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  • @UgyBoogie
    @UgyBoogie5 жыл бұрын

    Timestamps for each Race 3:13 Firbolg 6:01 Lizardfolk 8:45 Triton 12:05 Dragonborn 15:13 Goliath 19:06 Gnome 22:22 Kenku 24:38 Half-Orc 29:29 Aasimar 30:50 Tabaxi 33:10 Genasi 35:35 Halfling 37:16 Dwarf 40:47 Gith 43:49 Tiefling 46:32 Half-Elf 48:06 Elf 50:51 Human

  • @GrahamMilkdrop

    @GrahamMilkdrop

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @molliethomas2585

    @molliethomas2585

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thank you

  • @esperthebard

    @esperthebard

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @Morgan-rl5bt

    @Morgan-rl5bt

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thank you

  • @brendanshaw7401

    @brendanshaw7401

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks

  • @DrLipkin
    @DrLipkin5 жыл бұрын

    My head canon is that one of Humanity's magical features is the ability to bang and reproduce with practically any other humanoid.

  • @patrickbuckley7259

    @patrickbuckley7259

    5 жыл бұрын

    This has been my headcannon for a while. Like the gods gave humans the ability to be super adaptable, which had the secondary characteristic of making them able to breed with other races more freely.

  • @Dragonspassage

    @Dragonspassage

    5 жыл бұрын

    Its the other way around actually. Orcs were given that ability thats why all races can make half orcs not just humans. And elfs are similar because of their divine heritage they can interbreed.

  • @DrLipkin

    @DrLipkin

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Dragonspassage Half-dragons, Tieflings, Aasimar, Genasi, I could go on. Humans seem to be the common denominator here.

  • @lukediehl1210

    @lukediehl1210

    5 жыл бұрын

    I did a homebrew once where humans were the progenitor race. Every other humanoid was the result of magical experiments and accidents. That information has been suppressed for centuries by the elves, who see themselves as the supreme race.

  • @Cloud_Seeker

    @Cloud_Seeker

    5 жыл бұрын

    Time to bring out the Sax and play some careless whispers.

  • @davidmeehan4486
    @davidmeehan44865 жыл бұрын

    "How do you forge steel under water?" This is why dolphins never conquered the Earth.

  • @davidsmith7752

    @davidsmith7752

    5 жыл бұрын

    They would use the underwater volcanic vents, of course. Much hotter than medieval forges could, and some DMs might be willing to give minor interesting effects to the equipment to represent the effects of the contaminants from the vent.

  • @charlesstebbins7207

    @charlesstebbins7207

    5 жыл бұрын

    1 word... MAGIC.

  • @NWLR-tv

    @NWLR-tv

    5 жыл бұрын

    There are ore deposits underwater.

  • @arandomzoomer4837

    @arandomzoomer4837

    4 жыл бұрын

    They would’ve if they could.

  • @arandomzoomer4837

    @arandomzoomer4837

    4 жыл бұрын

    David Smith That would involve getting close to a lethal volcano. It’s hard to work out in a practical way.

  • @Katurodrake
    @Katurodrake5 жыл бұрын

    Always be yourself. Unless you can be a dragon. *then always be a dragon*

  • @FreedomAndPeaceOnly

    @FreedomAndPeaceOnly

    4 жыл бұрын

    They told me I could be anything I wanted. So I became a Mindflayer with tentacle foreplay.

  • @troublewakingup

    @troublewakingup

    4 жыл бұрын

    Furry alert

  • @Schleimie

    @Schleimie

    4 жыл бұрын

    Or be a Fairy in Pokemon. They eat Dragons for breakfast.

  • @defensivekobra3873

    @defensivekobra3873

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Schleimie but also they die if so much as touched by poison, so one must be on guard at all times

  • @secretname2670

    @secretname2670

    4 жыл бұрын

    Furry alert

  • @n0isyturtle
    @n0isyturtle4 жыл бұрын

    Best Race: Tortle Reason: Is a turtle

  • @Julian-pw5mv

    @Julian-pw5mv

    4 жыл бұрын

    I like tortles

  • @HiopX

    @HiopX

    4 жыл бұрын

    Teenage Mutant Shadow Monk Tortle

  • @EnigmaEnginseer

    @EnigmaEnginseer

    4 жыл бұрын

    Have a shell who’s AC’s a million

  • @earlhoundstooth124

    @earlhoundstooth124

    4 жыл бұрын

    I thought Tortle was a tortoise.

  • @starcrafter13terran

    @starcrafter13terran

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@earlhoundstooth124 Some types are, some are not.

  • @shadowmetroid18
    @shadowmetroid185 жыл бұрын

    KRUNK BORN OF SUSAN AND KRUG. KRUG NO HURT SUSAN. KRUG LEAVE ORC TRIBE AND BECOME RESPECTABLE HAT MAKER IN TOWN DURING ECONOMIC DOWNTURN.

  • @esperthebard

    @esperthebard

    5 жыл бұрын

    Krug make hat for winter. It called ice cap. It melt in summer though.

  • @LivTheCyberdhole

    @LivTheCyberdhole

    5 жыл бұрын

    Krug go to local school bake sale. Krug bring snickerdoodles to help.

  • @harryhill6837

    @harryhill6837

    5 жыл бұрын

    Nice profile pic

  • @tanukioh

    @tanukioh

    5 жыл бұрын

    KRUG COACH LACROSS. VERY GOOD WITH KIDS. TEACH MANY LIFE LESSONS. KIDS GIVE KRUG HAND MADE COFFEE MUG THAT SAY "BEST COACH". IT LEAK BUT KRUG USE ANYWAY.

  • @leoback5065

    @leoback5065

    5 жыл бұрын

    This shitpost somehow gave me my new favorite character.

  • @dogedimmadome1895
    @dogedimmadome18955 жыл бұрын

    In defence of the Gnome: They're not a gnoblin, they're not a gnelf, they're a gnome, and you've been, GNOMED

  • @awssuo7863

    @awssuo7863

    5 жыл бұрын

    Josh Stipack I love gnomes

  • @aidantheraider6324

    @aidantheraider6324

    5 жыл бұрын

    Why

  • @jiggerblayne

    @jiggerblayne

    5 жыл бұрын

    Aidan Maxwell I prefer the pathfinder gnomes but I usually like to play small races despite being a tall dude. They’re whimsical, strange and quirky, while still being able to fit in with most societies.

  • @Fleatingdays

    @Fleatingdays

    5 жыл бұрын

    I am tired of the misgonmers of gnomes aswell

  • @jiggerblayne

    @jiggerblayne

    5 жыл бұрын

    A gnome is basically the elf to halflings human. Halflings just seem like small humans where as gnomes are more magical and strange.

  • @kaneo1
    @kaneo15 жыл бұрын

    "Why haven't gnomes taken over the world?" We did! We just don't advertise this.

  • @lemankurtz8950

    @lemankurtz8950

    4 жыл бұрын

    I'm with Esper on Gnomes. I just dont get it.....or Dwarves for that matter......Remember the old +4 to hit Giant/Giant Kin??? Yeah......Right.....A 3.5 foot tall Axe Wielder hacking a Fire Giant's toes off?? I don't see it.

  • @gabler7992

    @gabler7992

    2 ай бұрын

    @@lemankurtz8950 why you use so many periods?

  • @magiv4205
    @magiv42055 жыл бұрын

    Esper: *Is a bard. Disses gnomes.* _Scanlan Shorthalt wants to know your location_

  • @Abdega

    @Abdega

    5 жыл бұрын

    *You spice?*

  • @jesterssketchbook

    @jesterssketchbook

    4 жыл бұрын

    lol

  • @elgatochurro

    @elgatochurro

    4 жыл бұрын

    I want a gnome barbarian just for their gnomish cunning

  • @JEST3R_

    @JEST3R_

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@jesterssketchbook hey your vids are great

  • @caesaraugustus3749

    @caesaraugustus3749

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's funny because when Sam first made Scanlan he asked Liam for what the most useless class and race combo would be.

  • @PreistofGHAZpork
    @PreistofGHAZpork5 жыл бұрын

    I'm planning a kenku monk that will speak only in Kung Fu movie quotes taken from a sound board. Should be fun.

