Top 10 Most POWERFUL Races in Dungeons & Dragons 5E

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  • @DnDShorts
    @DnDShorts  3 месяца назад +95

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    • @user-bh1ol5zc7x
      @user-bh1ol5zc7x 3 месяца назад +2

      changeling makes a 9th level assasin rogue feature useless at level 1 as well as the disguise kit and disguise self spell, where is it?

    • @saqwana25
      @saqwana25 3 месяца назад

      i will point out hill dwarf with the extra +1 to hp every level is pretty solid.

    • @user-bh1ol5zc7x
      @user-bh1ol5zc7x 3 месяца назад

      @@saqwana25 that is relevant until about level 3 because your hit die is at least six times bigger

    • @donncha-fv7ne
      @donncha-fv7ne 3 месяца назад +1

      Why is half elf not on here ? A plus 4 to stats , advantage against charmed , no magic naps and 2 skills / lots if versatility

    • @saqwana25
      @saqwana25 3 месяца назад

      Eh depends on the class.

  • @SpadeOfAces55
    @SpadeOfAces55 3 месяца назад +384

    20:41 everybody dunks on standard human until they roll 6 odd-numbered ability scores when making their character.

    • @ChiefderWahrheit
      @ChiefderWahrheit 3 месяца назад +44

      + not even two minutes before it was good to have many ability score increases, but standard humans with their whooping +6 in total are mysteriously forgotten…

    • @MrSpannners
      @MrSpannners 3 месяца назад +28

      ​@@ChiefderWahrheit Because that's all they get, +1 across the board and nothing else of note. For most classes, that means points into your dump stats. So they just become jack of all trades master of none. That's why they're low a tier.

    • @happybrain2674
      @happybrain2674 3 месяца назад +6

      @@MrSpannners but its the easyest choice for multiclass builds. even if its an abomination of 5 classes and more

    • @birdland4397
      @birdland4397 3 месяца назад +2

      and they all 9 9 9 9 9 9

    • @cloverhoofs7249
      @cloverhoofs7249 3 месяца назад +3

      Ya so many times I been called a basic B$%ch for playing normal human as I roll 13 15 16 13 11 15 then add +1 to all stats become 14 16 17 14 12 16 then take resilient Con at level 4 giving me a 16 INT and DEX with a CON of 18 playing a support Artficer I rarely drop Concentration at Level 10 Bonus +8 with a +4 from int from flash of genius when needed with mind sharper infuion

  • @havocpyro9166
    @havocpyro9166 3 месяца назад +142

    “Which is always handy” man’s was unhinged this video

  • @DnDShorts
    @DnDShorts  3 месяца назад +871

    WHAT?! No thri-kreen?!?! Unsubbed, disliked, banned, + reported.

    • @WackassBirrB
      @WackassBirrB 3 месяца назад +73

      they 4 arm and free mage armor... why he not great?

    • @andreashesseerichsen438
      @andreashesseerichsen438 3 месяца назад +1

      HE IS RACIST AGAINST INSECTS!
      UNSUB, DISLIKE, BAN + REPORT

    • @DnDShorts
      @DnDShorts  3 месяца назад +182

      @@WackassBirrB he great, but I think he number 11.

    • @sir_kossu3710
      @sir_kossu3710 3 месяца назад +46

      I remember we had thri-kreen monk in dark sun campaign and i gave him jump becouse we needed to catch a guy who was running (non combat chace) and had good head start. Our thri-kreen was able to jump over 200ft per jump 😂

    • @koolunit
      @koolunit 3 месяца назад +15

      Any Dark Sun generated race is monstrous right? From the OG AD&D they get more stats, more armor, survival skills, psionics...
      Imagine a Dark Sun Dwarf just waking up on say....Faerun....would be a (2023 parlance) Gigachad Dwarf....

  • @NickDeShane
    @NickDeShane 3 месяца назад +99

    Funny thing about the bugbear squeze ability it specifies small. If you were a rune knight using giants might that had enlarge cast on you would still be able to do it.

    • @mohammadmurie
      @mohammadmurie 3 месяца назад +13

      Same thing with raging giant barbarians
      Either way I just love how absolutely hilarious that is that a huge+ creature able to fit through cracks in medium sized doors or them playing like a slasher movie and ambushing others

    • @adambielen8996
      @adambielen8996 3 месяца назад +7

      @@mohammadmurie The absolute horror that would be a huge Bugbear squeezing through a small space. Pure nightmare fuel right there.

    • @mohammadmurie
      @mohammadmurie 3 месяца назад

      @adambielen8996 exactly it would be prefect for a Halloween slasher based campaign as the killer

    • @jamestaylor3805
      @jamestaylor3805 2 месяца назад +4

      Ok hear me out. A Champion Fighter bug bear (+5 reach) huge sized (+10 reach) with a polarm (+5 reach) primordial guardian dip (+5 reach) tunnel fighter and polarm mastery (free attack for getting too close) hiding in the roots under a mangrove like tree, or in an alcove guarding a hallway. A crit heavy self healing beast you can't get within 30 feet of.
      Ranger/Primordial 3
      Fighter/Champion 17
      Pretty sure the Rune Carver background/feat would allow self casting of enlarge.
      A 1 level Mystic dip could give another +5 reach all the time and +2AC for a couple hours a day.

