3:43 Simic Hybrid has "Manta Glide" as a 1st level option. "Manta Glide - You have ray-like fins that you use as wings to slow your fall or allow you to glide. When you fall and are not incapacitated, you can subtract up to 100 feet from your fall when calculating your fall damage and can move horizontally 2 feet for every 1 foot you fall."
@@raynmakr40 Simic Hybrid Stone Sorcerer can get an AC of 21 with no Magic, no Armor, and a Shield, Plus a +11 to Concentration Checks... all just by having + 5 Con
In my homebrew, killoren reproduced from a giant white tree.This shell that the killoren came from were golden seeds hanging from the tree. The killoren blood were green that immeditately became mossy, sprouting tiny white leaves that eventually grew into these white trees.
Funnily enough I actually did make a dog-person race a few months ago. It's based on Tabaxi but now I'm going to have to go back and make some edits based on some of the ideas you mentioned. For anyone curious, this is what I have now, pre-update: Inurio Ability Scores: Con +2, Choose 1 from: Str, Dex, Con, Int, Wis, Cha Size: Medium Speed: 30ft, burrow 15ft Age. Inurio have lifespans equivalent to humans, but reach maturity around 10 years. Size. Inurio are taller than your average human and range in build from slender to bulky depending on their breed. Your size is medium. Blindsight. You have the keen senses of a canine, specifically smell and hearing. You can perceive your surroundings within 60ft of you without using sight through scents and sounds as long as you can hear and there is no strong wind. Canine Instincts. Your nature as a canine makes you geared towards fighting with partners. You have advantage on attack rolls against a creature if at least one of your allies is within 5ft of the creature and is not incapacitated. A dog to the core despite being humanoid, Inurio are adept at digging, you have a burrow speed of 15ft. Dogged Determination. Fiercely loyal, you cling to life to defend members of your pack. If you are reduced to 0 hit points but not outright killed and are within 10 feet of an ally, you can drop to 1 hit point instead. Dog's Talent. You have proficiency in Perception and Insight. Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and one other language of your choice. The floating stat point is to represent your chosen breed. Greyhounds would likely have a +1 to their Dex. Bloodhounds would have extra Wis for tracking. Mastiffs would probably double down on Con or take the Str. So on and so forth. I made them to be goodboy literal-guard dogs and obsessively loyal mercenaries for a homebrew setting. I welcome all suggestions and critiques.
Tibbit. A magically evolved race that began as wizard familiars, they're a shapechanger that looks like a halfling, but can change into the form of a domestic cat at will. In 5e, this would be like having an unlimited number of uses of wild shape, but only to change into a cat. Modron: Don't just re-skin the warforged. That's weak. Don't take away their wings, there are flying races available already. Don't give them the ability to wear armor, give them an AC calculation or a flat AC, like the tortle. Lupin: +1 CON and WIS, +1 floating bonus (or based on sub-race). Keen senses. Darkvision to 60 feet. Pack tactics. Bite attack: 1d4 piercing. On hit, can attempt shove (trip) attack as a reaction. Ghost elf: Revenant. Dragonborn of Bahamut: Just fix the Dragonborn.
Spellscales and Darfellen were 2 of the first races I read about when 3.5 introduced me to D&D If I was gonna cobble together a 3.5 wishlist it would probably include Hellbred, Elan, Thri Kreen and Hengeyokai
Phanatons got a 3.5 writeup, having previously only appeared for BECMI, in Dragon issues #339 and #351. Their first appearance as PCs was in Dragon #188, but they debuted as monsters in the module X1: Isle of Dread.
being a different type other than humanoid is a huge buff, because things like hold person, and charm person dont work on things that are not humanoid, so would say that having a subtype other than human is a huge advantage (like satyrs and centaurs, because they are fey)
For the Phantaton the bonuses while in forests could be like the the Svirfneblin's Stone Camouflage, giving Adv. on Stealth checks while in forests. With the added forest knowledge just being Proficiency in Nature or Survival or both.
Phanatons originally came from D&D Basic and the setting of Mystara. If you want a stated up version of them for playing in 5e go ask Mr Welch on his channel, he's basicly "THE" Mystara guy that's trying to bring the setting back, and he has some stats for Phanatons
I can see the glimmerfolk being descendants of humans that were trapped in the feywild. I would probably give their nimels acting as a dancing light type effect (except they have to stay by them and cant form the humanoid) permanently until they burn them out for the effects
21:00 You learn a Level 1 sorcerer spell that you can cast once per short rest. Once / Twice per Long Rest when you cast a spell you can apply a Metamagic Option to it.