  • @namekman01

    @namekman01

    5 жыл бұрын

    intimidation (beak moves for 5 seconds before noises come out) (noises come out in poorly lip-synced english) the noise: you fool, you will taste my thunder foot! KYOOOOOOOUUUUUUUU!

  • @0MidnighttheDragon0

    @0MidnighttheDragon0

    5 жыл бұрын

    that reminds me of a Warforged I had someone play in a pathfinder game. he had an int of like...I think it was 4? (We rolled for stats) so he played it off that he literally was too stupid to speak properly. so he just used a sound board of robotic sounding voices and sounds (including "harder" "better" "faster" "stronger" from THAT song XD) it was hilarious. 10/10 would reccomend. but make sure you're party's ok with it cuz I can see how it'd get annoying

  • @Deamons64

    @Deamons64

    5 жыл бұрын

    PreistofGHAZpork sir, I am so sorry, but I’m gonna have to steal this. It’s too genius not to.

  • @zackholloway324

    @zackholloway324

    5 жыл бұрын

    Maybe he always speaks as his masters voice. Always giving quips of wisdom and scoldings.

  • @angrycheesecake1571

    @angrycheesecake1571

    5 жыл бұрын

    He forgot that kenku like to push others of buildings for a execution

  • @nicoor.7092
    @nicoor.70925 жыл бұрын

    A Kenku Bard who doesn’t use an instrument and instead uses their mimicry to string together notes and songs would be so crazy.

  • @linuskentrevtorp
    @linuskentrevtorp5 жыл бұрын

    So Firbolg art has gotten better, their "goofy" look fits their lore perfectly. Before they were literally just human.

  • @joaquinlanderretche

    @joaquinlanderretche

    5 жыл бұрын

    I thought exactly the same. Better to have an original but goofy race than another brute human with an irrelevant twist (funny coloured hair or skin, higuer or with, whatever, six fingers per hand).

  • @thatrandomguy12123

    @thatrandomguy12123

    4 жыл бұрын

    They were 10 foot giants.

  • @thatrandomguy12123

    @thatrandomguy12123

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@nullarcana It kinda fuckin does.

  • @thatrandomguy12123

    @thatrandomguy12123

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@nullarcana Not every race has to have some deep and incredibly engaging lore backing them up to be an interesting race. Goliaths are good, but I prefer my old-school incredibly humble mega-tall humans over a couple of big stone boys.

  • @CommanderHolmes

    @CommanderHolmes

    4 жыл бұрын

    In other words, discolored hippies

  • @golgarisoul
    @golgarisoul5 жыл бұрын

    Gnomes haven't taken over the world because they also have the wisdom to know that global domination is a fools game.

  • @davidgantenbein9362

    @davidgantenbein9362

    5 жыл бұрын

    Cypher Aren’t they also one of the least aggressive race ever? They have carved out a living space for themselves and seem happy with it. Reproduction can be controlled and their technology-magic mix would ensure a low ecological footprint, so they have no need to dominate other species. That said, it could make for an interesting campaign to alter the gnomes into an evil plotting pest that is out to take it all.

  • @robweb2928

    @robweb2928

    5 жыл бұрын

    They're bacically just magic Jews

  • @Patapon1222

    @Patapon1222

    5 жыл бұрын

    ​@@robweb2928 save for they're not hated by certain groups, had not been kicked out of 109 different nations, had been in what was the "biggest" massacres, isn't in control of most trade markets and information/guild halls in the world, and takes criticism instead of shrugs any off as hate crime

  • @beastwarsFTW

    @beastwarsFTW

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@davidgantenbein9362 Kobolds would disagree on that, they lost everything to gnomes.

  • @beastwarsFTW

    @beastwarsFTW

    5 жыл бұрын

    Also they don't fast enough, they arn't dying like elves but they're population growth is relay slow.

  • @ataraxia7439
    @ataraxia74395 жыл бұрын

    I really love the look of Firbolgs in 5e. It really communicates the friendly giant feel that the race is going for.

  • @ChieftainKirk

    @ChieftainKirk

    5 жыл бұрын

    I thought a Firbolg Barbarian with a litany of facts about a particular animal would be pretty fun. "Did you know the when Musking, bull moose become extremely aggressive!"

  • @cdgonepotatoes4219

    @cdgonepotatoes4219

    5 жыл бұрын

    Just looking at that art gives me tons of ideas for roleplay, it reminds me of tales of the countryside where people basically in a world of themselves occasionally have to venture in the place completely alien to them that's the City. Lots of IRL stories are based on this premise so it's really easy to find a reason for them to venture out their comfort zone. I'm glad they did a full 180 here, the previous firbolgs were just human metalheads with a fixation on Vikings.

  • @drizzitdude
    @drizzitdude5 жыл бұрын

    Going to be honest, there were two responses to every race here. "This one isn't unique enough, it doesn't really grab me" "This one is too unique and weird"

  • @mandiecoombes940

    @mandiecoombes940

    3 жыл бұрын

    Even the races he deems as good it seems like he's always just meh about everything 😂

  • @maxanderson3733

    @maxanderson3733

    2 жыл бұрын

    Dude could really work on his critiques to be honest

  • @danielgriff2659

    @danielgriff2659

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@maxanderson3733 THIS one is ridiculous.

  • @CopperyCell
    @CopperyCell5 жыл бұрын

    As a dragonborn I agree and disagree. The dragonborn have a decent bit of lore. If you do some digging you will be amazed.

  • @johnjaeger2968

    @johnjaeger2968

    5 жыл бұрын

    TRIPLE AAA he missed a lot of their lore, for sure. However the mechanics do need some love

  • @joshrivera2429

    @joshrivera2429

    4 жыл бұрын

    Im a dragonborn

  • @drybonesmunchakoopas5143

    @drybonesmunchakoopas5143

    4 жыл бұрын

    one quarter draconic one quarter kobold one quarter dragonborn and one quarter "half" dragon= the ultimate humanoid dragon race

  • @MaguMagus

    @MaguMagus

    4 жыл бұрын

    Also..they do get bonuses to armor for scales Draconic Resilience: Additionally, parts of your skin are covered by a thin sheen of dragon-like scales. When you aren’t wearing armor, your AC equals 13 + your Dexterity modifier.

  • @masonwadd3096

    @masonwadd3096

    4 жыл бұрын

    I would just fix it by giving them a form of, if not modified, Unarmored Defense, and allowing all AoE Breath Attacks to do more damage over consecutive rounds, while they make Con saving throws until the effect wears out, (the number of rounds it affects the creature chosen by DM) or until a successful save Sounds complex, but I swear it's not.

  • @nunyabizness4926
    @nunyabizness49265 жыл бұрын

    I think creatures with natural armor should get a +1 to AC if their AC is higher than the natural armor. If you put chain mail on, your scales will still help protect you from arrows a little bit.

  • @kamai9

    @kamai9

    5 жыл бұрын

    Back in 3rd E. Natural Armor Stacked with Regular Armor because it came from different sources , which is completely logical, and just like Regular Armor , I doesn't apply for touch attack/spells, and even if there is a spell that gives + Natural Armor, The rules have always been that bonuses of the same type never stacks unless noted otherwise, Meaning that the only reason a Character with Natural Armor would use such a spell is if the Bonus is Higher , so there shouldn't be any problem for the 5th E to make functional Natural Armor that Doesn't Break the "Delicate" balance of the game , in short... they don't want us to play Characters Outside the Players Handbook Because of "Game Balance" ....

  • @aaronturnbull6528

    @aaronturnbull6528

    5 жыл бұрын

    You can always use house rules with this as well. In a game that I DM a player created a Lizardfolk Barbarian. I allowed them to use both the racial trait Natural Armor and the class trait Unarmored Defense. I let them use the Dex mod only once, so that the final result was AC = 13 + Dex mod + Con mod. If you compare a Human barbarian to a Lizardfolk barbarian and all of their stats are the exact same, it makes logical sense that the Lizardfolk barbarian should have slightly higher AC than the human because of the scales that is a natural part of their body. Likewise, if a player is playing a Tabaxi Monk I will allow their unarmored strikes to be either bludgeoning damage or slashing damage because of their claws. Always make sure you don't let them go too overboard, like I wouldn't let the player stack the Dex mod twice in this example, but I like to let logic dictate some of those situations over the hard and fast rules.

