Which MM race would you like to see an "Playing a...' article in Dragon next?

[deleteme123456]

Warforged can do all sorts of fun tricks, especially as caster--they make decent Infernalocks because of it. They can have an unspecified number of rods / wands embedded within their body and use them without a hand. That's an incredible amount of versatility, even if you never cast from them, you could be benefiting from their properties, all while wielding a 2-handed weapon to make OAs with (which are actually dangerous because you multiclassed swordmage and took intelligent blademaster).

Compare this to say, a party without a wizard or a warlock, they enter a dungeon room and it's pitch black. Everyone is using both hands, for weapons and/or heavy shields (ok, so it's a bit of a stretch as your leader probably has a hand free, but I've seen warlord builds playing with reach weapons that wouldn't). Someone has to agree to make the sacrifice to hold the sunrod, or I suppose you could play games with lighting it and throwing it into the room, but my monsters will happily grab it off the floor and cover it / switch it off (not sure if you can turn off a sunrod), assuming they have darkvision.

It's just one example. And ask yourself, would you rather have warforged resolve (and access to improved warforged resolve) or goring charge (and access to the "make your horns d8" feat whose name I don't recall). 3+half level HP + that many temp HP... that's about a surge, I'd say. Or I can charge an enemy and deal a tiny amount of damage and knock him prone, so that he can stand right back up and whack me.

 

[Felon]

Oversized weapon was dropped for the playable version of the minotaur. The powers that be have declared that no race will have that ability when they get fully written out in Dragon or later books. Bugbears will lose it too, and the Goliaths don't have it in the PHB2 compared to their 3E counterparts.

I see. Thanks. Maybe they will make it a feat (sounds paragonish).

 

[Felon]

So, I'm going with the githyanki. All things considered, most D&D humanoids of a monstrous nature are savages--a gnoll, orc, or bugbear all feel like variations on a theme of "me get angry and smash". The gith, OTOH, can match or exceed human accomplishments. They just apply them all to military ends. Plus, their psi-warrior elements should lead to more interesting feats.

 

[twilsemail]

So, I'm going with the githyanki. All things considered, most D&D humanoids of a monstrous nature are savages--a gnoll, orc, or bugbear all feel like variations on a theme of "me get angry and smash". The gith, OTOH, can match or exceed human accomplishments. They just apply them all to military ends. Plus, their psi-warrior elements should lead to more interesting feats.

I'd love to see both the Gith in an article. I'm not expecting them for another 8-10 months though. These races fit at least one PHB3 class very well and I'm expecting them to fit others. My money says that not only the monk, but also the psion will debut in the third Player's Handbook.

 

[avin]

Thinking again, an article with the three goblinoids and some variations (black goblins, white fur bugbears, for example) would please me.

This articles should revisit classic monsters also.

 

[Jhaelen]

I'd love to see both the Gith in an article. I'm not expecting them for another 8-10 months though. These races fit at least one PHB3 class very well and I'm expecting them to fit others.

This!

 

[frankthedm]

I see. Thanks. Maybe they will make it a feat (sounds paragonish).

Well....

I'm not sure if this has already been mentioned, but one of the Epic Destinies in the Martial Power book allows for the use of oversized weapons

And here is Mike's word on the subject

The Monster Manual racial descriptions were never intended to be the canonical mechanics for those races. As the MM itself states, those stats are for DMs to create NPCs. You can use them as PCs, but a DM allows them at his own peril.

Thus, you'll see things like giving monsters oversized weapons and not giving them to official PC races. As others have pointed out, oversized weapons in PC hands are simply too good. It makes those races strictly better with weapons. If a PC race somehow gets it, expect it to be errata'd as soon as I see it.

http://www.enworld.org/forum/d-d-4t...-not-get-oversized-weapons-forked-thread.html

 

[the Jester]

I voted orc, because I have long had a type of orc that has been "civilized" via religious conversion in my campaign.

 

[renau1g]

I love me those doppelgagners... nothing like playing one in an urban campaign for all sorts of fun.