To answer all of the “what about X race” questions, the point of this video is to serve as a jumping off point for you to think about the concept on your own. I never really cared too much about gith/changelings/Drow in my games because my players almost never play them, but with a bit of thinking, it’d probably become really obvious what the general population would think of it. (Drow are slavers and kidnappers, my dudes. Nobody likes them.) But it doesn’t *really* matter what I think, as long as the video gets you thinking about how to handle the concept yourself. My word isn’t law, you don’t need it. Enjoy the vid, but don’t rely on it.

@al-trujillo

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it seems plenty of other people do not seem to understand that point because they either have some silly notion or a disregard for what was said. Anyways, thanks for the vid, it's a good show to the newbies I come across that are trying to start up their first character and seem oblivious to the concept of racial mingling in-game.

@womper7122

3 жыл бұрын

So what im getting is you hate when your players want to be a monster race

@shootgunman1460

3 жыл бұрын

@Hunter Jaxon Script kiddies be like

@noahhager1187

3 жыл бұрын

I had such a cool idea but since my group doesn't do fantasy racism I can't play him: a kobold rogue who did mass murder because whenever someone finds out he is a kobold he is like here we go again and has to kill them

@vincejester7558

2 жыл бұрын

@@womper7122 I don't hate it, cuz players don't get to be monsters in my world. Unless I say so.

"the gnomes are treated normally" kobolds "hisss"

@unknownentityenthusiast6765

2 жыл бұрын

Ain’t treated normally if I have anything to say about it

Tavern staff: we don't allow animals in this establishment. Minotaur: FINE I DIDN'T WANT YOUR SHITY BEER ANYWAY Tavern staff: we were talking about the mastiff Minotaur: My mistake.

@obligatecarnivore6774

5 жыл бұрын

Hooves and horns are for prey

@tylerp5259

5 жыл бұрын

Lance Clemings I’m sorry, but if you’re able to mount a mastiff, you should 100% be able to “mount” or get on top of a barstool. On another note, you’re not much taller than you are normally while riding a mastiff anyways, and why would you have it if all you do it stand directly on top of it? Just stop being lazy and climb the stool in that case.

@PureGoldNeverCorrodes

5 жыл бұрын

Tyler P the Mastiff is trained to stand on its hind legs

@tylerp5259

5 жыл бұрын

Sam Guckian so assuming smallfolk climb the mastiff, they are able to get to the size of a barstool. Thanks. Another reason not to use your mastiff as a barstool. Barstool - 1 Mastiff - 0.

@PureGoldNeverCorrodes

5 жыл бұрын

Tyler P the mastiff lowers itself to make mounting it easier.

1000th NPC asks the Tabaxi where do they come from "my father was a Bard & my mother was a cat" Tabaxi leaves

@spongeman6559

4 жыл бұрын

They need to make a campaign that takes place where Tabaxi are from

@Jasmin-lg3gf

4 жыл бұрын

Plot twist: It is not a Tabaxi. It is a Rakshasa Tiefling.

@Klaital1

4 жыл бұрын

My Tabaxi bard would go on very detailed and long winded story about the wonders of Maztica.

Tfw my current party os a half drow, a goblin, a kenku, and a tiefling. We probably can't go into any city ever and are definitely banned from walmart.

@RolandTheJabberwocky

5 жыл бұрын

Gate Guard: Guy's really? Like look I don't like profiling but you must know what you look like? Right?

@egirlSkeletor

5 жыл бұрын

"We'll keep the goblin on a leash we promise" Goblin: continues to scream about killing god

@sot8546

5 жыл бұрын

Walmar't

@justinjacobs1501

5 жыл бұрын

Eh, I'm sure the Kenku can pass themselves off as a dwarf with a long nose...

@nicholasdagostino4353

5 жыл бұрын

We’ve got TWO goblins, a drow, and a Tiefling. Racism is the teams biggest antagonist

_Psionic: exists_ Davvy: “I’m not trying to see that.”

@Mare_Man

5 жыл бұрын

3.5 gang

@Onbutteredtoast

5 жыл бұрын

No one is trying to see that

“Sir do you have a permit for that warforged?”