  • @unwithering5313

    @unwithering5313

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@aaronturnbull6528 5e and it's 'everyone is equal' thing goes a bit too far sometimes

  • @unwithering5313

    @unwithering5313

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@kamai9 They glorify balance but they don't do a good job with balancing classes; 5e really is weird sometimes (thank God that it allows home-brew and house-rules)

  • @yandengray4516
    @yandengray45165 жыл бұрын

    I'm surprised you didn't go over the Aarakocra, Bugbear, Goblin, Hobgoblin, Kobold, Orc, Yuan-ti pureblood, Feral Tiefling, Tortle, Wayfarers guide to Eberron, or Guildmaster's guide to Ravnica races

  • @trevor4537

    @trevor4537

    5 жыл бұрын

    I agree the title is very misleading and what he has been putting out is copy content

  • @yandengray4516

    @yandengray4516

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@trevor4537 how so Copy context?

  • @dixbyfloppin6979

    @dixbyfloppin6979

    5 жыл бұрын

    Especially since he brings up races from volos, mordenkainen, and EE and ignored them and arguably many of them are more interesting than those here

  • @Sooboor

    @Sooboor

    5 жыл бұрын

    You forgot changeling.

  • @thesovereignofdawn9300

    @thesovereignofdawn9300

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Sooboor changelings are included in wayfinders guide to eberron

  • @maddie4834
    @maddie48345 жыл бұрын

    Tritons: you are the aquaman of d&d

  • @wyrmshogun5245

    @wyrmshogun5245

    5 жыл бұрын

    What are the best classes for a triton anyway?

  • @jeohranalfhir8366

    @jeohranalfhir8366

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@wyrmshogun5245 fighter I guess

  • @Julian-pw5mv

    @Julian-pw5mv

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@jeohranalfhir8366 paladin, it gets con str and cha all the best and most important stats for a paladin

  • @Xo-3130

    @Xo-3130

    4 жыл бұрын

    Strong but everyone thinks your out of place.

  • @singingcrow439

    @singingcrow439

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@wyrmshogun5245 rouge swashbuckler. Then you could be Johnny Depp.

  • @sacta
    @sacta5 жыл бұрын

    "Imagine being the poor man made to marry an orc woman. Eugh." I VOLUNTEER!

  • @Jackb290

    @Jackb290

    5 жыл бұрын

    I'm fine with that as well

  • @aidantheraider6324

    @aidantheraider6324

    5 жыл бұрын

    Me too

  • @unemilifleur

    @unemilifleur

    4 жыл бұрын

    As a woman I was like « Uuuhhh I don’t think you’d be the one getting the worse in that village » Just imagine the poor woman who’d have to marry an orc dude.

  • @Jackb290

    @Jackb290

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@unemilifleur *whispers* "Big orc cock"

  • @trod146

    @trod146

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Jackb290 despite what your hentai and mainstream ideals might have you believe. There are more women in the world who actually don't enjoy big dicks and many who find it painful and not at all enjoyable. The amount of women who are into it are vastly outnumbered by those who are not.

  • @-kenik9629
    @-kenik96295 жыл бұрын

    Now I want to make a Tabaxi who's obsession is pushing everything, off of every cliff.

  • @skycastrum5803

    @skycastrum5803

    5 жыл бұрын

    "Long live the king."

  • @KajiRider1997

    @KajiRider1997

    5 жыл бұрын

    That's basically my Khajiit in Skyrim.

  • @adamwelch4336

    @adamwelch4336

    5 жыл бұрын

    Lol nice😎

  • @Xenophage100
    @Xenophage1005 жыл бұрын

    No love for kobolds or the other monstrous races? You talked a lot about how you prefer monsters to be monstrous and yet you exclude orcs, hobgoblins, goblins, bugbears, kobolds and yuan-ti.

  • @Karagianis

    @Karagianis

    5 жыл бұрын

    Player Kobolds really got hit as a player race, just about the only race with a negative stat modifier. I think they'd be dumped down to D tier for that myself. That said, I still intend to play one soon, I kind of like the idea of rolling an assassin of the Kobold Maffia! :D

  • @icarusunited

    @icarusunited

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Karagianis I'd say they be B or C tier. They have really good features. That mostly the reason there's a negative. Same for the Orc.

  • @devin5201

    @devin5201

    5 жыл бұрын

    I think the video's long enough as is, it'd be insane to give a good minute or two to every single monster race.

  • @charlesstebbins7207

    @charlesstebbins7207

    5 жыл бұрын

    He was going for PLAYER RACES. Very few GMs allow players access to monstrous races other than goblins (who suck) or kobolds (who really suck). If your GM lets you play a hobgoblin, orc, ogre, or some other monster, give him/her a soda to stay on their good side.

  • @jofrostsupernannystan4784

    @jofrostsupernannystan4784

    5 жыл бұрын

    Charles Stebbins they are shown as races in some handbooks

  • @herrbear3049
    @herrbear30495 жыл бұрын

    DWARVES ARE THE BEST, YOU LITTLE GOBLIN

  • @riccardoconti6682

    @riccardoconti6682

    5 жыл бұрын

    YES!!!!!

  • @TheKawkawlin8

    @TheKawkawlin8

    4 жыл бұрын

    Dwarves are certainly better than those "A-list" dainty, perfumed, beardless, tree climbing elves

  • @Killzun

    @Killzun

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ay! This bearded gnome can’t tell north from south.

  • @secretname2670

    @secretname2670

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thyse rock sucking greenbeards havent had a single ale about us to spoil yer they grunt at us

  • @ThatJerseyBloke
    @ThatJerseyBloke4 жыл бұрын

    Tiefling became my favorite after a whole campaign (Chaotic Good Tiefling Sorcerer) where I found out my character was a son of DIspater and I was trying to prove that I was not my father. The DM kept presenting temptations throughout the campaign to truly become a Son of Dispater and a vessel for the devil to gain more control on the Prime Material Plane as one of the sub plots of the campaign. The experience stuck and I've been playing a Tiefling ever since in the video games.

  • @TheDefeatedGamer
    @TheDefeatedGamer5 жыл бұрын

    The Changelings are so good at blending in that Esper skipped them completely!

  • @yunasatari4041

    @yunasatari4041

    5 жыл бұрын

    Changelings are unearthed arcana, probably why they weren't brought up. Can't say much about the other races

  • @chipannell3711

    @chipannell3711

    5 жыл бұрын

    Changelings are in a official book called the wayfinder's guide to eberron

  • @trevordavis6830

    @trevordavis6830

    5 жыл бұрын

    Actually they were made official a few months ago alongside the Warforged

  • @thesovereignofdawn9300

    @thesovereignofdawn9300

    5 жыл бұрын

    Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron is not an "official" book for 5e. At the beginning of the pdf, Keith Baker said that "All of the material here is presented for playtesting and spark your imagination".

  • @FromTheGrave47

    @FromTheGrave47

    5 жыл бұрын

    they did make an appearance, but went unnoticed hehe

  • @i010001
    @i0100015 жыл бұрын

    Woo Humans at the top I love humans, and I want to share a thing I saw that explains why they're so cool... "It's one thing if an elf kills a demon - They live for hundreds of years, are known to be the best archers on the planet, and often birth master magic-users. It's another thing entirely to do the same as a race known for being slightly-above-average at farming"

  • @Hazel-xl8in

    @Hazel-xl8in

    5 жыл бұрын

    i010001 oh yeah and chasing after things until the things collapsed of exhaustion or accepted their fate and died

  • @xpandor_6914
    @xpandor_69144 жыл бұрын

    "WHERE ARE THE TUUUUURRRRRTTTTLLLEESSSSS!!!!!!" -Michael Scott

  • @Vort23
    @Vort235 жыл бұрын

    "You are an asshole!" "And you, are a lawn ornament." This cracked me up xD love it.