  • @jasonking3466
    @jasonking3466 3 месяца назад +89

    I love how his Owlin picture is wearing medium armor

    • @lazarsharky
      @lazarsharky 3 месяца назад +6

      I think it's studded leather.

  • @Twisttheawesome
    @Twisttheawesome 3 месяца назад +147

    The amazing thing about the Dhampir is you can use their Bite while wildshaped! This means you can make your bear attacks and then bite for extra damage/hp. Super cool, and mega appropriate if you're going for a vampire build (Dracula WOULD BE a Druid).

    • @The_Crimson_Witch
      @The_Crimson_Witch 3 месяца назад +10

      Funnily enough, if you go 5 levels in monk, 1 level in fighter and 8 levels in spores druid- you get every ability a vampire does. Very fun, and you can reflavor your symbiotic entity as a swarm of bats surrounding you

    • @Reaper_of_Mars
      @Reaper_of_Mars 3 месяца назад +2

      If you take Kansai monk you can choose your teeth as a weapon and increase the damage die as you level too!

    • @The_Crimson_Witch
      @The_Crimson_Witch 3 месяца назад +4

      @@Reaper_of_Mars You don't need to do that. They're simple melee weapons, they're already monk weapons.

    • @Twisttheawesome
      @Twisttheawesome 3 месяца назад +1

      @@The_Crimson_Witch I never realised this! It would be a pretty big investment. I supposed 5 levels of Monk upgrades the damage die on the teeth to 1d6, but also gives you extra attack and FoB. That means if you went Moon Druid, you'd be using animal forms with an extra attack, BA attack, and the potentially to FoB five times per short rest. Not necessarily the worst? Moon Druid scaling is so wacky though that delaying its progression/strong start hurts.

    • @astercat49
      @astercat49 3 месяца назад

      I’d actually argue for Dracula being a Swarmkeeper Ranger, but Druid could work too.

  • @Emsilly
    @Emsilly 3 месяца назад +13

    I feel that whenever the lineages come up, these type of videos tend to gloss over the "if you don't keep these elements *or you choose this lineage at character creation* you gain proficiency in two skills."
    Like, that's still really good! Perception, stealth, persuasion, what have you... but if you want to be a Dhampir Owlin with functional wings, you'd need to get turned IN GAME, which then is a whole process and very DM dependent

  • @Flyingtaco095
    @Flyingtaco095 3 месяца назад +77

    Table!
    I was not expecting a System of a Down meme.

    • @washmyhoohah
      @washmyhoohah 3 месяца назад +2

      I would've also accepted a Metallica meme

    • @data_abort
      @data_abort 2 месяца назад

      That's the first ad I haven't regretted watching in a while. That thing looks sick. But you better have a cave for it.

  • @colbyrackler3915
    @colbyrackler3915 3 месяца назад +23

    No Satyr? 35 walking speed? Jumpies? Persuasion & Performance? Instruments? MAGIC RESISTANCE?!?!? No? Ok :(

  • @Dwarfurious
    @Dwarfurious 3 месяца назад +18

    one thing i love about dwarf casters in general is that they'd be in actual armor and have actual hit points. Plus they have the best beards, so dwarfs naturally make the best wizards

  • @underthepale
    @underthepale 3 месяца назад +46

    7:47 Given that Warlock's Aspect of the Moon *does* specify that you can keep watch without sleeping, I doubt this would allow you to keep watch if it doesn't specify that.
    A 4-hour long rest is still dummy good though.

    • @Gallacant
      @Gallacant 3 месяца назад +9

      Elves have always been watch bots. Yes, you can make perception checks normally while in meditation.

    • @darklordmathias9405
      @darklordmathias9405 3 месяца назад +1

      It doesn't say you can't, or that you cannot use your eyes for any purpose, so I'd assume you could.

    • @Zarlos01
      @Zarlos01 2 месяца назад +1

      Elves meditates on how their surroundings are, how the leafs move with the wind, the movement and path of small animals,..., and so on.
      Adapt to the type of place you are meditating.

  • @jaradsmethers3601
    @jaradsmethers3601 3 месяца назад +6

    I love the kobalt screaming sneak attack I've never wanted to make a dnd character more :D

  • @clericofchaos1
    @clericofchaos1 3 месяца назад +146

    I liked the old kobolds better. Draconic cry is nice, but there's a limited amount of times you can use it. Pack tactics just gives you infinite advantage as long as your tank is doing his job.