@hermitpurple3224

5 жыл бұрын

Uh no the goblin behind me dose

@giantpanda5454

5 жыл бұрын

In the name of the queen

@raphaelalexandreyensen6291

5 жыл бұрын

"No, but I got a degree in mass destruction from the wizarding academy"

@jnbaker7422

4 жыл бұрын

"Do you have a license for that permit?"

@hinamiravenroot7162

4 жыл бұрын

"That's just my construct Sir, he serves me well"

Davvy's DM Advice: Racism

@TheeOK1

5 жыл бұрын

-Rascism- Speciest👌

@BolchevoluIista

5 жыл бұрын

"AINT NO ORC THING GETTIN ON MY TAVERN"

@padalan2504

5 жыл бұрын

I'd really appreciate a vid on racism. It's hard to make a realistic narrative when you aren't familiar with the problem. So a vid on how to portray racism in the game as a serious issue for the characters would be great.

@Marcel2278

5 жыл бұрын

@@padalan2504 well like davvy said there needs to be a definite line people should not cross and also all players should understand and agree on what is and isn't acceptable. It's kind of very easy to be fake racist in dnd, some races are literal monsters so just comment on appearance or monster stereotypes (they eat baby's, you look like a literal devil, damn green skin, etc.) to come up with things to say but usually the books have descriptions on how one race reacts to other races too if that helps. Example, half elves are treated as impure mutts by elves and weird elves by humans, neither elf enough to be an elf and not human enough to be human. tieflings are treated as evil demons regardless of their actual alignment and often have things thrown at them in fear. half orcs get called ugly and stupid and worse and they're always treated like an orc rather than a half human. Dwarves get annoyed by elves, elves are dicks who think they're better than everyone, dragon born are weird lizard weirdos, half orcs get called names a lot, tieflings are basically demons and should be feared by all, humans do whatever they want but are super squishy and they know it, gnomes do what they want on their own, halflings do whatever wherever and couldn't care less, etc.

@romulusnuma116

5 жыл бұрын

@@padalan2504 I don't think Davvy would be able to help you with that but generally serous reasons for racism I've are comically at least to me and the people I know but they at least seem to be the actually reasons some racists have

One of my first 5e characters was a good-aligned white dragonborn fighter. In my DM's world, immediately everyone thought she was evil or mischievous. The only thing she really shared in common with white dragons was a lower intelligence. It made for some interesting moments when people who originally treated her negatively changed their tune after she insisted on still helping them.

I love playing Kobolds, but all of the DM's I've had just say "Yeah, people are cool with Kobolds in the area", and, to be honest, I feel like there's missed potential. One of the reasons I love playing monstrous characters is for that social aspect of the game.

@noname-do5wo

5 жыл бұрын

I always had it as, people are fine with 1 MAYBE 2 but anymore and people start to get very wary because kobold are weak alone but dangerous in numbers

@thedude7319

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah not every DM feels comfortable racisme in their games. That is not a problem I had when I DM'ed I am heartless

@nairocamilo

5 жыл бұрын

You could talk to your GMs about this fact Make it clear that you are interested in participating in events regarding Kobolds and _human_ societies

@blakesmith7058

5 жыл бұрын

DMs don't like being racist to their players all that much

@MrRourk

5 жыл бұрын

Koblit race there is a 5e Arduin Book it is in there 1/2 Hobbit 1/2 Kobold

THIS. Class and race matter heavily in my campaigns. That's why sorcerers and such often carry weapons to disguise themselves, in case this is a town that wants to burn witches, for instance. It leads to some annoyances, but some fun rp. And in my campaign, Greenest has a statue of a goblin named Zignot. when under attack it was him and his party who faced the dragon, but when the commander came and demanded a duel for prisoners, it was the little goblin didn't hesitate to fight. To barely survive. To run streaking through the enemy camp with fire and might. And to die in one more duel, bait in a plan to save the town. Years later, cities are still learning of that little goblin, who proved that you can't judge a book by its cover. Would they still have celebrated without that fact? Of course. But the sacrifice gave that much more pause due to his nature. EDIT the campaign is over now. on the eve of the last session, one of the only 2 remaining characters in that group raised a glass and gave a little speech. To Zignot. At the beginning he'd refused to work with the little guy, and when forced onto the same job refused to acknowledge he existed. And 2 years later, they player still remembered him, and the character did as well. because yes, he was an ally who sacrificed himself. but he was also a goblin, who completely rocked his world on how he thought 'those greenskins' worked.

you have to obviously play fighter human every single game

@luska5522

5 жыл бұрын

Certainly. And wear blue clothes

@properlydicedonyon3624

5 жыл бұрын

That or Elf Ranger

@ymmijx6061

5 жыл бұрын

nah tiefling wild magic sorcerer. MAKE ALL THE FRIENDS!