  • @Tymbee
    @Tymbee5 жыл бұрын

    I think you're seriously discounting the role-playing aspects of Lizard-folk. You have to role-play as a character with NO emotions. This has a huge effect on the party dynamic. What reason would this unemotional creature have for joining a party of smooth-skins? How would they get along and share common goals? How would they integrate into a society other than their own? I would argue that Lizard-folk are THE most difficult race to role-play in 5e. I rarely ever see it pulled off correctly. Most players simply ignore the lack of emotions, or use it as an excuse to be That Guy. And it's a shame, because it opens up some truly unique role-playing opportunities that no other race provides.

  • @YourCrazyDolphin

    @YourCrazyDolphin

    5 жыл бұрын

    Similarly I play a Kobold- a race he ignored in the video for some reason. Kobolds known for being suspicious of others, tribal, often of an evil alignment. Most players just make them into party pets and ignore the backstory, when there is much you can do with it. Also, just because he hates Gnomes, the DM has made a point to make every other NPC a Gnome.

  • @Tymbee

    @Tymbee

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@YourCrazyDolphin Yeah, I noticed he left out quite a few races. Lizard-folk and Kobolds are even from the same source-book. He kept talking about how he wished smaller races got a STR penalty, so I figured he was leading up to Kobolds; in the end, he didn't even mention them. I like Kobolds, but I'm not a big fan of how their mechanics work in 5e. I think what they have now is mechanically useful, but cowering in fear every combat can make it easy for a party to stop taking your character seriously. I wish they had some sort of trap-making ability. Sort of like a Rock Gnome's tinkering, or Lizardfolk crafting. Kobolds are known for making ingenious traps, and I think that should be represented. It would also highlight the race's strengths, instead of focusing entirely on its weaknesses.

  • @YourCrazyDolphin

    @YourCrazyDolphin

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Tymbee True. So that my own character can be taken seriously, I almost never use it. But pack tactics basically makes it so I NEVER have disadvantage, which is awesome. My character's being shorter than a Gnome is a constant joking point though.

  • @Tymbee

    @Tymbee

    5 жыл бұрын

    @AmishRiot I think that's a bit reductive. I'll agree that they don't work for every party, or even every D&D group. They definitely can attract a certain type of player (That Guy). But I think saying that they should never be played outright isn't fair. Nearly all of their thought processes are based around self preservation, but they do have a functional society based off a shared need for survival. They live in extremely harsh conditions, and are both physically and mentally adapted to them. A Lizard-folk without a tribe is a dead Lizard-folk. They're not unintelligent, nor oblivious to other races' emotions (They have a bonus to Wisdom Insight checks!). If a party member dies, a Lizard-folk PC may want to cannibalize the corpse rather than waste the food. A smart Lizard-folk would recognize this would piss off other party members, and would let the food go to waste rather than be outcast from their "Tribe." I think if a Lizard-folk player is acting problematic, it's because of poor role-playing ability, or unclear character motivations. I've seen a LE Yuan-ti PC work along with a almost entirely CG party, and CE work with a LG party. It worked because they shared common goals (or at least somehow both benefited each-other's individual goals). Having a True Neutral "Sociopathic" Lizardfolk character in a party is not impossible.

  • @YourCrazyDolphin

    @YourCrazyDolphin

    5 жыл бұрын

    @AmishRiot A lack of empathy just makes for little emotion, it doesn't automatically make a serial killer. In fact, as it is illogical to just randomly kill, they're actually less likely. Even so, the exact wording in the book isn't so much that they lack emotions, they just project them rather than act on them. A human runs from a troll because they are scared. The lizardman runs not because he's scared, but because the "troll is fearsome".

  • @AycentMariner
    @AycentMariner5 жыл бұрын

    “Firbolgs are not good with role playing” Matthew Mercer would like to know your location

  • @blagerthorpnonersense1894

    @blagerthorpnonersense1894

    5 жыл бұрын

    I think he is just acounting for the average player.

  • @relint12

    @relint12

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, I think this will be one of those situations where a popular portrayal of a “meh” race makes it much more accepted and played than what this furry Na’vi Avatar rip-off would have been.

  • @kiernanchristian580

    @kiernanchristian580

    5 жыл бұрын

    I played a game where Firbolgs got sorta redone in the world to be these northern nomadic types, which was really fun to roleplay even if not accurate.

  • @matcauthon9669

    @matcauthon9669

    5 жыл бұрын

    Mercer is a skilled VA where as 99% of us are not.

  • @nickm9102

    @nickm9102

    4 жыл бұрын

    I did make a Furbulg Druid and I base his personality on Caduses Clay from Critical Role mainly because I know very little about race lore.

  • @TerrariaGolem
    @TerrariaGolem5 жыл бұрын

    Firbolgs talk to animals and plants... Unlike gnomes they do it better... Where's their roleplay rank 4?

  • @brayanbyrdsong8458
    @brayanbyrdsong84585 жыл бұрын

    Been watching this channel for years, its nice to see you making modern videos in a genre that it hasn't been as modernized. Its cool that DND got super popular! Your creativity never ceases to amaze me.

  • @26th_Primarch
    @26th_Primarch5 жыл бұрын

    Khorne you say? *BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD*! *SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE*! *MILK FOR THE KHORNE FLAKES*!

  • @datdabdoe1417

    @datdabdoe1417

    5 жыл бұрын

    U sounds loike U needs a Krumpin'

  • @cainasmo9

    @cainasmo9

    5 жыл бұрын

    Khorne cares not for where the blood comes from, so long as it flows!

  • @dragonianarcher7656

    @dragonianarcher7656

    5 жыл бұрын

    datdabdoe MILK FOR THE KHORNE FLAKES

  • @vaalesha2278

    @vaalesha2278

    5 жыл бұрын

    *FOR PAIN AND PLEASURE!*

  • @derpydash9954

    @derpydash9954

    5 жыл бұрын

    YES! Long live King Lathrix!

  • @grimgroshblackfist7409
    @grimgroshblackfist74095 жыл бұрын

    i actually made a kenku bard his name was Strum, he had an acoustic guitar and was immortal so he could listen to music throughout the years and continue to sing the songs he had learned even long after the original artist had passed.

  • @Laantin
    @Laantin5 жыл бұрын

    When he mentioned a wizard goliath i cant think of any thing else but a large, intimidating tower of stone with a tiny wizard hat with stars on it. 😂

  • @dambrooks7578
    @dambrooks75784 жыл бұрын

    Until watching this I had been pining to start a Hafling Bard character, now I want to run Gnome.

  • @futurewario9591

    @futurewario9591

    2 жыл бұрын

    What is the difference between a Halfling and a Gnome?

  • @zetaomega8708
    @zetaomega87085 жыл бұрын

    I feel like there is a story behind the Owlbear segment...

  • @Obversechaos

    @Obversechaos

    5 жыл бұрын

    I think the story is "owlbear killed me".

  • @satanchicken1574

    @satanchicken1574

    5 жыл бұрын

    I tamed a owl bear my friend who was a wild sorccer tried TO MURDER HIM... Then again he did try to murder him but the best part is that he failed to kill him and his wild magic surge just didn't go well as the owl bear soared over the houses around use a began to murder the townsfolk moral of the story don't fuck with owl bears

  • @nikkibrowning4546

    @nikkibrowning4546

    5 жыл бұрын

    If you have not seen it yet, his monstrosity video goes into detail about his feelings on owlbears.

  • @TaylorRussell_TheAnimator

    @TaylorRussell_TheAnimator

    5 жыл бұрын

    He's an edgelord who thinks anything without horns, flames, or elf ears is lame. pretty simple.

  • @AmigoRoberto

    @AmigoRoberto

    5 жыл бұрын

    I like owlbears. I think they're rad. But he makes decent points about them not really having a place in the world ecology.

  • @DracoDovakiin
    @DracoDovakiin5 жыл бұрын

    "Except Owlbears. Owlbears need to go extinct." Why though? They are hilarious to tame!