    • @Ghilannugs
      @Ghilannugs 3 месяца назад

      and most importantly the flavor is great

    • @sev1120
      @sev1120 3 месяца назад +26

      Plus, there were ways around sunlight sensitivity (such as playing a caster and saving your attack spells for key moments, or using a Gnave's Eyepatch)
      Plus, the "cower, grovel and beg" feature was thematic. Kobolds aren't actually cowards who grovel at the feet of anyone even slightly intimidating, but that perception of them is known, and they can use it to their advantage

    • @clericofchaos1
      @clericofchaos1 3 месяца назад +3

      @@sev1120 or just wear a hat or sunglasses. That's what i always do.

    • @LucanVaris
      @LucanVaris 3 месяца назад +5

      To be honest, both are good. Old Kobolds make for excellent mounted melee combatants, as you'll always have an ally in-range for Pack Tactics.
      New Kobolds, however, make excellent Druids, since Conjure Animals can make _you_ the Pack Tactic. XD

    • @imakecrappyvideos9360
      @imakecrappyvideos9360 3 месяца назад

      It's great for rogues tho, advantage whenever you want, wherever you want. On command. And if you're a rogue, you're the skill monkey, you are GOING to have a high proficiency bonus, meaning you probably won't run out of your draconic cry's if you play a half decently optimized rogue.

  • @user-gl8uk1gm5u
    @user-gl8uk1gm5u 3 месяца назад +13

    "Darkvision... It's always Handy"

  • @theloreghost312
    @theloreghost312 3 месяца назад +5

    "Screaming "Sneak Attack!" during your sneak attack to get your sneak attack is the kind of big brain thinking I would expect from a kobold"
    Underrated line

  • @juanignacioaraujocroizier5545
    @juanignacioaraujocroizier5545 3 месяца назад +8

    "que siempre es útil"... That's a very accurate translation! :D

  • @vibinginacoffin
    @vibinginacoffin 3 месяца назад +53

    The dnd man has blessed us with content

  • @AetherPanda
    @AetherPanda 3 месяца назад +7

    im in a campaign now as a shadar kai, and with the teleport ability, its basically just a free misty step and has saved my ass so many times

  • @Nuck82
    @Nuck82 3 месяца назад +7

    I built a shadar kai light domain cleric because he was tired of the dark. And he's my favorite character I've ever made. He's so fun to play and is very broken on accident lol

    • @chad8767
      @chad8767 3 месяца назад

      Nice. I'm playing a Rogue/Battlemaster Shadar-kai and yes, I'm very OP as well. A crazy skill monkey when I can swap skills and the fighter giving me an extra tool prof. Teleportation sets up my sneak attack easily, or my battlemaster sets it up (maneuvering attack is so underrated, I just tell people to flank me and use my 2nd attack to trigger sneak attack. Or, if my teammate is prone from a trip attack I just tell them to stand up and boom, have them back in flanking position). The resistance to damage means I can teleport into dangerous positions and push people around.

  • @Loron20
    @Loron20 3 месяца назад +36

    There is one thing almost everyone overlooks about the Van Richten's Lineages. In the "Ancestral Legacy" feature (the one that lets you keep a flying speed) it states "If you don’t keep any of those elements or you choose this lineage at character creation, you gain proficiency in two skills of your choice."
    Note specifically "or you choose this lineage at character creation" meaning if you start the game as one of these races you CAN'T keep a fly speed (or anything else) from a previous race. You only get that if you become one through the course of play.
    Still strong options. But not as broken as everyone seems to think.

    • @ellaberintodejuan0524
      @ellaberintodejuan0524 3 месяца назад +3

      Yeah that’s the thing I thought about. Although imagine a Dhampir Winged Tiefling? That’s straight up like the most vampire you can get without getting killed by one

    • @Nymaz
      @Nymaz 3 месяца назад +7

      @@ellaberintodejuan0524 I always wanted to play a dhampir simic hybrid with manta wings for a combo of wallwalking and glide. Not quite as broken as flight (so more likely to be allowed by DMs) and it really struck me as very cinematic to silently glide down from the ceiling to snack on an enemy.

    • @droolhd
      @droolhd 3 месяца назад

      Exactly. The only thing you get to keep when you replace a race at character creation is a bit of the original flavour.

    • @WyzKyd
      @WyzKyd 2 дня назад

      @loron20 wait so if you chose a dhampir shadar kai at character creation would you still keep teleportation?

    • @Loron20
      @Loron20 2 дня назад +1

      @@WyzKyd From my reading, if you become a Dhampir after being a Shadar Kai (either at character creation or in the course of play) you would lose the "Blessing of the Raven Queen" (what gives you teleportation) as it is not "any skill proficiencies you gained from it and any climbing, flying, or swimming speed you gained from it." You aren't augmenting your race, but replacing it.

  • @MrMagyar5
    @MrMagyar5 3 месяца назад +5

    Agreed. This list is accurate. I've been playing and DM'ing for decades and been a 5e supporter for a long time. We've seen a LOT of power creep come into the game with different races, but the mountain dwarf has always been broken. They are incredibly versatile and have only gotten more powerful as Tasha's and additional power creep has made it into the game. Thank you, Tasha's.