Man... that spellscale art. I had forgotten how completely haphazard some of the art was in 3.5. Not trying to knock it, but hooo boy they didn't really stick with any kind of theme or style in most of those books, did they. That one looks almost like a photoshop collage...? Bold choices.
Something I've always wondered about the dnd multiverse: how did all of these sentient races evolve far enough to establish civilizations without getting snuffed out by other stronger ones?
I think I made a few of these by accident especially the ghost elf and the Dragonborn I was really surprised by the darfellan Darfellan was by making a goliath equivalent of a sea-elf and flavouring a Totem barbarian with sea creatures with orca being bear also giving him some Battle master fighter and Gloomstalker levels and a narwhal harpoon (greatsword with a chain of returning). Echolocation for him was any type of water and it a survival check (so putting his hand in a puddle or a lake would activate it)
The Ghost Elves sound cool, I would probably go the Deep Gnome route, not give them spells to start but give them Ghost Elf Magic as a Feat which would let you cast See Invisibility, Blink and Etherealness once each per long rest. I would give them a racial feature that once per short rest let you end the Restrained and/or Grappled condition.
31:00 I like to give animal-based races the free use of speak with animals for the animal they're based off like cat to cat dog to dog snake to snake. Also I like to give them an advantage on persuasion against those of the same type like a Lupin wolf speaking with a regular wolf or a tabaxi tabby and a regular tabby cat.
@DialatedPupils If I were to make a Mycanoid race. I'd probably have a template where players are based off the Sprout from levels 1-4, the Adult lv 5-8, then treated as a Sovereign at lv 9+. The race has: -2 Str +1 Wis -2 Int -5 Cha Small, Plant 10ft movement 120ft Darkvision Distress Spore Sun Sickness Innate Spellcasting: Verbal components aren't required to cast spells. Fist: deals 1d4 bludgeoning and 1d4 poison. Rapport Spores 3/day. 5th lv threshold: Medium, Plant Natural Armor (12) +10 ft (20) Distress Spores Sun Sickness Fist gains an additional +1d4 bludgeoning and +1d4 poison. (2d4 each total) Pacifying Spores 3/day. Rapport Spores (Unl.) +10ft range (20) 9th lv threshold: Large, Plant Natural Armor (13) +10ft movement (30) Distress Spores Sun Sickness Multiattack: As an action, the player may use hallucinating or pacifying spores, and then makes a Fist attack. Fist gains an additional +1d4 bludgeoning and +1 poison. (3d4 each total) Animating Spores 3/day Hallucinating Spores (Unl.) Pacifying Spores (Unl.) Rapport Spores (+10ft, 30 total)
most of the "(Race Name) Characters" section of each race (adventurers, personality, roleplaying, etc) was in 4E as well (mostly in the Essentials Books like Heroes of Fallen Kingdoms).
i saw the dragonborn of our lord and savior bahamut as the top 1 and i say its nice, i too tried to make a homebrew of that keeping even the rite of rebirth mechanique
Welp. I'm officially obsessed with looking up all kinds of cool and lesser known 3/3.5e stuff, as well as builds. With some of the truly crazy stuff you could do I wish I was able to get more into it at the time. But thanks for shedding a light on how cool some of the stuff was.
To me, the original Dragonborn, works now like a ritual to become a Halfdragon. I'm making the adaptation for the Sharakim, and i've made some other options from back then.
I actually really like the idea of giving certain metamagic abilities to certain races, either as baked into thier racial spells, or as a feature they can use once per rest or per prof. bonus.
As someone who is currently playing a Dragonborn of Bahamut in a 5e campaign, I was really not expecting that to be #1 on the list. Ever since I found out about them, I think I’ve really liked them for 2 reasons. 1) They choose to dedicate their entire lives to fighting to protect the world from creatures who wish to destroy or rule it. Not only do they show this in actions, but they give their entire body to the cause, sacrificing everything they once were in order to protect other people. 2) I just really like dragons
oh my god I once ran a sea campaign in 3.5e and had two players run Darfellan brothers and it was hella fun. Seeing it on your list made me happy to see the Darfellan rep
Honestly, I'd like the dragonborn to just be revamped and there are subraces. Not like the ones in Wildemount, those can be thrown into a fire. Like you take the aspects of a dragon such as their wisdom, strength or their intelligence and you can choose a subrace that works for what kind of class you want. Like take the stat increases for the wildemount dragonbonr (those are fine) and some of the more useful traits like darkvision. Also, have a number of dragon breath charges that are 1 + your con modifier, you can spend more than one charge and add 2d6 of the damage type and keep the resistances. Hell, you can give one of the subraces something like natural armor. I homebrewed something like this, I never got a chance to play test it but essentially I took the ideas of dragonborn subraces and made them actually good. And they look more like dragons with horns and tails.
