D&D 5E (2014) Volo's Guide to Monsters: General Discussion.

[Sacrosanct]

What the book says about vegepymy exactly just statblock? Variants of it?

Full MM style write up, including a side bar about russet molds. There are three vegepygmy statblocks: the normal ones, a chief, and thorny (a pet/mount)

 

[Sacrosanct]

This is misleading. The monstrous races that don't get fluff in chapter 2 are the Goblinoids, Orc, Kobold and Yuan-Ti Pureblood. While they don't get fluff in chapter 2. All of them get massive sections in chapter 1 that eclipses any phb race.

True, sorry for the misunderstanding. I meant they don't get a fluff write up in the style of the PHB. But a lot more fluff elsewhere.

 

[FormerlyHemlock]

Lashers: highest caste, the best warriors and trained in special skills like trap making
Hunters: trained in weapons, but that's about it
Gatherers: self explanatory
Pariahs: the lowest of the low. muckers, miners, etc

Awesome! This kind of stuff is critical, and was sorely missed in the MM.

 

[gyor]

NOW super weird? LOL, they've always been pretty weird, looking like a regular sized Danny DeVito's head on a doll.

In 4e they were gnomes who were experimented on by Formorians, till they escaped to the Shadowfell, with the help of Hags, turning purple once there.

And I think they were something else in previous editions. Another retcon. Cool background, but a retcon never the less.

 

[I'm A Banana]

The Xvarts get a retcon (though their story as "clones of a god" seems pretty much like...a Volo-ism. ), but what I find interesting about their inclusion here is the mention of Raxivort, which is an old Xvart god in Greyhawk. Between him and the snatching of Kyuss, there's a little of FR biting Greyhawk's style here. Laaame.

 

[Parmandur]

The Xvarts get a retcon (though their story as "clones of a god" seems pretty much like...a Volo-ism. ), but what I find interesting about their inclusion here is the mention of Raxivort, which is an old Xvart god in Greyhawk. Between him and the snatching of Kyuss, there's a little of FR biting Greyhawk's style here. Laaame.

Greenwood already stole a parcel of Greyhawk gods in the 80's. Not much new in the multiverse.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

The Xvarts get a retcon (though their story as "clones of a god" seems pretty much like...a Volo-ism. ), but what I find interesting about their inclusion here is the mention of Raxivort, which is an old Xvart god in Greyhawk. Between him and the snatching of Kyuss, there's a little of FR biting Greyhawk's style here. Laaame.

It's mentioned he is mainly found in Pandamonium and that he travels through tons of material plane worlds depositing his spawn.

 

[vpuigdoller]

Full MM style write up, including a side bar about russet molds. There are three vegepygmy statblocks: the normal ones, a chief, and thorny (a pet/mount)

Woot thank you! I have a section with vegepygmy and russet mold in my current campaign. Very nice.

 

[Mecheon]

The Xvarts get a retcon (though their story as "clones of a god" seems pretty much like...a Volo-ism. ), but what I find interesting about their inclusion here is the mention of Raxivort, which is an old Xvart god in Greyhawk. Between him and the snatching of Kyuss, there's a little of FR biting Greyhawk's style here. Laaame.

I keep telling you that FR has just up and consumed the leftovers of Greyhawk at this point

 

[FitzTheRuke]

I've only looked through it the once, but so far I love this book. Some of those critters are a bit on the weird side (and I like pretty "serious" settings) but overall, a lot of fun.