    • @nathans9764
      @nathans9764 3 месяца назад

      Mountain dwarf was always strong, but it wasn't broken before Tasha's. The +2 str and the medium armor proficiency really aren't useful on the same character. Once they introduced the rule to swap out proficiencies or reassign attribute bonuses though, it just became a stupidly powerful subrace.

    • @MrMagyar5
      @MrMagyar5 3 месяца назад +1

      @@nathans9764 I would politely disagree. The fact you got a +4 starting with medium armor proficiency gave you a lot of ways to customize. Their poison resistance, Darkvision, proficiency in 4 weapons, and light & medium armor made them amazing for any class. It might not have been optimal, but it was still beastly strong. Of all the original races, when 5e came out, it was the strongest and when Tasha's hit, it made it even stronger. Even without Tasha's and a point buy system you could drop your Str to 8 and still have a 10 Str and use the points elsewhere. It was extremely strong for any caster or melee combatant. About the only class it didn't benefit was the monk in the early game.

  • @adhdnd
    @adhdnd 3 месяца назад

    Love your content. Glad to have you back from vacation.

  • @heenim96
    @heenim96 3 месяца назад +4

    I’m currently playing a shadar-kai cleric in a campaign with friends; can confirm it’s incredibly powerful and SUCH a good and fun race to play! 😁 Using that blessing of the raven queen teleportation bonus action has saved my ass a few times in combat

  • @coprophagichobo2377
    @coprophagichobo2377 3 месяца назад +3

    The thumbnail saying “best race” was just really funny.

  • @CaptainFirefred
    @CaptainFirefred 3 месяца назад +2

    17:00 I wondered when Lucky would be mentioned and chuckeled at "If you want to break the game..."

  • @chickengaming4344
    @chickengaming4344 3 месяца назад +5

    I think it's worth pointing out that number 4 only gets flying speed if you become one over the course of a campaign. If you choose one of them at level one it doesn't matter what race you were before, because you don't get those benifits. source is this quote "At 1st level, you choose whether your character is a member of the human race or of one of the game’s fantastical races. Alternatively, you can choose one of the following lineages. If you choose a lineage, you might have once been a member of another race, but you aren’t any longer. You now possess only your lineage’s racial traits." right on page 15. Don't get me wrong they are still super powerful, but I think not mentioning this is very misleading

  • @gabegabriel5627
    @gabegabriel5627 3 месяца назад +6

    You have been missing for so long. Thank you for coming back.
    Hopefully your Kickstarter is doing good. Good luck and God Bless.

  • @aeloswindrunner
    @aeloswindrunner 3 месяца назад +5

    I enjoyed the "always handy" bit throughout this. Not sure what this says about me tbh but hey, I'm happy :p

  • @BigPouge
    @BigPouge 3 месяца назад

    Welcome back you magnificent bastid! You have been missed and way to start the new year. I only changed my mind on what race to play about 12 times. Please keep up the great work and I hope your time off helped you relax and recharge!

  • @envisionnn
    @envisionnn 3 месяца назад +2

    that final darkvision is handy fkn jumpscared me out of my chair

  • @samwildstein2092
    @samwildstein2092 3 месяца назад +4

    Kobold advantage is what makes it the best necromancer/summoner, giving your entire hoard advantage 3-5 times per day. Because the feature doesn't require nearby allies, your skeleton archers and ballistae all fire with advantage. Add in Animate Objects too and watch Draconic Cry turn into DM Cry!

  • @The_Number1Candyman
    @The_Number1Candyman 3 месяца назад +2

    Been playing a necromancer lich using reborn as his race in a campaign for a while, and reborn is underrated in my experience with talking about races outside of the flying exploit, I've never seen someone use it before. Advantage on death saves is great, and knowledge from a past life has been incredible since my modifers for the checks I usually make are so good even a bad roll isn't that bad and can be made passable by that d6, not to mention how every other aspect of it has come into play at some point, we've fought multiple enemies that dealt poison, the 4 hour long rest without sleep has been super handy, and just last session an enemy did an AoE that would've put me to sleep.

  • @youmightbeadnd
    @youmightbeadnd 3 месяца назад +2

    Glad to see you're back!

  • @raymondtrabulsy7294
    @raymondtrabulsy7294 3 месяца назад +3

    The "zinc!" In the ad tickled me

  • @nenjahtodlr
    @nenjahtodlr 3 месяца назад +2

    The hexblood (and other fey-creature-type races) also are immune to a lot of the control spell effects in the game. Charm person, Hold person, Crown of Madness, Dominate person, etc.
    Of course they're also affected by the protection from Evil and Good spell, but there's so much they're immune to!

  • @petershea6666
    @petershea6666 3 месяца назад

    I almost always skip ads in videos, but I watched through this one just because you made it so hilarious. Great work.