  • @firestorm165

    @firestorm165

    4 жыл бұрын

    I really want to DM a game for Esper just to see his face when a bunch of werewolves mount a cavalry charge against his party atop owlbears

  • @michaelcross7665
    @michaelcross76654 жыл бұрын

    Definitely a bit biased. Goliath doesnt seem any more fleshed out than firbolg. I'd place them even lower than them

  • @cassie8135

    @cassie8135

    4 жыл бұрын

    Of the giant kin, firbolgs are definitely the most rp potent

  • @cdgonepotatoes4219

    @cdgonepotatoes4219

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@cassie8135 They don't have as strong a motivation to be joining an adventuring party which may be what put them lower compared to the "always up for a challenge" goliaths. You have to add something to them yourself in order to have some more proper interactions, while others are good straight out of the bag... with this said firbolgs should still be higher on the list than tritons, put those aquaman wannabes at the absolute bottom.

  • @destinedlight606
    @destinedlight6065 жыл бұрын

    Creatures also did more damage in 4e, so comparing the goliaths healing in 5e and 4e kind of isn't that fair...

  • @howlingarmadillo
    @howlingarmadillo5 жыл бұрын

    So real talk, I've got a gnome NPC in my homebrew who pretty much has taken over the world. He runs a trade empire and has invented so much revolutionary technology that he's pretty much in complete control of three different countries at once. He also takes extreme advantage over how small and marketable he is, and plasters graphics of his face on everything he owns.

  • @esperthebard

    @esperthebard

    5 жыл бұрын

    That actually makes sense! A high-tech high-efficiency magical race that has a hidden society ... those little buggers would be lurking under the surface with their machines of domination just waiting for the right moment to emerge and take everyone to Gnome-tropolis

  • @rejectx7798

    @rejectx7798

    5 жыл бұрын

    You too huh? Lol well mines a bit different. Mine is a Gnome Couple that invented record companies for places that don’t have Bards in their towns so of course Bards got in on this to wide spread their musical talents with less traveling, then this human took that magical tech and mixed it with Forgotten Realm’s Crystal Skulls to create a Camera and “T.V”, And then a Succubus decided to take all this and create a Station that broadcast different content which made others create stations. And now I’m running a campaign that is almost modern day setting but with magic steam punk-ish stuff. Just waiting for a Dwarf to create the Automobile. XD

  • @darknessml6145

    @darknessml6145

    5 жыл бұрын

    Reject X7 Lets be real here; Dwarves would make miniguns.

  • @SessionSakic

    @SessionSakic

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@rejectx7798 Gnomes make the vehicles, Dwarves weaponize them lol.

  • @bonefetcherbrimley7740

    @bonefetcherbrimley7740

    5 жыл бұрын

    Nice.

  • @MrIzzy5466
    @MrIzzy54665 жыл бұрын

    Really skipped over the Aasimar quickly... And you also missed a bunch of other races from other books such as the Warforged, Goblin, BugBear, Tortle.

  • @pieperson444

    @pieperson444

    4 жыл бұрын

    yeah...

  • @commandermoldavite7205

    @commandermoldavite7205

    4 жыл бұрын

    Aarakocra

  • @notvictor7650

    @notvictor7650

    4 жыл бұрын

    As well as minotaurs

  • @terrybushjr6742

    @terrybushjr6742

    4 жыл бұрын

    Changlings, Para Genasi, Revanent, Vyrloka, Kalashtar, Shifters

  • @esperthebard

    @esperthebard

    4 жыл бұрын

    Part 2 coming in the near future ...

  • @ethanotoroculus1060
    @ethanotoroculus10604 жыл бұрын

    I recommend you watch this video on 1.25 speed for the best experience.

  • @WampaStompa1996
    @WampaStompa19964 жыл бұрын

    Some day I need to get into this game. This was a great video showing the different races of D&D. I could see myself playing as many of these. I especially liked hearing about that Kenku race. A very cool looking race indeed, I can definitely imagine myself playing as some kind of Kenku necromancer.

  • @thereaIitsybitsyspider
    @thereaIitsybitsyspider5 жыл бұрын

    Watched this whole thing for Aarakocra. I was cucked.

  • @Mare_Man

    @Mare_Man

    5 жыл бұрын

    *clucked

  • @gankerhater

    @gankerhater

    5 жыл бұрын

    Theitsybitsyspider Aaracuckra*

  • @sluuurmp8364

    @sluuurmp8364

    5 жыл бұрын

    I wanted to see where changeling would go

  • @Vaticus

    @Vaticus

    5 жыл бұрын

    I was hoping to hear about Changeling.

  • @cadencarrithers2339

    @cadencarrithers2339

    5 жыл бұрын

    Same

  • @tancrediparisi7321
    @tancrediparisi73215 жыл бұрын

    "Imagine the poor lad being forced to marry with a female orc" Have you considered BIG LADIES? BIG SNU SNU?

  • @PandorasFolly

    @PandorasFolly

    5 жыл бұрын

    So. I had a DM that had an....interesting take on why there are so many half humans in the world when asked by a new player. His response, "Did you know that humans have the largest penis of any great ape? Gorillas have the smallest. That's why. almost all half orcs have an orc mother."

  • @darkpaw1522

    @darkpaw1522

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@PandorasFolly So basically the orc female found decent human men and decided "I'm going to bang him". I can see this, especially for humans who live in less civilized places. Though that also means some were likely defeated by an orc woman and raped by her. So it's either a love story or rape and enslavement. Can't unlearn.

  • @PandorasFolly

    @PandorasFolly

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@darkpaw1522 as I cannot unlearned so i cannot unlearn. In all fairness those are basically the same options as anyone. There is always the third option which is arranged marriage

  • @darkpaw1522

    @darkpaw1522

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@PandorasFolly Yeah, very true.

  • @samuelyoung5664

    @samuelyoung5664

    5 жыл бұрын

    death by snu snu?

  • @somethingverysnazzy7206
    @somethingverysnazzy72064 жыл бұрын

    Gnomes are my favorite race solely because of the names my current gnome character is part of a twin pairing with my friend their names are Burgell and Baandat they steal

  • @lockwoan01
    @lockwoan013 жыл бұрын

    Funny thing is how any race can fit into any role and class. Sometimes, the image is funny.

  • @GuyNamedGray
    @GuyNamedGray5 жыл бұрын

    I have a mountain dwarf enchantment wizard. I have told my party that my buffs and spells consist of indiscernible Scottish yelling.

  • @beastwarsFTW

    @beastwarsFTW

    5 жыл бұрын

    I had a hill dwarf bladesong wizard. He was the most outdoorsy of the team.

  • @BlueDavrial

    @BlueDavrial

    5 жыл бұрын

    I had a hill dwarf enchantment wizard. He was your stereotypical friendly barkeep but he could shut down a fight the second it showed signs. Full on CC and with the Enchantment wizard ability he didn't even need to use spells.

  • @GnarledStaff
    @GnarledStaff5 жыл бұрын

    I like the Firbolg art. It’s definitely viking themed. But in a more refined way. Its based off the fact that we have dispelled the BS around the Viking marauder as the brainless “barbarian” stereotype. I think nature does often get sidelined. There is a lot of untapped potential. I blame city folk. I mean a conflict between fey or firbolg and a human mining town could be really interesting. Your team has to negotiate or mediate- or just provide escort for the druid trying to mediate between the groups. City needs more ore for the war. But they risk starting a war with the wild folk. You get to deal with political intrigues both in town and in the groves. Lots of trying to figure out if that beast is one of the fey or an aggressive monster. Trying to calm down some folk whose friend you just slew because you thought it was a monster... Idk, I don’t get to play much but I think with a little work I could create a good scenario or three.

  • @vuthara8725
    @vuthara87255 жыл бұрын

    I guess you could say this video is... Racist. I'll see myself out, I can't be the only one who made that joke.

  • @phenixslayer21

    @phenixslayer21

    4 жыл бұрын

    I literally clicked on this video to see if there were jokes like this filling the comment section.

  • @iantoja

    @iantoja

    4 жыл бұрын

    PhenixSlayer same lol

  • @Stormfire1777

    @Stormfire1777

    4 жыл бұрын

    This did not hold up well...

  • @OKatOverPower

    @OKatOverPower

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @vuthara8725

    @vuthara8725

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Stormfire1777 That it did not. RIP 5th edition.

  • @gunitgamer
    @gunitgamer5 жыл бұрын

    @esper glad to see you back at it man! Missed your narrarated adventures! So glad there is a new one!