I hope the ghost elves get some love. Idk if they are in other settings but im sure they are forgotten realms. And the original dragonborn are great. I've contemplated offering it my pc's Vayemniri
My own Top 10 list that I'd like to see in 5e: 10) Half-giant (Expanded Psionics) - Give us some glorious Dark Sun. 9) Death-Touched (Dragon 313) - humanoid usually created via an undead bloodline (not unlike the spellscale having dragon blood). 8) Azerblood (Dragon 350) - tiefling/aasimar version of a dwarf. Could just be a subrace of a dwarf like a duergar. 7) Diabolus (Dragon 327) - an outsider satyr with a scorpion tail. 6) Dvati (Dragon Compendium Vol 1) - This is less likely to ever happen, but they're essentially twins that share hit points. They don't necessarily have to share classes either. 5) Spelljammer races (Dragon 339): insectare, giff, and scro - Instead of listing them individually, just pile them all into one listing because all three would be fantastic to have. 4) Gruwaar (Dragon 317) - monkeylike goblin cat fey. Because heck yeah! 3) Whisper Gnome (Races of Stone) - a subtype of the gnome, but incredibly stealthy and very, very silent. 2) Thri-kreen, non-psionic (Monster Manual II) - another dark sun race, but has four arms and has a crazy jump ability. 1) Hellbred (Fiendish Codex II) - humanoids that messed up when they were alive, but are given a second chance to redeem themselves, and are reincarnated into a hellflame scarred version of their former selves. Think Spawn. They would be their own race, but would have two subraces, not unlike the suggested 3.5 dragonborn of Bahamut conversion having three. The hellbred chooses either Body or Spirit. Unfortunately, Devil-Touched feats don't exist, so the "Body" would need to be adjusted. Runners Up: The psionic races (Complete Psionic and Expanded Psionics) - Synad, elan, xeph, and maenad. These would be great, but we don't have actual psionic classes (yet). This would also open up the half-giant and thri-kreen subraces that were psionic powered. You could make non-psionic versions of each race, and then expand them later, but it wouldn't feel that authentic.
I was thinking about how to do a Continent in my setting based on Dragons, and, thanks to this video, I discovered about the Spellscales and plan to use it. Thanks!
I think each meditation for the spell scale should have its baseline proficiencies. Then as a racial feat it would enhance each one to give a metamagic with a limited number of uses maybe proficiency modifier or cha modifier
Lupin: I don't see Dexterity being particularly dog like. Perhaps Constitution and Charisma (dogs are sociable) bonuses? They should get the ability to track by scent along with the advantage on Perceptions rolls using scent or hearing. Pack tactics would also fit the stereotype.
Thri-kreen (not sure if 3.5) would top out my list. To be blunt we already have a rainbow of elves we don't need more. Nicter and dog race definitely needed. I wouldn't even give the base dog race anything it would just have a dozen subraces.
Ironically, Darfellan have been converted to 5e by a fan who published them on the DM's Guild, as one of their expansions for the Forgotten Realms subsetting of Anchorome (Pre-Columbian North America analogue).
The two races we'd most like to see in 5E are the Cansin from Dragon magazine (basically Aasimar & Tieflings but for faeries), and the Asherati from sandstorm (Bio-luminescent hydrophobic sand people). We'd also really love to see a party with both an Asherati and a Locatha. It's a moisture based odd couple! One will die if they stay dry, one will die if they get wet; together they raid dungeons and fight dragons!
@@project4061 Yes. Also shorter videos take less processing time. So post a long vid, it processes, post a short one. That finishes first, then the big one, and viola.
I'm adding Asabi and Grinth to my game, set in Anauroch. I may also be adding the Dragonborn of Bahamut! Some good stuff in older editions. I don't play with racial ASI's, so it makes it even easier.
I loved the Killoren from *Races of the Wild* and the 2e Lupin (yay, Mystara!) were always fun counters to the Rakasta, especially in the *Red Steel* setting! The rest of these races are a bit "meh" for my tastes and don't really bring anything new to the tabletop.
Lupin should be +2 con and +1 strength, perception and nature and they get move 35 and get a bite/claw as d6 as a bonus action. Dragonborn of B are a class of dragon Sorcerer. but I would remove a lot of the not caring about family or emotion cause that is a invitation to abuse. Ghost elves need a reworking (Gish means they don’t age) but they are a nice thing to think about.