  • @mlear559
    @mlear559 2 месяца назад

    Hey man! The mountain dwarf profiency in stone work has definitely come in handy a single time during a long campaign i was a part of!

  • @TyanFH
    @TyanFH 3 месяца назад

    Thank you. I love a break down of the races. I can show this to new players and this can help them, if they so choose.

    • @garyco766
      @garyco766 3 месяца назад +1

      There's probably at least a dozen other REALLY strong races too, like Aasimar, Vedalkin, YuanTi, Githzerai, Satyr, etc.

  • @colehokkanen6461
    @colehokkanen6461 3 месяца назад +1

    I’m currently playing a reborn tiefling barbarian path of the kaiju and it is so much fun.

  • @MundoMan0
    @MundoMan0 3 месяца назад +4

    So we counting out gem dragonborns for busted flyers? Heavy armor flight at level 5 😂

  • @_hirol6907
    @_hirol6907 3 месяца назад +9

    loved the darkvision "siempre es útil" line😂. great video as usual

  • @nickm9102
    @nickm9102 3 месяца назад +2

    I agree, for any class with no armor proficiency Mountain Dwarf is good and with Tasha's 'amorphous blob' rules it makes them the best. Armor, weapons, Versatile casting, and the CON to back it up. You can be the true war wizard.

  • @parko246
    @parko246 14 дней назад

    Being uber stoned and having the last always handy thing come up was a mild heart attack thank you DnD shorts 😂😂😂

  • @bloodmooncomics2249
    @bloodmooncomics2249 3 месяца назад +1

    I loved being a Warforged Artificer. I bought dark vision goggles and was able to rework them into lenses for my eyes so I had dark vision. We did a lot of water based stuff so the water genasi was swimming around as I walked on the bottom allowing the goblin cleric that used water breathing to hold on my shoulder. Also taking gunslinger class was awesome.

  • @TKDragon75
    @TKDragon75 3 месяца назад +1

    We had a warforged in a game I run who for long rests, would like describe how he folds up like a box into a basically an oversized security camera. And the Harengon who while very intelligent had low wisdom, and the one time the warforged stacked of up his armor in a way where it looked like he rests as, and the Harengon knocked it over, she thought she killed the warforged.

  • @noahbrown9299
    @noahbrown9299 3 месяца назад

    I am starting a wildhunt shifter barb next week, I am very much looking forward to it

  • @damianotucci3972
    @damianotucci3972 3 месяца назад +2

    Thanks bro, this video is very handy 🖐🏻

  • @J_Seven
    @J_Seven 3 месяца назад +4

    So just to be clear... Darkvision is indeed handy???
    Great video.

  • @gaelofariandel6747
    @gaelofariandel6747 3 месяца назад +1

    My #1 all-time favorite character I've ever made is a Warforged Forge Cleric named Heisenberg (which can LOOSELY be translated as the fire/heat of the mountain). At first it was a gimmick because I'd have 20AC at level 1 & 23 with Plate Mail at level 6. MORE with magical items. When I actually started to build the CHARACTER I had so many fun(ny) ideas to make his personality to the point where when we were done with the campaign... I was sad that I used it for a one-shot with no future campaigns in sight to use him again...
    My solution? I used him as a merchant & craftsman NPC for a new party in a campaign that took place 30 years after all of the others we had done. He was pretty much a writer/DM's convenience tool to help guide the party in any direction they needed to go if they haven't spotted or used clues & intel they were given on what task(s) to do next.
    Did a Reborn Tortle Spore Druid whose entire body was practically a black-as-night, gooey, walking talking fungal colony. He has no idea who he was before he woke up in the Underdark next to an enormous, black fungal mass about a mile away from a Mychonid colony. He spent time around before heading to the surface (almost immediately being chased away by nearby villagers with torches & pichforks) then met his current party at some point before level 5 (where we started the campaign). Funny thing is, we run point-buy, so the lowest stat we get is an 8. The DM let me break this little rule & made my Intelligence a 6 for RP purposes (in exchange for a +1 to Charisma to balance it out). He has a perpetually high AF demeanor, a thick Canadian accent (like, cartoon level thick) & an extremely happy & supportive attitude with almost anyone in spite of the fact that people are usually freaked TF out at first glance. The DM let me rules lawyer keeping his shell defense feature, as a turtle's shell is literally fused to their spine. Sadly, 2 of the 6 players had a change in schedule the same time the DM made a few bad decisions & the entire campaign pretty much died. Sad.

  • @t2i3m4
    @t2i3m4 3 месяца назад +3

    Swashbuckler mountain dwarf with Medium Armor master. Never be hit again

  • @crispyjokingtuna1495
    @crispyjokingtuna1495 3 месяца назад +1

    My halfling build is really similar to your mountain dwarf, except I also have the lucky feat for free 😂

  • @safsren
    @safsren 3 месяца назад +2

    I have a barbarian wildhunt shifter and my DM considered nerfing my wildhunt form because of that advantage thing 😂

  • @RingXross
    @RingXross 3 месяца назад +29

    The problem with using the Longtooth Shifter ability with Moon Druids or Barbarians, is that it takes a surprising amount of set up. Round 1: bonus action transform/rage. Round 2: Shift. Round 3: Bite. You can't even use the bite feature until the 3rd round, the fight might be over by then.

