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[5e] Races revealed from PHB

Started by Sacrosanct, July 09, 2014, 03:00:50 PM

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Emperor Norton

#60
July 11, 2014, 01:54:11 PM
Quote from: Bill;767657I remain hopeful that 5e will not put races in splatbooks.

11+races and subraces in the core books semes great to me.

Personally, I prefer them to keep adding races forever. I don't see the reason people want less races, more races means more options when putting together a setting.

Which is what it should be, when you are setting up your setting, decide which races exist in yours and ban the rest. If you don't want more than the ones in the PHB, good for you, you don't have to use any more. But to actively wish for no more to exist just seems... pointless? Like their existence doesn't harm you in any way, but maybe some other race may be more useful for my game than one of the core races.

Sacrosanct

#61
July 11, 2014, 02:01:44 PM
Tiefling preview is up, although I'd like to see some mechanical stuff along with the flavor text

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Marleycat

#62
July 11, 2014, 02:13:53 PM
This may give a larger pic...http://i.imgur.com/nkugHwd.jpg looks like they went with the 4e version as the baseline.
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ForthrightRay

#63
July 11, 2014, 02:58:08 PM
I hope the Thri-kreen are available in the DMG or MM. I love adding a sci-fi / clashing worlds bent to games so non-Tolkien options are always welcome.

Omega

#64
July 11, 2014, 03:51:24 PM
Quote from: ForthrightRay;767759I hope the Thri-kreen are available in the DMG or MM. I love adding a sci-fi / clashing worlds bent to games so non-Tolkien options are always welcome.

Was going to say the same. More buggums is good.

Omega

#65
July 11, 2014, 03:53:52 PM
Quote from: Marleycat;767737This may give a larger pic...http://i.imgur.com/nkugHwd.jpg looks like they went with the 4e version as the baseline.

Now if only they had one eye and one horn... :(

Bill

#66
July 11, 2014, 03:59:29 PM
Quote from: Emperor Norton;767728Personally, I prefer them to keep adding races forever. I don't see the reason people want less races, more races means more options when putting together a setting.

Which is what it should be, when you are setting up your setting, decide which races exist in yours and ban the rest. If you don't want more than the ones in the PHB, good for you, you don't have to use any more. But to actively wish for no more to exist just seems... pointless? Like their existence doesn't harm you in any way, but maybe some other race may be more useful for my game than one of the core races.


Who said I did not want more races to exist?
I was commenting that the initial selection seems good.
I don't like having to buy a new book for races.
What I really want is a huge selection in the core books, and any additional races to be free.
It's easy enough to create or customize races, but I would prefer them to be in the core books.

Sacrosanct

#67
July 11, 2014, 05:14:52 PM
Ah!  page 2.  With the info I'm really curious to see

Item of note:  Hellish Rebuke is not in the basic set, so I assume it's in the PHB.

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crkrueger

#68
July 11, 2014, 05:20:32 PM
Tieflings get Thaumaturgy cantrip, that's all Opa's going to play. :D
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thedungeondelver

#69
July 11, 2014, 05:21:50 PM
Quote from: BarefootGaijin;767586D&D. Some things I'll use, some I won't. They should've put Kender and Draconians, erm I mean Dragonborn in the same book....

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Shipyard Locked

#70
July 11, 2014, 05:21:59 PM
Quote from: Emperor Norton;767728Personally, I prefer them to keep adding races forever. I don't see the reason people want less races, more races means more options when putting together a setting.

I suppose these people feel that new races suck design time away from "useful stuff", or that their players will force them to use these races if they are included in prominent rulebooks.

I am sympathetic to the idea that subtraction can be as important as addition when designing a D&D setting. The racial kitchen sink is one of the few things that really bugs me about Eberron.

Haffrung

#71
July 11, 2014, 05:58:56 PM
You know what I don't like about Tielflings? The name 'Tieflings'. They sound like teenaged thieves, or a gang of prank-playing Halflings. There's nothing at all resonant of devils or infernal heritage in the word. It's like calling a playable half-troll race 'Kikidoos'.
 

tenbones

#72
July 11, 2014, 06:13:30 PM
Quote from: ForthrightRay;767759I hope the Thri-kreen are available in the DMG or MM. I love adding a sci-fi / clashing worlds bent to games so non-Tolkien options are always welcome.

If you like that kinda stuff -


you should check out the new Talislanta: Savage Lands box-set currently in the works when it comes out. You can also pick up Talislanta's previous editions for FReeeeeeeEE on the Talislanta website.


That said - I'm banking on Thri-Kreen being available when they do the inevitable Darksun re-do.

Marleycat

#73
July 11, 2014, 06:15:10 PM
Quote from: thedungeondelver;767865The Monster Manual?

Kender are in the DMG. Man, Tieflings are going to make awesome bards, sorcerers, warlocks.

@Sacrosanct, Hellish Rebuke is a 4e Infernal Warlock thing.
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LibraryLass

#74
July 11, 2014, 06:18:13 PM
Quote from: Marleycat;767891Kender are in the DMG. Man, Tieflings are going to make awesome bards, sorcerers, warlocks.

@Sacrosanct, Hellish Rebuke is a 4e Infernal Warlock thing.

IIRC it did fire damage to a target, and then did it again if that target attacked you.
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