Viletooth lizardfolk from dragon magic in that 3.5 book there was a draconic subrace for most chromatic and metallic dragon these creatures have more dragon blood heritage then a dragon sorcerer but not as much as a dragon born... they were like 1/8 dragon but could track their heritage to the dragon that was their great grandparent The vile tooth lizardfolk were related to black dragons. silver brow humans were related to silver dragons. Deepwyrm drow were related to purple/deep dragons. Fire blood dwarves were related to red dragons. Forest lord elf/halfelf were related to green dragons. Stone hunter gnomes were related to copper dragons. Glimmerskin haflings were related to gold dragons. Sun scorched hobgoblins were related to blue dragons. And frost blood orc/ halforc were related to white dragons.
For those wondering, his number 1 choice has a compromise in the game already called 'Half-dragon'. It just isn't as unbalanced as the 'Dragonborn' is from 3.5.
Those are completely different. We had half-dragons in 3.5e too, they are vastly different. A half-dragon is more often than not the offspring of a humanoid and a dragon in human form. That is very different from devoting yourself to a wholly good dragon god and them blessing you with being reborn in their image. Also half-dragons don't get to choose their breath weapon type and more often than not, don't have wings.
@@NerdImmersion The wings and choosing breathweapon are the imbalances I was talking about. Half dragon in 5e can be a ritual of using blood of a dragon usually. I actually ran a campaign where I made a dragon transform its minions to half dragon monsters slowly over years with the help of cultists. I didnt say it was a replacement though if you reread, I did say compromise.
I feel like if we have to ask if its "dog enough" its clearly not. Plus shifters don't have to be dog based. In fact i think the original descriptions from the 3.5e Eberron guide said something like: "Like cats they have wide flat noses with large eyes, pointed ears and claw-like nails on both their toes and fingers."
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3:43 Simic Hybrid has "Manta Glide" as a 1st level option. "Manta Glide - You have ray-like fins that you use as wings to slow your fall or allow you to glide. When you fall and are not incapacitated, you can subtract up to 100 feet from your fall when calculating your fall damage and can move horizontally 2 feet for every 1 foot you fall."
Lol glad someone beat me to it.
I was thinking of that. Really one of my favourite race options for that customisability.
People need to quit sleepin on Simic, it's basically a build-your-own-monster race.
@@raynmakr40 Simic Hybrid Stone Sorcerer can get an AC of 21 with no Magic, no Armor, and a Shield, Plus a +11 to Concentration Checks... all just by having + 5 Con
In my homebrew, killoren reproduced from a giant white tree.This shell that the killoren came from were golden seeds hanging from the tree. The killoren blood were green that immeditately became mossy, sprouting tiny white leaves that eventually grew into these white trees.
It’s your list, you make up the rules
You'd be surprised how many people don't seem to get that
Funnily enough I actually did make a dog-person race a few months ago. It's based on Tabaxi but now I'm going to have to go back and make some edits based on some of the ideas you mentioned.
For anyone curious, this is what I have now, pre-update:
Inurio
Ability Scores: Con +2, Choose 1 from: Str, Dex, Con, Int, Wis, Cha
Size: Medium
Speed: 30ft, burrow 15ft
Age. Inurio have lifespans equivalent to humans, but reach maturity around 10 years.
Size. Inurio are taller than your average human and range in build from slender to bulky depending on their breed. Your size is medium.
Blindsight. You have the keen senses of a canine, specifically smell and hearing. You can perceive your surroundings within 60ft of you without using sight through scents and sounds as long as you can hear and there is no strong wind.
Canine Instincts. Your nature as a canine makes you geared towards fighting with partners. You have advantage on attack rolls against a creature if at least one of your allies is within 5ft of the creature and is not incapacitated. A dog to the core despite being humanoid, Inurio are adept at digging, you have a burrow speed of 15ft.
Dogged Determination. Fiercely loyal, you cling to life to defend members of your pack. If you are reduced to 0 hit points but not outright killed and are within 10 feet of an ally, you can drop to 1 hit point instead.
Dog's Talent. You have proficiency in Perception and Insight.
Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and one other language of your choice.
The floating stat point is to represent your chosen breed. Greyhounds would likely have a +1 to their Dex. Bloodhounds would have extra Wis for tracking. Mastiffs would probably double down on Con or take the Str. So on and so forth.
I made them to be goodboy literal-guard dogs and obsessively loyal mercenaries for a homebrew setting. I welcome all suggestions and critiques.
Tibbit. A magically evolved race that began as wizard familiars, they're a shapechanger that looks like a halfling, but can change into the form of a domestic cat at will. In 5e, this would be like having an unlimited number of uses of wild shape, but only to change into a cat.