    • @Orpheu5S
      @Orpheu5S 3 месяца назад +10

      My brother you can bite in the turn you shift.

    • @RingXross
      @RingXross 3 месяца назад +8

      @@Orpheu5S You are correct. I was looking at the old Eberron Shifter.

    • @Orpheu5S
      @Orpheu5S 3 месяца назад +6

      @@RingXross Its alright pal, now go bite some monsters😎

  • @serpentofchaos4637
    @serpentofchaos4637 3 месяца назад +2

    Bro really made a top 10 race list

  • @paytonbeech7206
    @paytonbeech7206 3 месяца назад +1

    I always love the aasimar, the level 3 features all slap, the flavor is super customizable, they have 2 damage resistances and free healing

  • @That_One_Kobold
    @That_One_Kobold 3 месяца назад +28

    I refuse to accept the new kobold, VOLO'S GUIDE FOR LIFE

    • @Raudulf
      @Raudulf 3 месяца назад +1

      FOR LIFE!!!

    • @partymantis3421
      @partymantis3421 3 месяца назад +4

      i for one like both,
      often we use both new & legacy versions of races at the same time & justify them as a distant group, tribe or colony.
      its possible to classify them as for ex:"Labyrinth"&"war"minotaurs "primal"&"Grumsh"Orc, "pack"&"cry" Kobold etc

    • @hyzmarie
      @hyzmarie 3 месяца назад +2

      @@partymantis3421oh that’s really cool! I saw a Hyrule homebrew that did this too! The Rito race (bird people in Zelda) have showed up twice, once as mostly human fellas who live on a dragon island and gain wings through a ritual, and once as straight-up bird people who love among frozen mountain peaks… so they made them two different subraces: coastal and mountain rito!

    • @drakegrandx5914
      @drakegrandx5914 Месяц назад

      Nah, as much as I dislike MotM and love Volo's, the latter's kobold is the worst-designed part of the book, only second to the orc. ASD in 5E? An ability that makes them useless most of the time, and another one that makes them OP when the first one isn't active? "Cower, Grovel & Beg" as a special attack, the race whose individuals routinely sacrifice themselves for the sake of protecting their community? No thanks...

    • @That_One_Kobold
      @That_One_Kobold Месяц назад

      @@drakegrandx5914 firstly, kobolds ARE cowards, secondly it's more of a ruse anyway, thirdly that is the worst part about it. Kobolds are also a monstrous race, which meant ASD's which have since been removed even from volo's kobold, daylight sensitivity is fun to get around and pack tactics isn't OP unless you abuse it

  • @cstuart5638
    @cstuart5638 21 час назад

    I’m playing a thri-kreen abjuration wizard who subclassed into cleric. With war caster feat as well. He wields 4 shields and casts spells. Although, some DM’s might not let you hold a shield in your secondary arms.

  • @JoshuaKirtley
    @JoshuaKirtley 3 месяца назад

    I'm currently playing a Winged Tiefling Grave Cleric. Previously played a Warforged Forge Cleric, I really liked that character. And before him, I was a Githzerai Tempest Cleric, also very fun.

  • @wrestlingfan836
    @wrestlingfan836 3 месяца назад

    In my most recent my current campaign, my dm gives everyone pack tactics and it gives the melee builds a leg up over spell casters. Essientally, if we’re flanking them then we get advantage very nice

    • @hyzmarie
      @hyzmarie 3 месяца назад

      That’s not pack tactics… that’s flanking! Flanking requires being on opposite sides of the enemy, while pack tactics lets you just be nearby. Subtle difference, but it matters because you don’t have to go all the way around the enemy :)

  • @morgancorey982
    @morgancorey982 Месяц назад

    I am a fan of reborn winged tiefling. They make good decaf coffee locks (just using the additional 4 hours while others sleep to take shorts rests and convert your warlock spells to sorcery points). Add that to flying in medium armor, and it is a recipe for fun!

  • @austink.5827
    @austink.5827 Месяц назад +1

    My testament to Mountain Dwarves comes from Geran Hammerstroke, my Mountain Dwarf Barbarian I created for a campaign that unfortunately never took off. Through an unusual stroke of fortune, I rolled two 18s for stats, and a couple other really basic rolls (10s or 12s). Being a barbarian, I put both of those 18s into Strength and Constitution, giving Geran TWO TWENTIES AT LEVEL ONE! My DM allowed this for one reason...I rolled a 4 for my intelligence. That campaign never ended up happening, but I did get to use him for a higher level one shot, and I must say, it was really fun playing a dwarf who was as dumb as the mountain he was born in but could absolutely destroy everything he came in contact with. Which almost included our changeling rogue on a couple of occasions lol.

