D&D 5E (2024) Monster manual Fey video up

[Aldarc]

For PC species that are fey (or abberation, or anything else) in the MM but humanoid in the PHB: 'When you're a player, you've lost some of your feyness and become humanoid."

This answer feels so half-arsed. I would genuinely prefer a more straightforward answer than one that suggests that one's ancestral identity is somehow lost simply by becoming a PC. Though maybe there is something else that I am missing in his answer.

 

[fuindordm]

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The bullywug art is charming!

Frog and Toad make a Persuasion Check

 

[Teemu]

This answer feels so half-arsed. I would genuinely prefer a more straightforward answer than one that suggests that one's ancestral identity is somehow lost simply by becoming a PC. Though maybe there is something else that I am missing in his answer.

Isn’t it just that the particular people the playable version comes from have become less fey/aberration? Playable eladrin are humanoid but the creature stat blocks are fey. It’s honestly not that new of an approach in 5e. Also both fey goblins and humanoid goblins have the goblin subtype so they still retain a mechanical connection, if relevant.

 

[Remathilis]

This answer feels so half-arsed. I would genuinely prefer a more straightforward answer than one that suggests that one's ancestral identity is somehow lost simply by becoming a PC. Though maybe there is something else that I am missing in his answer.

People need to watch what Jeremy said rather than relying on interpretation.

They said PC goblins come from a type of goblin that lost its fey connection over time. It's a type of goblin that is different from the monster manual goblin the same way psi-goblins from Phandelver are different. The MM goblin no longer represents the One True Goblin, only a specific type of them.

Your PC goblin is humanoid. Its parents were humanoids. Its community has humanoid goblins. Those are represented by NPC stat blocks, not MM goblins.

 

[Reynard]

I was hoping for more.

Just send me my MM already!

 

[DEFCON 1]

Though maybe there is something else that I am missing in his answer.

The unspoken answer is probably something like... "99% of the playerbase doesn't care one way or the other or won't even notice it... and the 1% that does can change the monsters themselves so they are all humanoid or all fey, if it really matters that much to them."

 

[Reynard]

People need to watch what Jeremy said rather than relying on interpretation.

They said PC goblins come from a type of goblin that lost its fey connection over time. It's a type of goblin that is different from the monster manual goblin the same way psi-goblins from Phandelver are different. The MM goblin no longer represents the One True Goblin, only a specific type of them.

Your PC goblin is humanoid. Its parents were humanoids. Its community has humanoid goblins. Those are represented by NPC stat blocks, not MM goblins.

I don't mind the idea that there is an essential "feyness" that gets diminished when away from the Feywild. I think that has lots of cool story potential.

I think there should be a feat that lets a goblin, elf or gnome PC get some of that feyness back and change types, actually. that would be cool.

 

[Remathilis]

I don't mind the idea that there is an essential "feyness" that gets diminished when away from the Feywild. I think that has lots of cool story potential.

I think there should be a feat that lets a goblin, elf or gnome PC get some of that feyness back and change types, actually. that would be cool.

Like the Fey-Touched feat perhaps?

 

[Reynard]

Like the Fey-Touched feat perhaps?

No. Not like that. That feat is for humans ore other non-fey people to have a touch of faerie in them.

I am talking about a feat meant for "humanoid fey" species that allows them to actually change their type to fey by re-energizing their connection to the feywild.

 

[Kobold Avenger]

I think many PC Goblins are going to be "City Goblins" they likely grew up in a city with a mixed population like with Humans or Orcs, maybe that city has a "Goblintown" as a neighbourhood or maybe they were just were that one Goblin family among others.

With Githzerai, already Planescape in 2e sort of covered it. PC Githzerai always were stated to be slightly different (for one thing they didn't have magic resistance or planeshift back in 2e) from other Githzerai from as early as the original Boxed Set.