Modron: Don't just re-skin the warforged. That's weak. Don't take away their wings, there are flying races available already. Don't give them the ability to wear armor, give them an AC calculation or a flat AC, like the tortle.
Lupin: +1 CON and WIS, +1 floating bonus (or based on sub-race). Keen senses. Darkvision to 60 feet. Pack tactics. Bite attack: 1d4 piercing. On hit, can attempt shove (trip) attack as a reaction.
Ghost elf: Revenant.
Dragonborn of Bahamut: Just fix the Dragonborn.
I'm a big fan of lupin myself, I would love to see them come back.
Me too!
@@starwolf27 Especially if they become legal for Adventurer's league
The Glimmerfolk can become part of a sorcerer subclass, like Radiance Ancestry or something like that, and expand on this concept
For Batfolk, a reskinned Winged Tiefling ( from SCAG) is a good substitute.
Love the Ghost Elves.
Spellscales and Darfellen were 2 of the first races I read about when 3.5 introduced me to D&D
If I was gonna cobble together a 3.5 wishlist it would probably include Hellbred, Elan, Thri Kreen and Hengeyokai
Phanatons got a 3.5 writeup, having previously only appeared for BECMI, in Dragon issues #339 and #351. Their first appearance as PCs was in Dragon #188, but they debuted as monsters in the module X1: Isle of Dread.
If you like the bat race they technically made it to 5e in the form of a werebat goblin
A man after my own heart. I've been working on Darfellan and Killoren as a mainstay of my homebrew setting.
Planeshift amonkhet has a jackal race that's pretty cool
being a different type other than humanoid is a huge buff, because things like hold person, and charm person dont work on things that are not humanoid, so would say that having a subtype other than human is a huge advantage (like satyrs and centaurs, because they are fey)
Maybe a fun thing for the modron would be the ability to change a roll to a 10 once a day
I like it!
I would give give the bat people infinite darkvision, but in total darkness everything beyond 60 feet is obscured.
I’m a new subscriber and holy crap dude, do you ever SLEEP?? I’m amazed.
For the Phantaton the bonuses while in forests could be like the the Svirfneblin's Stone Camouflage, giving Adv. on Stealth checks while in forests. With the added forest knowledge just being Proficiency in Nature or Survival or both.
Would love to see a 5E Shardmind
Phanatons originally came from D&D Basic and the setting of Mystara. If you want a stated up version of them for playing in 5e go ask Mr Welch on his channel, he's basicly "THE" Mystara guy that's trying to bring the setting back, and he has some stats for Phanatons
I can see the glimmerfolk being descendants of humans that were trapped in the feywild. I would probably give their nimels acting as a dancing light type effect (except they have to stay by them and cant form the humanoid) permanently until they burn them out for the effects
Tby, I've personally always wanted a playable Kua-Toa, or whatever the fish guys are called
locathah - there are rules for them.
@@Grey_Shard I know Locath are playable, but I mean www.aidedd.org/dnd/monstres.php?vo=kuo-toa Kuo-Toa
the rangers natural habitat thingy
21:00
You learn a Level 1 sorcerer spell that you can cast once per short rest.
Once / Twice per Long Rest when you cast a spell you can apply a Metamagic Option to it.
I know it's not a Wizards of the Coast book but, Humblewood has a cool gliding mechanic!
Man... that spellscale art. I had forgotten how completely haphazard some of the art was in 3.5. Not trying to knock it, but hooo boy they didn't really stick with any kind of theme or style in most of those books, did they. That one looks almost like a photoshop collage...? Bold choices.
Something I've always wondered about the dnd multiverse: how did all of these sentient races evolve far enough to establish civilizations without getting snuffed out by other stronger ones?
I really liked the Vannara.
Simic hybrids have a glide mechanic (2ft horizontal for every 1 ft verticle and subtract 100ft for calculating falling damage) in 5e
These are great for playing now that Tasha's allows for custom races.
As a wiz main, what we really need is more Intelligence based races (yes I know Tasha may change everything)
I had a Darfellan pop up in a 5e game. I used the Goliath stats, and replaced the mountain stuff with deep water stuff.
I think I made a few of these by accident especially the ghost elf and the Dragonborn I was really surprised by the darfellan
Darfellan was by making a goliath equivalent of a sea-elf and flavouring a Totem barbarian with sea creatures with orca being bear also giving him some Battle master fighter and Gloomstalker levels and a narwhal harpoon (greatsword with a chain of returning). Echolocation for him was any type of water and it a survival check (so putting his hand in a puddle or a lake would activate it)
The Ghost Elves sound cool, I would probably go the Deep Gnome route, not give them spells to start but give them Ghost Elf Magic as a Feat which would let you cast See Invisibility, Blink and Etherealness once each per long rest. I would give them a racial feature that once per short rest let you end the Restrained and/or Grappled condition.