  • @gabrielsalesmartins
    @gabrielsalesmartins 3 месяца назад +12

    13:25 dude, it's literally stated on the image you presented "OR IF YOU CHOOSE THIS LINEAGE AT CHARACTER CREATION, YOU GAIN PROFICIENCY IN TWO SKILLS OF YOUR CHOICE"
    You
    Can
    Not
    Start
    The
    Game
    As
    A
    Flying
    Dhampir

  • @ryanscanlon2151
    @ryanscanlon2151 3 месяца назад

    Hexbloods also make pretty great warlocks too, a free hex spell that doesn't cost you a warlock spell slot is massive for any warlock spamming Eldritch blast. Plus preparing hex and disguise self from your race frees you up to pick up other spells from warlock and your subclass list since currently those aren't automatic preps like for I think every other class. Also you can do some fun things with spells using the ribbon feature, while you don't cast from that space you do see from it which opens up more options in the cases where spells only require you to see the target like casting spells from armor and corners or behind cover

  • @mathewweeks9069
    @mathewweeks9069 3 месяца назад

    Your awesome and awesome video be safe out there I'm big fan of dnd

  • @GhostMas7er
    @GhostMas7er 3 месяца назад

    I tried playing a mountain dwarf clockwork soul sorcerer mele build and it is pretty fun. You max out str and con and use shadowblade/booming blade for attacks. Also Armor of aghatys + blade ward + Bastion of Law makes you super tanky and anyone who hits you gets tons of dmg. You can quicken spell colour spray and attack, or you can twin spell haste or polymorph for some nice party buffs.

  • @atashgallagher5139
    @atashgallagher5139 3 месяца назад +1

    I do level one ranger fighting style archery, then variant human fighting initiate archery, thats a +5 from dex +2 from proficiency +2 from ranger archery +2 from fighting initiate archery and later with bracers of archery another +2
    That's +12 to all archery attacks out to 600' and +14 with the bracers, up to plus +15 with your first proficiency bonus increase.
    At that point anyone with an AC of 16 or below is an auto hit full stop. And a roll of 3 or higher is a hit on a full plate fighter witbout a shield, a 5 or higher hits most people in full plate with a shield. It's awesome. You basically can't ever miss. And then you can start adding bonuses from ranger stuff to damage and hit rate like zephyr strike that adds a d10 of force damage, gives you increased movement speed, and gives you advantage on your +15 attack roles.

    • @TheRevvangel
      @TheRevvangel 2 месяца назад

      Can't take the same fighting style twice, so no +4 from two archery fighting styles

  • @alessandromario8507
    @alessandromario8507 3 месяца назад

    Missed you bro!

  • @jamestaylor3805
    @jamestaylor3805 2 месяца назад

    I made a Dhampir out of a Kingfisher flavoured Arakokra. Gave him a custome background Pearldiver with these abilities, swimming movement, water vehicles, comfortable lifestyle when on the coasts or islands, and a few times a day adding a die to Constitution checks(to represent the extreme times spent underwater seeking pearls, and attacks are Stat Checks after all). Of course went Lycan Bloodhunter... with the wolfy aesthetic changed to a Skyrimesque Vampire Lord aesthetic for transformations.

  • @torgfriednilzram1248
    @torgfriednilzram1248 3 месяца назад +1

    Gem Flight allows heavy armor and it has hover. Just for 1 minute a day but many partys don't fight more than that.

  • @jeremyleonjonas7657
    @jeremyleonjonas7657 8 дней назад

    Great video xD I'd like for System of a Down if nothing else, but these races are very much the top tier options

  • @Krlytz
    @Krlytz Месяц назад

    14:12 Just a footnote, instead of "Que siempre es útil" (the last word has emphasis on the U, btw) in order to keep the hand theme going you could have used "Que es bueno tener a mano", because otherwise you are saying "Which is always useful" while raising your hand, so that doesn't make much sense 😅
    Anyways, that was just a tiny detail I wanted to mention. Your video is awesome and I loved learning how powerful many of the races I've used are (whereas I chose them for completely unrelated reasons like just wanting to be an adorable little owl person 😂)

  • @NeoN-PeoN
    @NeoN-PeoN Месяц назад +1

    This always happens....
    I love Kobolds. But apparently, people loved them so much that now they've made them powerful.... WHICH DEFEATS THE BIGGEST PURPOSE OF PLAYING A KOBOLD

  • @p.h.744
    @p.h.744 3 месяца назад

    Thank you! 😃

  • @calebcalkins3657
    @calebcalkins3657 5 дней назад

    as a bugbear level 11 rouge you have double advantage on stealth checks plus 1-9 count as 10 on ablity checks

  • @whisperinwind87
    @whisperinwind87 2 месяца назад

    I used custom linage to make a Koala bear "shifter" who was a small race, which I really wanted so he could ride his steel defender and get sneak attack every attack...

  • @arrayknight9691
    @arrayknight9691 3 месяца назад +2

    Ayyy my boy the kobold made it on the list!