  • @Im-Not-a-Dog
    @Im-Not-a-Dog5 жыл бұрын

    Jaundice elves with no noses?? Was Michael Jackson a Gith bard??

  • @empirate100

    @empirate100

    5 жыл бұрын

    Misty Step. Nuff said.

  • @kevinschmidt6343

    @kevinschmidt6343

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hee hee

  • @jaredreaman4972
    @jaredreaman49725 жыл бұрын

    Aasimar are neat. They have three races for the three types of alignment. Protector for Good Scourge for Neutral Fallen for Evil

  • @Hazel-xl8in

    @Hazel-xl8in

    5 жыл бұрын

    Jared Reaman scourge aren’t explicitly neutral though, i think they’re the most flexible

  • @drakegrandx5914
    @drakegrandx59142 жыл бұрын

    "Tritons..." *Shows an aventi Me: *Visible pain*

  • @thegayghost872
    @thegayghost8725 жыл бұрын

    I always found humans kind of dull. Why play as something you already are?

  • @Fleatingdays

    @Fleatingdays

    5 жыл бұрын

    Because you are not them, to be honest we play races as cultures and humans have infinite potential for cultures. Where we define other races limiting them. That said limitations came inspire more than a blank page can.

  • @evilstunky

    @evilstunky

    4 жыл бұрын

    Most people play random races anyway so I think playing human is more interesting

  • @flimpeenflarmpoon1353

    @flimpeenflarmpoon1353

    4 жыл бұрын

    Have you watched any film ever? They're boring them humans.

  • @viktorthecreator4458

    @viktorthecreator4458

    4 жыл бұрын

    bc i relate more to a human than a lizard monster

  • @firesniperbullet2

    @firesniperbullet2

    4 жыл бұрын

    Roleplay

  • @happymilk7433
    @happymilk74335 жыл бұрын

    "Why in the nine hells have they not taken over the whole freaking world?" Me: Oh, thanks for the new character idea

  • @DabIMON
    @DabIMON5 жыл бұрын

    Man... I really don't agree with your rankings, but I still really enjoy them.

  • @icetide9411
    @icetide94113 ай бұрын

    I made a Kenku Alchemist-Artificer and we established they wore an plague doctor outfit because... Bird. Still love them for the pure aesthetics and unique style of play

  • @jokesonyou91
    @jokesonyou914 жыл бұрын

    I've been "forever Dm" for over ten years. I've yet to have a player in my groups that wanted to play a dwarf and I love them so much. I guess people thing humans, elves, and dwarves are "boring" because they're "common" races. But because everyone avoids the common races, everyone ends up playing the exotic stuff. So then the common races end up being the minority.

  • @off6848

    @off6848

    2 жыл бұрын

    yeah im pretty sick of tabaxi and and genasi

  • @squidy7207

    @squidy7207

    Жыл бұрын

    I am a dwarf and I’m digging a hole, diggy diggy hole, digging a hole!

  • @Lanawar
    @Lanawar5 жыл бұрын

    You're kinda glossing over 2 things for the Lizardfolk. 1) its 13 AC+Dex. That means with no armor, a lizardfolk can have anywhere from 13-18 ac... which, considering the price and weight of plate armor, is amazing. A level 1 ranger could have 18 Ac with a shield for the very low cost of a short rest (the crafting feature for the shield) and some dex. 2) hungry jaw is the bonus action bite you're looking for. Bonus action, temp hp, and you only need to wait to use it again after you hit.

  • @laquishaadams1854
    @laquishaadams18545 жыл бұрын

    On tritons, doesn't the book say adventurer types are super curious and want to catalogue knowledge of the surface world to bring back home? Seems pretty RP-rich to me.

  • @off6848

    @off6848

    2 жыл бұрын

    little mermaid

  • @LandonTheDM
    @LandonTheDM4 жыл бұрын

    I would watch your videos all the time during 4th edition. I remember your thoughts on 5th edition helped me transition. I then didn't have as much time for videos anymore, but I'm glad to be watching your videos again

  • @tidaltorrent
    @tidaltorrent3 жыл бұрын

    To be fair, that orc sounded like he really meant those wedding vows. I hope he has a happy marriage.

  • @fenguard3829
    @fenguard38295 жыл бұрын

    I'm so happy 5e at least slightly did away with the 'All Tieflings are Asmodean/Devil blooded now' garbage. Part of their huge draw was that you could have cat-like ones spawned from Rakshasa, Ones that were draconic looking spawned from Cornugon, Ones majorly Human looking from Succubi. It's nice that they added the clause of 'While the Toril 13 still boned them over for variety, other subspecies make a comeback in 15XXDR+'. Thank God, the different origins and appearances was a core part of their magic for myself and a lot of people I play with.

  • @JuniorWilliams46
    @JuniorWilliams465 жыл бұрын

    Just get rid of the D&D part of the title and this would be a much different video

  • @mossmanmick728

    @mossmanmick728

    5 жыл бұрын

    RACES RANKING and the FINAL SOLUTION

  • @blakebailey22

    @blakebailey22

    5 жыл бұрын

    It's always bothered me that we don't refer to dnd races as "species," then we could differentiate things like hill dwarf and mountain dwarf as races

  • @jackloginname

    @jackloginname

    5 жыл бұрын

    Uh oh

  • @Im-Not-a-Dog

    @Im-Not-a-Dog

    5 жыл бұрын

    We all know what the one S tier race is....

  • @theasorlins6027

    @theasorlins6027

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@blakebailey22 I have heard them talking about changing it for next edition.

  • @dennistroha2033
    @dennistroha20335 жыл бұрын

    My dm lets my friend set his weapon on fire with his breath weapon as a bonus action which gives him extra damage and gives the enemy a custom “burning” condition, we are pretty flexible

  • @thatguyfromtheuk9499
    @thatguyfromtheuk94995 жыл бұрын

    I remember making a Firbolg, reading about the Firbolg tenants and their recluse society lead me and my friend to make Firbolg Samurais. We had a lot of fun

  • @DMachoMickey
    @DMachoMickey5 жыл бұрын

    I didn't like the look of the 5e Firbolg when I first saw it, but the wonderful fan art I've found online has won me over.

  • @thevoidcritter

    @thevoidcritter

    5 жыл бұрын

    I like the lore of 5e firbolg, but not the look. Good thing about tabletop is that you can easily reskin the look to whatever the hell you want.

  • @Mr.Man2214

    @Mr.Man2214

    5 жыл бұрын

    Is t rule 34 fan art

  • @sparklingwater925

    @sparklingwater925

    5 жыл бұрын

    But didn't previous edition ones just look like big humans?

  • @DMachoMickey

    @DMachoMickey

    5 жыл бұрын

    Even better, big Ginger humans @@sparklingwater925

  • @Ipanophis
    @Ipanophis5 жыл бұрын

    "Is that a hurricane!" "No... It's Esper, The Longwinded."

  • @kahanebarkenat
    @kahanebarkenat4 жыл бұрын

    In my homebrew campaign setting I have an enclave of gnomes that got tired of being tiny, and discovered/ created away to transfer one's soul into a construct. One that is proper human size. That's the origin of warforged in my world

  • @starhalv2427
    @starhalv24273 жыл бұрын

    I would make a homebrew rule, that Lizardfolk bite is a better version of grapple.

  • @liamkirkwood8690
    @liamkirkwood86905 жыл бұрын

    low level monk would benefit from bite from lizardfolk

  • @richardmahle1882

    @richardmahle1882

    5 жыл бұрын

    The bite does get the higher die value at higher levels so it adds another damage type which could matter late game.

  • @isitnotwrittenthat1680

    @isitnotwrittenthat1680

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@richardmahle1882 it does, natural weapon

  • @Tymbee

    @Tymbee

    5 жыл бұрын

    They're probably one of the only races I would recommend a multi-classing Monk dip with. Monk, in general, benefits from high Monk levels (because of key points, damage die upgrades, etc.). With Lizard-folk, you can just take level 1 Monk, and the rest in something else. This way you get Unarmored Defense and a d6 versatile bite with full proficiency as a bonus action. Because the bite can use Dexterity now, this lets you dump Strength and pump Dexterity to get a higher Unarmored Defense as well. One of my favorite setups is Monk 1/ Cleric X. Pretty fun. Also works with Monk 1/ Druid X if you want to make a cool Shaman Gish character.