Great idea!
Gotta get them shardminds
I want that d20 lamp that's behind him
31:00 I like to give animal-based races the free use of speak with animals for the animal they're based off like cat to cat dog to dog snake to snake. Also I like to give them an advantage on persuasion against those of the same type like a Lupin wolf speaking with a regular wolf or a tabaxi tabby and a regular tabby cat.
I wish the Myconoids were a possible player race. It would be really thematic for them to be a Circle of Spores Druid.
I would love to see that in a underdark campaign like Into the Abyss
There's a homebrew race of on the dnd wiki that seems pretty balanced
An official Myconid race, and an official Treant-like tree race is desperatly needed in my campaigns! Theyre so great!
@DialatedPupils
If I were to make a Mycanoid race.
I'd probably have a template where players are based off the Sprout from levels 1-4, the Adult lv 5-8, then treated as a Sovereign at lv 9+.
The race has:
-2 Str
+1 Wis
-2 Int
-5 Cha
Small, Plant
10ft movement
120ft Darkvision
Distress Spore
Sun Sickness
Innate Spellcasting: Verbal components aren't required to cast spells.
Fist: deals 1d4 bludgeoning and 1d4 poison.
Rapport Spores 3/day.
5th lv threshold:
Medium, Plant
Natural Armor (12)
+10 ft (20)
Distress Spores
Sun Sickness
Fist gains an additional +1d4 bludgeoning and +1d4 poison. (2d4 each total)
Pacifying Spores 3/day.
Rapport Spores (Unl.)
+10ft range (20)
9th lv threshold:
Large, Plant
Natural Armor (13)
+10ft movement (30)
Distress Spores
Sun Sickness
Multiattack: As an action, the player may use hallucinating or pacifying spores, and then makes a Fist attack.
Fist gains an additional +1d4 bludgeoning and +1 poison. (3d4 each total)
Animating Spores 3/day
Hallucinating Spores (Unl.)
Pacifying Spores (Unl.)
Rapport Spores (+10ft, 30 total)
Oh I've actually been working on myconid homebrew races with several subraces.
Word of Radiance cantrip would work well for the Glimmerfolk
id like the orca race
most of the "(Race Name) Characters" section of each race (adventurers, personality, roleplaying, etc) was in 4E as well (mostly in the Essentials Books like Heroes of Fallen Kingdoms).
Nice choice👍sad though the deep imaskari and Asherati didn't make the list.
Instead of doing subraces you could make the build the killoren off Eladrin.
i saw the dragonborn of our lord and savior bahamut as the top 1 and i say its nice, i too tried to make a homebrew of that keeping even the rite of rebirth mechanique
Welp. I'm officially obsessed with looking up all kinds of cool and lesser known 3/3.5e stuff, as well as builds. With some of the truly crazy stuff you could do I wish I was able to get more into it at the time. But thanks for shedding a light on how cool some of the stuff was.
To me, the original Dragonborn, works now like a ritual to become a Halfdragon.
I'm making the adaptation for the Sharakim, and i've made some other options from back then.
would love to play a thri kreen monk or slinger would be awesome
I know it was a template but it could be a race, but I would like to see Necropolitan.
played a Darfellan once in an aquatic campaign went with monk
No particular order:
1- Thri-Kreen
2- Loxo
3 - Desmodo
4 - Volodni
5 - Wemic
6 - Star Elf
7 - Half-Ogre
8 - Spellscale
9 - Mongrelfolk
10 - Vanara
I actually really like the idea of giving certain metamagic abilities to certain races, either as baked into thier racial spells, or as a feature they can use once per rest or per prof. bonus.
goin crazy with the videos today! very exciting.
As someone who is currently playing a Dragonborn of Bahamut in a 5e campaign, I was really not expecting that to be #1 on the list. Ever since I found out about them, I think I’ve really liked them for 2 reasons.
1) They choose to dedicate their entire lives to fighting to protect the world from creatures who wish to destroy or rule it. Not only do they show this in actions, but they give their entire body to the cause, sacrificing everything they once were in order to protect other people.