  • @WriterGirl90
    @WriterGirl90 Месяц назад

    Stonecunning has been pretty useful in our CoS game, my dwarf has been able to get extra info about what’s happening with it

  • @morrigankasa570
    @morrigankasa570 3 месяца назад +1

    My personal list of most powerful D&D Races.
    1. Eladrin(especially Summer)
    2. Shadar-Kai
    3. High Elf
    4. Mountain Dwarf
    5. Duergar
    6. Drow
    7. Dhampir
    8. Tortle
    9. Deep Gnome
    10. Tiefling
    But each their own thoughts/opinions/preferences.

  • @Joe-ib4qo
    @Joe-ib4qo 3 месяца назад

    please continue the subclass tier list!!! I have been waiting years

  • @FutureOverYou
    @FutureOverYou Месяц назад

    My bugbear gloomstalker ranger/fighter/rogue dual wielding hamd crossbows was absolutely so much fun. Almost guaranteed to kill something on turn 1.

  • @machomandalf2893
    @machomandalf2893 2 месяца назад

    I’m playing a warforged zealot barb in one of my games and he’s very quickly become one of my favorite characters. He’s reflavored as an animated suit of armor who got put there through some Fullmetal Alchemist type magic and all of my zealot abilities have been reflavored as arcane potency that just explodes out of him when he rages.

  • @MatiNuva1724
    @MatiNuva1724 3 месяца назад +3

    Guys I think this video is very handy

  • @SarmInTheHat7030
    @SarmInTheHat7030 3 месяца назад

    This channel is always handy

  • @DrDirtyBird
    @DrDirtyBird 3 месяца назад +1

    I'm honestly surprised that Hobgoblin wasn't on this list. Their teamplayer synergy is crazy good, I slept on them for so long.

  • @jkeys251
    @jkeys251 3 месяца назад

    You got me with the coffee spit take on the Windows 98, man.

  • @skateboarder27292
    @skateboarder27292 Месяц назад

    Drink-kun been lookin for table-san for awhile now.. Drink-Kun will not be denied..

  • @claylewis8233
    @claylewis8233 3 месяца назад

    you are awesome!

  • @murpledeer
    @murpledeer 3 месяца назад

    17:03 Actually there are some backgrounds that give you feats, rune carver from Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants gives you one. Granted that is under DM’s approval and with some asterisks attached

  • @Langharig_Tuig
    @Langharig_Tuig 3 месяца назад +7

    I wonder how often darkvision would be handy

    • @BelfastBiker
      @BelfastBiker 3 месяца назад

      it really doesn't come up as a crucial thing ever in our campaigns.

    • @Langharig_Tuig
      @Langharig_Tuig 3 месяца назад +1

      @@BelfastBiker Damn, the joke went so far over your head I cannot even joke about that haha

    • @hyzmarie
      @hyzmarie 3 месяца назад

      @@BelfastBikerehh it really depends. For anything dungeon delving, darkvision really matters! At the very least, if you don’t have it the rest of the party will make jokes about how blind you are.

  • @lrioje1
    @lrioje1 10 дней назад

    I still think "Draconic Cry" should have been "Raucous Yipping". Perfect description of a distraction, giving advantage. Also fits Kobolds better.

  • @arokan327
    @arokan327 3 месяца назад

    I gotta admit, my heart skipped a beat when I read "The 10 most powerful races" before "in DnD5e". This could've been a whole different video! Glad you didn't do it!

  • @Twilightcreamycrest
    @Twilightcreamycrest 3 месяца назад

    This video is always handy

  • @JesterSans
    @JesterSans 3 месяца назад

    This man needs a t-shirt to buy that says "Darkvision, which is always handy" and below it is just a cut out of him making the most dead inside face imaginable with his hand up

  • @jorisboonekamp9038
    @jorisboonekamp9038 17 дней назад

    12 points to DnDShorts for the SOAD reference! I´d like to mention an important element of the ancestral legacy races though: RAI you cannot create a lvl1 character with this feature. Something during the adventure must literally turn you into these races for that part to trigger; meaning that that ´broken´ flying speed isn´t that easy to come by. As a DM I would definitely not allow it at lvl1.

  • @stunspot
    @stunspot 2 месяца назад

    You are the only tuber I make a point to watch the commercials of.

  • @mcsnaga
    @mcsnaga 3 месяца назад

    Love it!
    Though .. HUMANIOD at 0:18
    Otherwise.. wonderful vid.

  • @ScottRoth1986
    @ScottRoth1986 3 месяца назад +1

    👏👏👏👏 👏
    Also, where’s your good microphone?

  • @benpickett2267
    @benpickett2267 3 месяца назад

    Will you do a ranking of every monk subclass? Monk is my typical class I run

  • @brettpettitt6531
    @brettpettitt6531 2 месяца назад

    I'm looking for the link to the Map one you mentioned. This is what I get for watch8ng art work....