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<blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 8503444" data-attributes="member: 18">At this point Warforged are so iconic, and relatively common in non-Eberron-set campaigns (in my experience, anyway - I mean, they're not a constant but they're more likely to show up than most non-PHB races), that if you're going to do &quot;Sentient Construct&quot;, you might as well just make it Warforged.I think Shifters are a bit of failed concept myself. They don't really have enough &quot;oomph&quot; for the player who wants to be a lycanthrope-type, and they're a bit weirdly specific, so are likely to stick in Eberron - there's still room for a &quot;playable lycanthrope&quot; race to emerge in D&amp;D*. Whereas Changelings are great and could easily adapt to other settings, and do seem like a more broadly-applicable concept.* = Indeed I think the main reason such a thing didn't in 5E, is because 5E's design and balancing, as discussed at length in some other threads, including the Theros one, absolutely ludicrously and insanely overvalues natural weapons and natural armour. Like just it's completely mad how powerful WotC think a STR-based attack which does 1d6 damage is or a unarmoured AC of 12 (which is incompatible with all spells/armour/magic items) is. I feel like the D&amp;D design/balancing leads must ran games where they're absolutely constantly stripping the PCs naked and unarmed - and even then... The mind boggles.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ruin Explorer, post: 8503444, member: 18"] At this point Warforged are so iconic, and relatively common in non-Eberron-set campaigns (in my experience, anyway - I mean, they're not a constant but they're more likely to show up than most non-PHB races), that if you're going to do "Sentient Construct", you might as well just make it Warforged. I think Shifters are a bit of failed concept myself. They don't really have enough "oomph" for the player who wants to be a lycanthrope-type, and they're a bit weirdly specific, so are likely to stick in Eberron - there's still room for a "playable lycanthrope" race to emerge in D&D*. Whereas Changelings are great and could easily adapt to other settings, and do seem like a more broadly-applicable concept. * = Indeed I think the main reason such a thing didn't in 5E, is because 5E's design and balancing, as discussed at length in some other threads, including the Theros one, absolutely [I][B]ludicrously and insanely overvalues[/B][/I] natural weapons and natural armour. Like just it's completely mad how powerful WotC think a STR-based attack which does 1d6 damage is or a unarmoured AC of 12 (which is incompatible with all spells/armour/magic items) is. I feel like the D&D design/balancing leads must ran games where they're absolutely constantly stripping the PCs naked and unarmed - and even then... The mind boggles. [/QUOTE]

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