DrJawaPhD
Adventurer
My thoughts exactly. Leave new races as a niche where third party publisher content shines
D&D 5E What PC species should return for 5ed?
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Frozen_Heart
Hero
I'm super surprised that there has never been a plant people playable, especially with how beloved leshy's are in pathfinder. I guess that goes with the lack of any plant based druid subclass, despite that being the most obvious missing druid theme.
Also it's odd how we've got multiple cat species playables, but no dog or wolf species playables. I know for a fact that a certain community would be all over those.
Also it's odd how we've got multiple cat species playables, but no dog or wolf species playables. I know for a fact that a certain community would be all over those.
LuisCarlos17f
Legend
The wilden from PH3 4th were plant-like feys, but true "plant humanoid" were the hamadryad(4th Ed, Heroes of Feywild) and the volodni (Unapproachable East). Leshy are from Paizo's Pathfinder but they are too cute to be not mentioned here.
This time WotC worries too much each new PC specie was... right for merchandising.
This time WotC worries too much each new PC specie was... right for merchandising.
Corinnguard
Hero
There were the Rockseer Elves from 2e, I believe.
Chaltab
Adventurer
The problem is that many DMs won't allow anything not published by WOTC even if it's better in quality than their actual stuff.
Corinnguard
Hero
Blue Goblins from 3e's Expanded Psionics Handbook. They would be a 5e Goblin subrace with some minor psionic or magical talent.
Marandahir
Crown-Forester (he/him)
Cactusfolk from Thunder Junction, if only because they're abso-effing-lutely amazing. And we need more plant people. Wilden/Killoren were dope.
I really want a crossover book with Outlaws of Thunder Junction. It's a crossroads of planes due to the Omenpaths connecting them with places like Ravnica, Ixalan, Innistrad, Theros, and Strixhaven, and it's the Weird Wild West. The only sentient species native to the plane are the Cactusfolk, and the new planar colonists and settlers thought they were just cacti. It's a crime world, and an Indian Jones type world due to some of the lost ruins of the Fomori Giants' Coin Empire being on the plane too.
I really want a crossover book with Outlaws of Thunder Junction. It's a crossroads of planes due to the Omenpaths connecting them with places like Ravnica, Ixalan, Innistrad, Theros, and Strixhaven, and it's the Weird Wild West. The only sentient species native to the plane are the Cactusfolk, and the new planar colonists and settlers thought they were just cacti. It's a crime world, and an Indian Jones type world due to some of the lost ruins of the Fomori Giants' Coin Empire being on the plane too.
EzekielRaiden
Follower of the Way
Exactly. Before I got my current 5e group, it was extremely unusual for me to find any 5e DMs that would approve any 3PP that wasn't something they personally brought to the table to begin with.
FitzTheRuke
Legend
I'm kind of shocked that 5e doesn't seem to have a really good Treefolk species.
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