2) I just really like dragons
oh my god I once ran a sea campaign in 3.5e and had two players run Darfellan brothers and it was hella fun. Seeing it on your list made me happy to see the Darfellan rep
I think the force is strong in the Killoren race they should do psychic damage^^
Was hoping to see Illumian on this
It was, and then I ultimately ended up cutting it
Honestly, I'd like the dragonborn to just be revamped and there are subraces. Not like the ones in Wildemount, those can be thrown into a fire. Like you take the aspects of a dragon such as their wisdom, strength or their intelligence and you can choose a subrace that works for what kind of class you want. Like take the stat increases for the wildemount dragonbonr (those are fine) and some of the more useful traits like darkvision. Also, have a number of dragon breath charges that are 1 + your con modifier, you can spend more than one charge and add 2d6 of the damage type and keep the resistances. Hell, you can give one of the subraces something like natural armor. I homebrewed something like this, I never got a chance to play test it but essentially I took the ideas of dragonborn subraces and made them actually good. And they look more like dragons with horns and tails.
Everytime I check you have posted a video
So many videos today! And all great quality as usual! You are awesome!
you could give them natral feather falling
I hope the ghost elves get some love. Idk if they are in other settings but im sure they are forgotten realms. And the original dragonborn are great. I've contemplated offering it my pc's Vayemniri
No, they were not part of Forgotten Realms or any setting officially. They are an unofficial race that never was included in any setting.
My own Top 10 list that I'd like to see in 5e:
10) Half-giant (Expanded Psionics) - Give us some glorious Dark Sun.
9) Death-Touched (Dragon 313) - humanoid usually created via an undead bloodline (not unlike the spellscale having dragon blood).
8) Azerblood (Dragon 350) - tiefling/aasimar version of a dwarf. Could just be a subrace of a dwarf like a duergar.
7) Diabolus (Dragon 327) - an outsider satyr with a scorpion tail.
6) Dvati (Dragon Compendium Vol 1) - This is less likely to ever happen, but they're essentially twins that share hit points. They don't necessarily have to share classes either.
5) Spelljammer races (Dragon 339): insectare, giff, and scro - Instead of listing them individually, just pile them all into one listing because all three would be fantastic to have.
4) Gruwaar (Dragon 317) - monkeylike goblin cat fey. Because heck yeah!
3) Whisper Gnome (Races of Stone) - a subtype of the gnome, but incredibly stealthy and very, very silent.
2) Thri-kreen, non-psionic (Monster Manual II) - another dark sun race, but has four arms and has a crazy jump ability.
1) Hellbred (Fiendish Codex II) - humanoids that messed up when they were alive, but are given a second chance to redeem themselves, and are reincarnated into a hellflame scarred version of their former selves. Think Spawn. They would be their own race, but would have two subraces, not unlike the suggested 3.5 dragonborn of Bahamut conversion having three. The hellbred chooses either Body or Spirit. Unfortunately, Devil-Touched feats don't exist, so the "Body" would need to be adjusted.
Runners Up: The psionic races (Complete Psionic and Expanded Psionics) - Synad, elan, xeph, and maenad. These would be great, but we don't have actual psionic classes (yet). This would also open up the half-giant and thri-kreen subraces that were psionic powered. You could make non-psionic versions of each race, and then expand them later, but it wouldn't feel that authentic.
I was thinking about how to do a Continent in my setting based on Dragons, and, thanks to this video, I discovered about the Spellscales and plan to use it. Thanks!
Simic Hybrid have some glid Feature and Theros Satyr is shown with a Glider
I want Myconids, Thri-Kreen, Hengeyokai, and *good* Genasi.
Great video. I’d love to see a sequel to this with more great 3.5 races we’re missing out on.
WoW! You really are motivated man, I appreciate your commitment to your vids.
I hope you’re getting enough sleep!
So many great races to come back from 3.5 and 4
Dog people can be shifters or even gnolls
Wow they really did make 5e dragonborn buttcheeks compared to 3e dragonborn
Honestly I think races are one of the few areas that 5e has given us a good number of.
That said, bring back shardminds and devas.
Shardminds for sure.
Deffintly a really unique race.
I think the conversion from 4e to 5e wouldn't be to bad.
Might just have to tweak some stuff.
I think each meditation for the spell scale should have its baseline proficiencies. Then as a racial feat it would enhance each one to give a metamagic with a limited number of uses maybe proficiency modifier or cha modifier
Lupin: I don't see Dexterity being particularly dog like. Perhaps Constitution and Charisma (dogs are sociable) bonuses? They should get the ability to track by scent along with the advantage on Perceptions rolls using scent or hearing. Pack tactics would also fit the stereotype.
I really want Illumian, Mongrelfolk, and Spellscale. All of them were just so unique in either mechanics or roleplay.
Thri-kreen (not sure if 3.5) would top out my list.
To be blunt we already have a rainbow of elves we don't need more.
Nicter and dog race definitely needed. I wouldn't even give the base dog race anything it would just have a dozen subraces.
