Monstrous PCs

[Desdichado]

One campaign setting I've had lots of fun building virtually (not played) has humans and plane-touched races only as both PC and monster races. I'm all for dropping elves, dwarves, halflings, etc. Whoever said fantasy had to be Tolkienien? D&D seems to borrow much more from Fritz Leiber or Robert E. Howard anyway, and they pretty much just used humans as "PC races." More power to you, Tonguez!

 

[Bastoche]

All or nothing

Either it's not alowed or all the players are monster characters.

For example, we're playing a campaign with half-fiends as characters (and a fallen half-celestial). Very cool so far.

 

[David Argall]

anything [weak] goes

I have always encouraged the players to play what they like, with the "minor" limit that a 1st level is just a first level and all those stud abilities will be absent or nurfed to where you are equal to other 1st levels. So your 1st level half-fiend, half dragon vampire had better be polite to the 2nd level kobold or you get squashed.
Not that many seem to accept the offer.

 

[astralpwka]

We've had githzerai, planetouched, drow, half-fiends and half-celestials, and a lich be used at one time or another. I don't know if any of those really count as monsters though. I've been really open with the group, especially within the last year. I think I might have told someone no once, when he wanted to play a Satyr, but the party was still a lower level, and the ECL charts weren't printed anywhere yet.

 

[ConcreteBuddha]

Anything goes in my games. (If the specific monster in question actually exists and is accessable to the party.)
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Most of the other DMs I know limit the maximum ECL to +3. Bugbears, Half-Celestials and Deep Gnomes are all okay; Trolls and Centaurs are not.

 

[Hygric]

I have no problem with a pc who wants to play a humanoid or some other unusual race choice, but I do have serious reservations about the ECL system, so I dissallow any race that has an ECL of higher than 0. If the ECL system didn't raise my hackles so much, I probably wouldn't have major issues with any pc racial desire, but I might draw the line at green slime.

 

[Psion]

A more detailed poll might have given you better ammo for DragonsFoot, if that is what you are looking for.

For example:

[]Yes, almost any monster species is fair game
[]Yes, but only the creatures listed in the DMG are fair game
[]Yes, but only humanoids or another short list of creatures are possible (remember, according to one DF grognards, the drow in UA "don't count" because they "aren't monsters.")
[]No, only races in the PHB (or a subset) apply.

 

[shadowlight]

So am I the only one to use a Death Slaad as a PC race?

 

[Desdichado]

So am I the only one to use a Death Slaad as a PC race?

Quite probably. That guy oughtta mutate into a white slaad. Start that campaign back up!

 

[shadowlight]

Quite probably. That guy oughtta mutate into a white slaad. Start that campaign back up!

It was an epic level campaign and was pretty fun. He had 7 levels of sorcerer...