D&D 5E Plans for the Playable races in VGtM?

[Lanliss]

What kind of plans do you all have for the races coming up? So far all I have planned is a society of the cat people, based on the Clans from Warriors if you know what that is. It comes with a built in lore, so it will make my job as DM a lot easier.

 

[flametitan]

I'm waiting to see what's there, They might have some things that might make for the themes of duality I aim for (eg, Firbolg and Goliaths)

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

I'm really hoping we see the new races become legal for AL play. So looking forward to playing a goblin if/when its allowed.

 

[Prakriti]

At the moment, I just plan to use Volo's Guide for creating NPCs. Never been a fan of monstrous playable races.

 

[gyor]

I'm really hoping we see the new races become legal for AL play. So looking forward to playing a goblin if/when its allowed.

They already are, its been confirmed by by the latest AL player's guide thingy.

 

[the Jester]

I'm pretty sure I'm mostly going to ban them. Monstrous races, for the most part, don't fit the game I'm running. That said, I have long offered tabaxi as a race option in my game, and catfolk will probably fit the bill. And I haven't seen the list of what they're offering, but I might be open to orc pcs because there is a tribe of orcs allied to the final city in my setting, or at least maybe allied to it, depending on how an insurrection currently happening plays out.

 

[Parmandur]

They already are, its been confirmed by by the latest AL player's guide thingy.

But which parts will be AL legal? We know some races get full write-UPS, while some get "quick rules" in a tabular form: will the latter be AL legal, or just the former? And what is in each grouping?

 

[Parmandur]

I'm pretty sure I'm mostly going to ban them. Monstrous races, for the most part, don't fit the game I'm running. That said, I have long offered tabaxi as a race option in my game, and catfolk will probably fit the bill. And I haven't seen the list of what they're offering, but I might be open to orc pcs because there is a tribe of orcs allied to the final city in my setting, or at least maybe allied to it, depending on how an insurrection currently happening plays out.

Catfolk are not in Volo's Guide, Tabaxi apparently get a full racial write-up.

 

[Sacrosanct]

I'm pretty sure I'm mostly going to ban them. Monstrous races, for the most part, don't fit the game I'm running. That said, I have long offered tabaxi as a race option in my game, and catfolk will probably fit the bill. And I haven't seen the list of what they're offering, but I might be open to orc pcs because there is a tribe of orcs allied to the final city in my setting, or at least maybe allied to it, depending on how an insurrection currently happening plays out.

Same here. Bad enough dragonborn and Tieflings are there. Don't need any three-kreen or wemic PCs in my games

 

[Prakriti]

Same here. Bad enough dragonborn and Tieflings are there. Don't need any three-kreen or wemic PCs in my games

Dragonborn can't even really be called a "playable race." They're more like a playable species.