandboxing in a cinematic Hollywood blockbuster.

I don't hate Tolkienesque things.

I hate that Tolkienesque things are the only thing allowed in a lot of places.

Hence, I would like to see things that are not so enforced to get more time in the sun.

Not in a 5th Edition survivor thread.

(I miss the little doggos.)

Someone wrote a homebrew fey corgi race for 4e. I thought those were awesome, and also adorable.

 

[CreamCloud0]

Someone get a species down to 2 so I can kill it.

quick i opened up leonin for you, take the killing blow!

 

[Mind of tempest]

I don't hate Tolkienesque things.

I hate that Tolkienesque things are the only thing allowed in a lot of places.

Hence, I would like to see things that are not so enforced to get more time in the sun.


Someone wrote a homebrew fey corgi race for 4e. I thought those were awesome, and also adorable.

honestly, I find the Tolkienesque have just been dominant for far to long, let something else rule so it has a chance to be interesting again.

 

[EzekielRaiden]

honestly, I find the Tolkienesque have just been dominant for far to long, let something else rule so it has a chance to be interesting again.

I don't even see it as a zero-sum game. The world can have many popular things, for exactly the same reason that you can have Chinese restaurants and Mexican restaurants and classical American restaurants, and have them all be literally within five minutes' walk of each other.

Though I have to admit, I do get at least some schadenfreude out of having lived through the intense grognard hatred for dragonborn...only to see dragonborn become the 3rd most popular non-human race, after only elves and half-elves. (And technically, that means in "One D&D," they'd become the second-most-popular non-human species after elves, because half-elves and half-orcs are getting deleted with extreme prejudice.)

Far from being a bizarro inclusion that didn't "deserve" to be there, dragonborn have become a new part of D&D's identity.

 

[el-remmen]

Not in a 5th Edition survivor thread.

I guess I need to set my sights on kobolds next then. Sad.

 

[Mind of tempest]

I don't even see it as a zero-sum game. The world can have many popular things, for exactly the same reason that you can have Chinese restaurants and Mexican restaurants and classical American restaurants, and have them all be literally within five minutes' walk of each other.

Though I have to admit, I do get at least some schadenfreude out of having lived through the intense grognard hatred for dragonborn...only to see dragonborn become the 3rd most popular non-human race, after only elves and half-elves. (And technically, that means in "One D&D," they'd become the second-most-popular non-human species after elves, because half-elves and half-orcs are getting deleted with extreme prejudice.)

Far from being a bizarro inclusion that didn't "deserve" to be there, dragonborn have become a new part of D&D's identity.

given the type of thing I like in a fantasy race gets eaten by elves just endlessly I end up more competitive as I have to fight for a spot, as your dragon born do not have to fight for a place as much as good guy reptile and paladin race as less competitive slots.

 

[EzekielRaiden]

I guess I need to set my sights on kobolds next then. Sad.

I mean, it's about time someone did. They'd been sitting just shy of 20 for several pages, presumably hoping to quietly coast to victory while people are focused elsewhere.

 

[RoughCoronet0]

I mean, I’d rather Kobolds win then any Dwarves, Elf, or Gnome at this point.

 

[Tonguez]

I mean, I’d rather Kobolds win then any Dwarves, Elf, or Gnome at this point.

Nah, Dwarf and Gnome are golden, kobolds winning would just be to settling for lowgrade in order to be contrarian.

 

[RoughCoronet0]

Nah, Dwarf and Gnome are golden, kobolds winning would just be to settling for lowgrade in order to be contrarian.

It’s not a contrarian pick if it’s one of your top 5 species to play. Dwarves, Gnomes, and Elves are boring by comparison to me, I’d rather play a human and they aren’t even near my top 5.