  • @animeentranced1130

    @animeentranced1130

    5 жыл бұрын

    ​@@Tymbee I'm tempted to make this kind of LF next campaign i do, but what domain would you run with a cleric to make use of the wis/dex and melee damage?

  • @Tymbee

    @Tymbee

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@animeentranced1130 Trickery could work well. You'd have a good AC and weapon proficiency from Monk; Trickery doesn't normally get those. Death Clerics (not Grave. Grave is more focused of casting) work very well as DEX melee combatants as well. They also lack in armor proficiency, so the Unarmored Defense helps a lot. Keep in mind not all DMs allow Death Cleric PCs, because their template is from the DMG, not the PHB. Tempest is known to work well with either STR or DEX, so you really can't go wrong there. Plenty of other domains work well. Keep in mind, just because a domain gets access to heavy armor, doesn't mean it has to be STR focused. There's no reason you can't do a DEX Life Cleric. The Cleric spell list is versatile enough to accommodate many play styles even before you consider which domain. ...That being said, I would definitely avoid War and Forge. Normally I would also recommend War for a DEX Cleric, but because you're also taking Monk levels, it would be pretty bad. You already have a free and repeatable bonus action attack from Monk, so War's first ability is nigh useless. A similar issue arises for Forge. You can only boost 1 weapon or armor. You won't be using armor, and you only use your weapon for half of your attacks. Later on, they get a buff which only applies while wearing heavy armor. Neither are good choices (at least with the Monk dip), but I think Forge might be interesting thematically. Lizard-folk are one of the few races that have an racial crafting feature, so picking forge might let you build a character around it.

  • @charliearthur7776
    @charliearthur77765 жыл бұрын

    Lizardfolk make great wizards because of the ac and bite weapon

  • @Daledragon11

    @Daledragon11

    5 жыл бұрын

    Lizard Wizard

  • @rnavashen4635

    @rnavashen4635

    5 жыл бұрын

    A reptilian mage, learned in the arts of ice, fights an odd bird that he's never seen before. A Lizard Wizard casting Blizzard on a Gizzard

  • @Cloud_Seeker

    @Cloud_Seeker

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@rnavashen4635 You will just nail scrabble with the amount of Z's you got in that sentence.

  • @rnavashen4635

    @rnavashen4635

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Cloud_Seeker I don't think that there are enough z's in a game set of Scrabble. That and I think if you managed to singlehandedly use up every single letter z in the game, you automatically win.

  • @watershipdowneyjr

    @watershipdowneyjr

    5 жыл бұрын

    Having free perma mage armor is pretty awesome

  • @crazycam2016
    @crazycam20165 жыл бұрын

    In my opinion, gnomes are pretty cool, and you didn’t even talk about the deep gnome!

  • @destroyerinazuma96
    @destroyerinazuma965 жыл бұрын

    Great video! You forgot the Mary Sue race - part Elf, part Aasimar, part Tiefling, part Tabaxi and part Human + tragic backstory and OP as hell.

  • @thewaver8
    @thewaver85 жыл бұрын

    When I saw the title, I already knew Elf, Half-Elf and Human were going to be top tier. Anyway, personal favorites are Aasimar and Tiefling for role-playing purposes.

  • @esperthebard

    @esperthebard

    5 жыл бұрын

    Heaven or Hell ... Duel 1 ... Let's Rock!

  • @thewaver8

    @thewaver8

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@esperthebard to be in a party with one of each... oh, a boy can dream :) - a really pious Tiefling and a fallen Aasimar... someone has to write that story someday. Someone who is really phenomenal at storytelling and who possesses deep knowledge of the lore and an uncanny creativity... if only I knew such a person... (you see what I'm doing here, right? :D)

  • @patrickbuckley7259

    @patrickbuckley7259

    5 жыл бұрын

    Their is just something so Metal about running around with Demon/Angel blood in your veins. It's also pretty funny how tempting it always is to run them with a class that goes against their nature. Tiefling Paladin & Aasimar Warlock are so ridiculously popular (Doesn't hurt that they are both Charisma classes for Charisma races). Though I have seen more than a few Aasimar Druids, and Tiefling Rogues, and both make great bards (And are the most metal race to choose to play a bard, Half-Orc being too try hard). Funny thing though, always wanted to go Full Aasimar paladin. A true blue lover of freedom, justice, & adorable puppies, even had a backstory where his parents found him in a tiny spell jammer on their farmstead. So basically Clark Kent in plate mail, I am pretty sure I even had an alliterative name for him at some point but I can't remember it for the life of me.

  • @Storyman09

    @Storyman09

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! Thank you for the Tiefling/Aasimar love! Favorite races myself.

  • @TheLastWhiteKid
    @TheLastWhiteKid5 жыл бұрын

    Highly disagree about the Lizardfolk, but that's okay. Once you play one and learn how to really use their racial benefits they are quite useful as a PC race.

  • @Tymbee

    @Tymbee

    5 жыл бұрын

    I agree. Going by certain homebrew race standards, such as "Detect Balance," they are actually quite powerful. I also think he they should have a higher rating on their role-play score. I'm just going to quote a comment I made earlier: "I think you're seriously discounting the role-playing aspects of Lizard-folk. You have to role-play as a character with NO emotions. This has a huge effect on the party dynamic. What reason would this unemotional creature have for joining a party of smooth-skins? How would they get along and share common goals? How would they integrate into a society other than their own? I would argue that Lizard-folk are THE most difficult race to role-play in 5e. I rarely ever see it pulled off correctly. Most players simply ignore the lack of emotions, or use it as an excuse to be That Guy. And it's a shame, because it opens up some truly unique role-playing opportunities that no other race provides."

  • @TheLastWhiteKid

    @TheLastWhiteKid

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Tymbee thanks for commenting! What do you mean by "Detect Balance" haven't heard of that rule before

  • @Tymbee

    @Tymbee

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@TheLastWhiteKid Detect Balance is a guide used to see how 'balanced' a homebrew race is in relation to official ones. For official races, the average is 26 points (the highest being 33, lowest 17). Lizard-folk have a 29, which is pretty high. You can view it here, just look through the tabs in the top left: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vq1kz6PRAbw5LHy6amH-bNb4OuB8DBXL1RsZROt03Sc/htmlview# This isn't the only homebrew race balance guide, but it's my favorite. Another popular one is the 'Musicus' guide.

  • @bleepsy

    @bleepsy

    5 жыл бұрын

    Another thing to note is that the Bite does have an added purpose, and you can Bite as a Bonus Action and if it hits you gain Temporary HP equal to your Constitution modifier. While this effect can only be used once per Short or Long Rest, it only 'goes on cooldown', for want of a better term, if the attack hits. So if the attack misses, this function isn't wasted.

  • @Tymbee

    @Tymbee

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@bleepsy You're thinking of Hungry Jaws. Bite is just a normal unarmed attack with better damage and a different damage type. Hungry Jaws is good because nearly every class can spare a bonus action for some extra health. Some classes, like Monk or Rogue, might have a better use for their bonus action, however.

  • @tonyoliver4920
    @tonyoliver49205 жыл бұрын

    I played a kenku, used a sound board app and spend an hour creating words and sounds. Recorded gaming sessions, took notes of times and phrases then spent a couple of minutes each night chopping up my team and GMs voices to add to the sound board for next session.

  • @bluedwarf1699
    @bluedwarf16995 жыл бұрын

    Dwarf versatility should be higher, one can easily fit into nigh any category of character, even evil ones. I agree with the lore being high, as well as the mechanics being low ( especially if you’re playing “standard” dwarf classes ). However style should be higher as well as roleplaying.

  • @smokey3504
    @smokey35045 жыл бұрын

    How come you didn't include the monstrous races (Goblins, Orcs, Yuan-Ti Purebloods, etc.)?

  • @LOLXD52

    @LOLXD52

    5 жыл бұрын

    And hobgoblins

  • @nickm9102

    @nickm9102

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ebberon may not have been official when this was made. But I would love to see the kobald rating. I think I'll go for the WTF factor and make a kobald barbarian for AL and just see if I can find belts of giant strength as I go.

