[UPDATED] MIDGARD HEROES For 5E - Preview The All-New Trollkin PC Race!

Kobold Press (those architects of Tyranny of Dragons) is about to release a new D&D 5th Edition product. This will be a 30-page PDF by Dan Dillon, called Midgard Heroes, which details a bunch of new races and backgrounds for 5E player characters, and should be hitting virtual store shelves tomorrow (I'll update with a link when it does). They've sent along a preview of the book - a full writeup of a new race, the Trollkin!

UPDATE: Now available!

What else does the book have? There's 11 races, and 7 backgrounds. The races are Alseid deer centaur, Midgard centaur, Dragonkin, Midgard elf or elfmarked, Gearforged, Darakhul ghoul, Midgard kobold, Midgard minotaur, Ravenfolk, Shadow fey, and Trollkin. The backgrounds are the corsair, darkling, fey-touched, guild merchant, master craftsman, nomad, and raider.

Kobold Press has done a bunch of 5E stuff. As well as Hoard of the Dragon Queen and The Rise of Tiamat for WotC, they've also released The Raven's Call (an adventure for 3rd level PCs) and Southland Heroes (which contains more 5E races, archetypes, and backgrounds).

But anyway! On with the preview!

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[MG.0]

Ah no names, what an ommission! I always get players last minute picking a name - it's a resource on races that's vastly underrated.

Isn't it obvious?

J.R.R. Trollkin

 

[Jester David]

Yay! It's also $5 right now. Though, I'm not particularly sure if it ever was to be $15. I haven't seen Southland go up in price either.

I believe that's the price of the physical books.

 

[Monkey King]

Correct, print book is available for $15 here: http://koboldpress.com/kpstore/product/midgard-heroes-for-5th-edition/

 

[Jester David]

This book is good. It's well balanced, with more lore than its predecessor, and even the editing seems tighter. It's arguably as good if not better than some of the official Unearthed Arcana content and you should have no more problems if you incorporate it into your game than the Elemental Evil Player Companion.
But I also wasn't blown away. It was what I expected and did what I wanted. It filled a need for more 5e monstrous races and helps people convert the Midgard campaign setting to 5e. It's a good product. And I'd allow most if not all the options in this book into my game. But it's also a safe product: the book doesn't break new ground or get experimental with the rules or give us something other than familiar mechanics (races and backgrounds) to play with. None of the options were bad, but none really caught my eye or made me excited.


I'd recommend checking it out. It's solid.

My full review is here: http://www.5mwd.com/archives/3025

 

[Morrus]

My review is here FYI: http://www.5mwd.com/archives/3025

Care to give us a quick summary? It's a discussion forum, not a link directory.

 

[Jester David]

Care to give us a quick summary? It's a discussion forum, not a link directory.

Sorry. That was the beginning of a post but it got late so I just cut the gibberish I'd been writing and posted. Planning on editing in a proper summary when I had a moment.

 

[Gnashtooth]

Looks good, I'll probably get it