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<blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 8636946" data-attributes="member: 7635">And that's a fair assessment. You don't have to like every change. A lot of people hate draconic kobolds, elemental giants, and demonic gnolls. That said, I think a trend is starting to emerge: the various classic evil humanoids are going to get more diverse origin stories than &quot;born of an evil deity and forced to serve.&quot; Kobolds are connected to dragons. Gnolls to fiends. Derro to aberrations. Now goblinoids to the fey. It appears only orcs so far aren't being connected to a larger creature group, and that's probably to prep them for their upgrade to PC race status. (A guess on my part). On the one hand, I think it adds a lot more flavor to humanoids to give them connections like that. Kobolds benefited greatly from the blood of dragons theming since 3e, and I find 5e gnolls far more interesting than the older hyena men. Goblins becoming fey+like give them more room to be tricksy and whimsical but also sadistic and cruel. It might also add some more interesting ideas into D&amp;D goblins who have been overshadowed by the chaotic energy of Pathfinder goblins since they became a thing. But different strokes and all that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Remathilis, post: 8636946, member: 7635"] And that's a fair assessment. You don't have to like every change. A lot of people hate draconic kobolds, elemental giants, and demonic gnolls. That said, I think a trend is starting to emerge: the various classic evil humanoids are going to get more diverse origin stories than "born of an evil deity and forced to serve." Kobolds are connected to dragons. Gnolls to fiends. Derro to aberrations. Now goblinoids to the fey. It appears only orcs so far aren't being connected to a larger creature group, and that's probably to prep them for their upgrade to PC race status. (A guess on my part). On the one hand, I think it adds a lot more flavor to humanoids to give them connections like that. Kobolds benefited greatly from the blood of dragons theming since 3e, and I find 5e gnolls far more interesting than the older hyena men. Goblins becoming fey+like give them more room to be tricksy and whimsical but also sadistic and cruel. It might also add some more interesting ideas into D&D goblins who have been overshadowed by the chaotic energy of Pathfinder goblins since they became a thing. But different strokes and all that. [/QUOTE]

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