D&D 5E (2024) The 10 Species in "Your Ideal 2024 PHB"

[aco175]

I prefer the first, but would settle for the 2nd.

 

[fluffybunbunkittens]

Human
Ardling
Dragonborn
Kenku
Leonin
Lizardfolk
Owlin
Tabaxi
Thri-Keen
Tortle
Yuan-Ti

There's more than enough animal types for 10, and I'm a sucker for a clear theme.

 

[fuindordm]

I don't think every monster archetype needs a watered down PC version. I would make a list that is more slanted to mortals.

The mundanes, 99% of the population :
-Human (versatile)
-Dwarf (magic resistant)
-Halfling (stealthy)
-Orc (strong)
-Lizardfolk

The fey (not true fey, but mortal lineages with some fey ancestry):
-Elf (minor nature magic)
-Gnome (minor illusion magic)
-Shapeshifter (has animal and hybrid forms)

The alien/rare:
-Kalashtar (psionically gifted)
-Planetouched (just pick one resistance and one spell-like ability from a menu, no need for 30 pages of tiefling, aasimar, genasi, and whatnot)

 

[WanderingMystic]

Human
Ardling
Dragonborn
Kenku
Leonin
Lizardfolk
Owlin
Tabaxi
Thri-Keen
Tortle
Yuan-Ti

There's more than enough animal types for 10, and I'm a sucker for a clear theme.

This is why you have all of the animal themes in a separate book, as you said you can easily come up with 10 ( I might have added Shifter to the list since humans would have been in a separate book). Also I would drop tabaxi or leonine (you only need one) for Grung.

 

[Guest 7037866]

It will be clear to everyone if you didn't read the rules.

1. Human
2. Cerean
3. Ewok
4. Garmorrean
5. Ithorian
6. Mon Calamari
7. Rodian
8. Trandoshan
9. Twi'lek
10. Wookie

 

[fluffybunbunkittens]

I might have added Shifter to the list

See, I thought about Shifter, but felt it muddied the waters too much.

Also I would drop tabaxi or leonine (you only need one) for Grung.

Oof, I forgot about Grung. Good suggestion.

 

[WanderingMystic]

See, I thought about Shifter, but felt it muddied the waters too much.


Oof, I forgot about Grung. Good suggestion.

I can see that, the shifters it would work well as a lineage like the dhampire and revenant for gothic games.

Yeah my buddy right now is playing a Grung swarmkeeper ranger and he is so much fun.

 

[CleverNickName]

Ten is more than I'd ever need in actual practice. But in theory, if I had to choose ten, they would be:

1. Human
2. Half-Elf
3. Half-Orc
4. Elf
5. Dwarf
6. Halfling
7. Dragonborn
8. Tiefling
9. Aasimar
10. A template/framework for creating custom races, with Plasmoid or Tabaxi or something as an example.

 

[Vaalingrade]

1) Halfing
2) Tiefling
3) Warforged
4) Changeling
5) Half-Dragon
6) Orc
7) Ogre
8) Kenku
9) Elf
10) Dwarf

no Humans

 

[Chaltab]

1. Human
2. Elf (With half-elf as a lineage)
3. Halfling
4. Gnome
5. Dwarf
6. Orc (with half-orc as a lineage)
7. Dragonborn
8. Tiefling
9. Goliath
10. Giff