Ironically, Darfellan have been converted to 5e by a fan who published them on the DM's Guild, as one of their expansions for the Forgotten Realms subsetting of Anchorome (Pre-Columbian North America analogue).
The Deck of Many's Humblewood setting has winged races that cannot fly but do glide. I really like how they've implemented.
Lupins should have pack tactics
The plant people are similar to silvari in gw2
The two races we'd most like to see in 5E are the Cansin from Dragon magazine (basically Aasimar & Tieflings but for faeries), and the Asherati from sandstorm (Bio-luminescent hydrophobic sand people).
We'd also really love to see a party with both an Asherati and a Locatha. It's a moisture based odd couple! One will die if they stay dry, one will die if they get wet; together they raid dungeons and fight dragons!
6 minutes between videos, I think that’s a new record.
This poor guy 😅
Does he sleep
Think you can set up when something's uploaded.
@@project4061 Yes. Also shorter videos take less processing time. So post a long vid, it processes, post a short one. That finishes first, then the big one, and viola.
Bat person (#3).. just to be able to say.. I’m Batman!
Have you considered doing a video about the character options in Exploring Eberron? I really respect your thoughts about balance and whatnot
@4:50 vegepygmy plant camouflage ability in ToA
I'm adding Asabi and Grinth to my game, set in Anauroch. I may also be adding the Dragonborn of Bahamut! Some good stuff in older editions. I don't play with racial ASI's, so it makes it even easier.
I wish Lupin were a thing...I can bring my Worgen Hunter into the D&D world!
I like the Wemics. Think Lyonel from Zelda but all lion
Geez pumping these out like crazy lately. Don't tire yourself out man.
Dragon Magazine is official unless something they published has been reprinted with an errata.
This is history, not controversy.
I'm want gnolls that aren't mindless predators.
Hyenas are cool.
Sad that Ratfolk didnt make the list.
I loved the Killoren from *Races of the Wild* and the 2e Lupin (yay, Mystara!) were always fun counters to the Rakasta, especially in the *Red Steel* setting!
The rest of these races are a bit "meh" for my tastes and don't really bring anything new to the tabletop.
I want to play a Modron...
Honestly, Darfellan, Lupins, Ghost Elves, and honestly any new Dragonborn seem to be the most interesting out of all of these.
Lupin should be +2 con and +1 strength, perception and nature and they get move 35 and get a bite/claw as d6 as a bonus action.
Dragonborn of B are a class of dragon Sorcerer. but I would remove a lot of the not caring about family or emotion cause that is a invitation to abuse.
Ghost elves need a reworking (Gish means they don’t age) but they are a nice thing to think about.
Viletooth lizardfolk from dragon magic in that 3.5 book there was a draconic subrace for most chromatic and metallic dragon these creatures have more dragon blood heritage then a dragon sorcerer but not as much as a dragon born... they were like 1/8 dragon but could track their heritage to the dragon that was their great grandparent
The vile tooth lizardfolk were related to black dragons.
silver brow humans were related to silver dragons.
Deepwyrm drow were related to purple/deep dragons.
Fire blood dwarves were related to red dragons.
Forest lord elf/halfelf were related to green dragons.
Stone hunter gnomes were related to copper dragons.
Glimmerskin haflings were related to gold dragons.
Sun scorched hobgoblins were related to blue dragons.
And frost blood orc/ halforc were related to white dragons.
For those wondering, his number 1 choice has a compromise in the game already called 'Half-dragon'. It just isn't as unbalanced as the 'Dragonborn' is from 3.5.
Those are completely different. We had half-dragons in 3.5e too, they are vastly different. A half-dragon is more often than not the offspring of a humanoid and a dragon in human form. That is very different from devoting yourself to a wholly good dragon god and them blessing you with being reborn in their image. Also half-dragons don't get to choose their breath weapon type and more often than not, don't have wings.
@@NerdImmersion The wings and choosing breathweapon are the imbalances I was talking about. Half dragon in 5e can be a ritual of using blood of a dragon usually. I actually ran a campaign where I made a dragon transform its minions to half dragon monsters slowly over years with the help of cultists. I didnt say it was a replacement though if you reread, I did say compromise.
There are no dog races? Isn't the Shifter from Eberron dog enough?
I feel like if we have to ask if its "dog enough" its clearly not. Plus shifters don't have to be dog based. In fact i think the original descriptions from the 3.5e Eberron guide said something like: "Like cats they have wide flat noses with large eyes, pointed ears and claw-like nails on both their toes and fingers."
You could a deer based shifter, crocodile, armadillo, etc. The wolf/dog based idea seems like the lamest option in my mind
5E doesnt have spellcraft checks, but there is Arcana which is the same thing.