The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[Cadence]

"The game must change! Though, it also must play the my old school way!"

FTFY.

 

[CleverNickName]

To answer your question:
BECAUSE THEY'RE GNOMES.

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

To answer your question:
BECAUSE THEY'RE GNOMES.

At least they're not Kenku. There, I said it. Kenku are among the most annoying player races in the history of D&D. The only way to properly play them is to be a professional voice actor or completely ignore the whole mimicing voices part in the real world.

Actually, if a D&D race's name starts with the letters K E N, it's probably one that I don't like.

 

[payn]

At least they're not Kenku. There, I said it. Kenku are among the most annoying player races in the history of D&D. The only way to properly play them is to be a professional voice actor or completely ignore the whole mimicing voices part in the real world.

Actually, if a D&D race's name starts with the letters K E N, it's probably one that I don't like.

I'll be honest, I had to look up what a Kenku even was.

 

[Ryujin]

Never played one. Did play a Were Raven once though.

 

[Gradine]

Kenku are pretty cool. I've used them in past editions. 5e added the whole "mimic sounds" shtick which is, you know, whatever.

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

Kenku are pretty cool. I've used them in past editions. 5e added the whole "mimic sounds" shtick which is, you know, whatever.

I think they're a fine monster (especially if they were fey), I just think that the whole "you only can speak by mimicking others" is a really obnoxious trait for a race to have. And a ton of people complained when Monsters of the Multiverse changed that part of them.

(Was their whole Mimicry feature not a thing in previous editions? I thought they got that from whatever folklore creature they're based off of?)

 

[billd91]

I think they're a fine monster (especially if they were fey), I just think that the whole "you only can speak by mimicking others" is a really obnoxious trait for a race to have. And a ton of people complained when Monsters of the Multiverse changed that part of them.

(Was their whole Mimicry feature not a thing in previous editions? I thought they got that from whatever folklore creature they're based off of?)

Mimicry pretty much did exist in 3.5e, but they didn't debut in that edition until Monster Manual 3. The 2e Kenku didn't have mimicry that I know of.

 

[Parmandur]

Kenku are pretty cool. I've used them in past editions. 5e added the whole "mimic sounds" shtick which is, you know, whatever.

Which has gone away as of Monsters of the Multiverse. Now Kenku are good at minic8ng sounds, but it's not central to their identity.

 

[Guest 7034872]

I still don't think I'm going to give Joyce's Ulysses another try...

Oh, God, that book.....