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<blockquote data-quote="haakon1" data-source="post: 8668409" data-attributes="member: 25619">I run my own version of Greyhawk for 24 years, and I exclude certain monsters, my take on those you mention:Dragonborn - Agree, I have never used them and probably never will. I don’t like half-dragons or half-fiends either.&nbsp; The feel is weird to me of sort of draconic, mostly humanoid.&nbsp; There is an adventure with a Dungeon adventure with half-dragon I want to run someday, but it’s really good and about a unique half-dragon and his dragon father, not “3 Dragonborn sorcerers are in Room 3” stuff, accepting it as mundane.I like an use often Lizardmen, and have no problem with Tielfings or AasImar if the story supports (again, not no personality ones with no background - would be an exception with a reason).Lycanthropes - I rarely use them, but I have no problem with them.&nbsp; In general, I like D&amp;D with roots in mythology or at least outside self-referential D&amp;D (see not liking Dragonborn).Tritons - I agree there are too many watery humanoids.&nbsp; In general, I avoid aquatic adventures - as the Ten Foot Pool reviewer has said, many of them are just bad.&nbsp; The last I ran was U123 Saltmarsh series (in AD&amp;D 1e) around 1996 and enjoyed it, but haven’t had a desire for more.&nbsp; For a good adventure, I would do it.&nbsp; I have zero attachment to Tritons.&nbsp; Sahuagin or aquatic elves or locathah or selkie I’d use first.Githyanki &amp; Githzerai - I find the adventures they are, generally are bad.&nbsp; Self-referential D&amp;D overdrive.&nbsp; But when a PC used Dismissal to send an NPC home from the Temple of Elemental Evil’s Nodes, I told the story (when they checked in via Sending), that he accidentally went to a CN outer plane, met up with Gith and traveled with them to the Prime - but he is Faerun now, not Greyhawk, oops.Giralon - I have used them.&nbsp; To me, like Owlbears - the “Good” stuff of self-referential D&amp;D, which generally means it doesn’t hit an “over the top“ feel and is a monster, not a PC option/somebody you’ll meet at a cantina, I guess.Djinni &amp; Efreeti - I haven’t used them that I can recall, but they fit what I like - mythology that doesn’t come from gonzo game writing, but an older tradition.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="haakon1, post: 8668409, member: 25619"] I run my own version of Greyhawk for 24 years, and I exclude certain monsters, my take on those you mention: Dragonborn - Agree, I have never used them and probably never will. I don’t like half-dragons or half-fiends either. The feel is weird to me of sort of draconic, mostly humanoid. There is an adventure with a Dungeon adventure with half-dragon I want to run someday, but it’s really good and about a unique half-dragon and his dragon father, not “3 Dragonborn sorcerers are in Room 3” stuff, accepting it as mundane. I like an use often Lizardmen, and have no problem with Tielfings or AasImar if the story supports (again, not no personality ones with no background - would be an exception with a reason). Lycanthropes - I rarely use them, but I have no problem with them. In general, I like D&D with roots in mythology or at least outside self-referential D&D (see not liking Dragonborn). Tritons - I agree there are too many watery humanoids. In general, I avoid aquatic adventures - as the Ten Foot Pool reviewer has said, many of them are just bad. The last I ran was U123 Saltmarsh series (in AD&D 1e) around 1996 and enjoyed it, but haven’t had a desire for more. For a good adventure, I would do it. I have zero attachment to Tritons. Sahuagin or aquatic elves or locathah or selkie I’d use first. Githyanki & Githzerai - I find the adventures they are, generally are bad. Self-referential D&D overdrive. But when a PC used Dismissal to send an NPC home from the Temple of Elemental Evil’s Nodes, I told the story (when they checked in via Sending), that he accidentally went to a CN outer plane, met up with Gith and traveled with them to the Prime - but he is Faerun now, not Greyhawk, oops. Giralon - I have used them. To me, like Owlbears - the “Good” stuff of self-referential D&D, which generally means it doesn’t hit an “over the top“ feel and is a monster, not a PC option/somebody you’ll meet at a cantina, I guess. Djinni & Efreeti - I haven’t used them that I can recall, but they fit what I like - mythology that doesn’t come from gonzo game writing, but an older tradition. [/QUOTE]

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