  • @michaelcross7665

    @michaelcross7665

    4 жыл бұрын

    Because they're monsters. He only included lizardfolk because they're neutral alignment instead of evil

  • @Julian-pw5mv

    @Julian-pw5mv

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@michaelcross7665 they are player races as presented in volos guide

  • @chakatBombshell

    @chakatBombshell

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@michaelcross7665 Kobolds aren't evil they are only hostile because everyone wants to Hurt them ...or your a filthy gnome in which case "You know what you did you vile gnome bastard!"

  • @hakkensensai
    @hakkensensai5 жыл бұрын

    Will this be updated with the Aarakocra, Tortle, Grung, and the Ravnica races?

  • @andrewnieves3417

    @andrewnieves3417

    5 жыл бұрын

    I soooo hope there will be at least some follow up on these by Esper

  • @zandosdwarf-king

    @zandosdwarf-king

    5 жыл бұрын

    arakokras should be banned. I mean, humans are OP, but they are better, because flying is so powerful ability.

  • @patrickduffin7912

    @patrickduffin7912

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@zandosdwarf-king for me I'm pretty much invincible for my LV (I'm lv 4 right now) my character is a Aarakocra arcane trickster, with the actor feat and was bitten by a wererat making him pretty much invincible from weapons cause silver is hard to come by Along with impersonation and illusions make him great for infiltration and assassination.

  • @arandomzoomer4837

    @arandomzoomer4837

    4 жыл бұрын

    Oh I love the Aarakokra.

  • @TheTabaK23

    @TheTabaK23

    4 жыл бұрын

    Don’t forget yuan ti pureblood

  • @greasysox
    @greasysox5 жыл бұрын

    I love the firbolg depiction, they look like a friend

  • @ex_reytay7019
    @ex_reytay70194 жыл бұрын

    When he makes fun of the chill ass cows :(

  • @lostmage2d
    @lostmage2d5 жыл бұрын

    Fantasy Races where a thing that I wanted to learn more about. and this helped a lot.

  • @esperthebard

    @esperthebard

    5 жыл бұрын

    I'm glad you found my video, welcome Lost Mage!

  • @timothymclean
    @timothymclean5 жыл бұрын

    I'm curious, how would _you_ design the Gith? There's really not much you can do without either looking monstrous or looking like another standard fantasy race with a cheap prosthetic forehead or something. Besides, I like the sickly look the gith have. It ties in pretty well to their lore of being the descendants of an abused slave race. Even generations later, they still bear the scars of those ancient crimes.

  • @bookwyrmbaneoftheplothole8500

    @bookwyrmbaneoftheplothole8500

    5 жыл бұрын

    The fact that humans and half elves have a higher style attribute than the Gith proves that he has no idea what he’s talking about. “Lazy art direction, they just took an elf, made them look like an alien with greenish gray skin, gave them Voldemort noses and ornate, strange looking weapons and armor. Half elves on the other hand, now THAT’S some art direction. They’re humans with pointy ears like elves, but like, less pointy.”

  • @paigefrydendahl

    @paigefrydendahl

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@bookwyrmbaneoftheplothole8500 thank you both! It left a bad taste in my mouth that he was just like "eh sickly elf look its boring". Such a load of bull as an argument. I like the Gith tbh. They stand out!

  • @spiritchannels

    @spiritchannels

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yes! The Gith, Githzerai, Githyanki lore is rich and directly affects their physical attributes. The related & feuding races story has parallels in human history and even other fantasy (Vulcan and Romulans). It's a great backstory.

  • @kiervets
    @kiervets5 жыл бұрын

    ha i love the remark to punting the gnome since in a previous campaign a buddy was a gnome and another one of us was a dragonborn and as a combo the dragonborn would "punt the gnome" into an enemy to do to surprise enemies

  • @eternalmiasma5586
    @eternalmiasma55863 жыл бұрын

    My favorite character I ever played was a home brew merfolk named Meredith. We were playing a smaller game, a mystery set in the wharfs of a larger city, tracking down a Lovecraftian cult, ending in a big fight. It was meant to be a one shot but we did three sessions

  • @lucieeatssnekkers2756
    @lucieeatssnekkers27565 жыл бұрын

    To be honest, I don't think that a race in D&D necessarily constitutes an entire society, rather than just a number of isolated individuals. For example, I don't believe that Genasi would be as common as humans or elves. Hell, maybe there's only like 100 in the world. For a race to be different, it doesn't mean that it has to be common. So as such (respectfully) I'd have to disagree with your argument of feasibility.

  • @lucieeatssnekkers2756

    @lucieeatssnekkers2756

    5 жыл бұрын

    wow what a pointless comment

  • @silverwing4153
    @silverwing41535 жыл бұрын

    Halflings constantly over come their fears to do what is needed, which is why magical fear is more easily overcome. Dwarves are usually more bold so they don't have to overcome fear as much as halfling.

  • @Quandry1

    @Quandry1

    5 жыл бұрын

    Halflings also have a natural tendency towards not knowing to be afraid like other races.

  • @asherandai1000

    @asherandai1000

    5 жыл бұрын

    Bravery cannot exist without fear.

  • @jacobgalloway1392

    @jacobgalloway1392

    5 жыл бұрын

    are halflings similar to Kendar (dragonlance chronicles)? ps did i spell that right?

  • @andrewthemaroon8608

    @andrewthemaroon8608

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@jacobgalloway1392 wizards of the coast owns Dragonlance. So they ARE kender from Krynn. The race is almost interchangeable with just a few roleplaying flaws that you need to swap in. Like how all kender are kleptos or how they have an unnatural Taunt that can send any thinking race into a terrible rage.

  • @lurkleaf
    @lurkleaf3 ай бұрын

    I kind of love under developed lore because it pretty much gives you a blank slate to work with

  • @michaelbalcom5233
    @michaelbalcom52335 жыл бұрын

    I know this is an old video but could I have your opinion on where you'd place the races from the Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron in this tier list

  • @jgr7487
    @jgr74875 жыл бұрын

    I homebrew that the Kenku don't have that minus on Int (because of their memory), but they have the opposite to the Gnome racial trait: Not Inventive

  • @Quandry1

    @Quandry1

    5 жыл бұрын

    Many don't understand or notice how much Kenny are held back by their lack of creativity. Even their greatest creations will only ever be copies. From the greatest hero or wondrous craft to attempts at society. The most they get towards originality is their love of high places. This drawback is written through all of their lore and makes glimpses in their mechanics.

  • @YourIQDoesntMeanShitToMe

    @YourIQDoesntMeanShitToMe

    5 жыл бұрын

    Oh no, someone save Kenny

  • @crocketlawnchair259
    @crocketlawnchair2595 жыл бұрын

    Was just watching the classes video. Love your raking videos!

  • @kingofcherries4357
    @kingofcherries43574 жыл бұрын

    "Dragonborn scales don't give you anymore protection than human skin." I mean, that's just being realistic. xD

  • @bluedreamera.k.adragon3369
    @bluedreamera.k.adragon33694 жыл бұрын

    Great video thanks for the hard work!

  • @jacobnestle3805
    @jacobnestle38055 жыл бұрын

    Dragonborn also had a much cooler lore situation in 4e, where their empire of Arkhosia fought a war with the tiefling empire of Bael Turath centuries before the game is supposed to have begun.

  • @joaocisne556
    @joaocisne5565 жыл бұрын

    Tiefling Paladin, otah of the Ancients, GO

  • @TheBronf

    @TheBronf

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yuan ti Paladin Oath of the Ancients. way better.

  • @orinanime
    @orinanime5 жыл бұрын

    You don't like Owlbears? Are familiar with the KZreadr and RPG enthusiast Blandco? He'd be sad to know you think they should go extinct.

  • @olicvb
    @olicvb5 жыл бұрын

    Don't Dragonborn come from abeir and that their main city was merged into toril from the spell-plague? I get the sons of Bahamut were created in 3rd but those were only few. I was to believe most if not all Dragonborns come from their main city of Tymanther.

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