@Kinda_Venty

5 жыл бұрын

And if your feeling fancy, ASMR paladin

@sot8546

5 жыл бұрын

Barbarian Clash of Clans

Meanwhile there's Gith. My Githyanki pretend that they're just a half elf who's been in a mining accident (which explains the no nose)

@er1chawk

5 жыл бұрын

I would expect some clerics would attempt to turn/rebuke them as undead... LOL

@nicolatex2

4 жыл бұрын

everyone just treats my githzerai as an ugly elf

when your party is entirely composed of half-orcs, drow, and tieflings...

Local Man Talks About Fantasy Racism For Your Enjoyment

@r.alexandercorbitt1554

5 жыл бұрын

Now you have 43 likes. You have the fastest diesel-powered comment on KZread now. BASK IN IT!!

For what it's worth, I think you dealt with this subject extremely well, especially emphasizing talking to your players about it. Less so on the beard shaving. It stays.

I played a goliath and people thought a giant lost it's sun. Eventually he became in high demand as a body guard because how imposing he is.

I’ve specifically like monster characters because i like to play against the stereotypes. I play a gnoll rogue in one of my campaigns who specifically wears fancy clothes, a top hat, and a monocle specifically so he won’t get murdered when ever he’s in a town. He is also the most fun to role play because he speaks in a light British accent but with fits of cackling sprinkled in. It’s amazing

@al-trujillo

4 жыл бұрын

Same here, I like breaking the mold and that upward battle of overcoming the stereotype associated with them. I can be a Kobold paladin, an Orc monk, a Yuan-Ti cleric (non-combat Domain), whatever. I don't make a dramatic moral alignment jump, though I do shift it enough where if someone had no formal knowledge of what is associated with that character ancestors are like, that character could be passed as someone decent just from acts alone.

@user-mh9dx7nz2r

4 жыл бұрын

From a homebrew perspective anything works, but I'm pretty sure Gnolls are naturally evil (possessed by an insatiable hunger). With murder, kill, slaughter, eat is the main thing on their mind.... That and serve their creator who's a demon lord.

@trevormeeks7406

4 жыл бұрын

Myles W in this game, my character broke away from the gnoll gods control and with the help of a few clerics, is actively converting gnolls away from the gods control. With a little story and character development, anything’s possible really.

I have a high elf that calls my tabaxi wizard “Monkey”.

@al-trujillo

4 жыл бұрын

Well, cat-monkey would be somewhat appropriate. Catfolks are derived of two creatures: Feline and Humans. And Humans.., well, do you get me? It's a bit of a stretch, but I think it's due more of the sinuous form of the leaner Tabaxi shares more in common with a Human-sized Monkey with Cat-like features then something like... well, TES's Khajiit which are fully Cat-Humans.

I found this interesting could we get a part 2 with Eberron? As the races are treated way more differently then they are in Faerun.

@phonetheory7056

3 жыл бұрын

They'd overall be much more accepting of all races, especially goblinoids and orcs, seeing as they have their own contries in ebberon.

@derrickhaggard

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed especially since Warforged are the only race that deals with prejudice due to most every "organic race" on Khorvaire still having a less then pleasant view of The Last War.

Races in DnD actually makes more sense as species.

"Ays-murr" w-why

@thedarkmaster4747

5 жыл бұрын

Innocent naïvety.

@colocado6685

5 жыл бұрын

@OrangeManBad english is so weird

@Scourge728

4 жыл бұрын

@@colocado6685 to be fair, a large number of the words in English that are spelled oddly compared to how they are said are as a result of that time quite a while ago where English just decided to stop changing it's spelling even though the pronunciations continued to change

@colocado6685

4 жыл бұрын

@@Scourge728 tell me the exact date because thats fucking juicy data

@Biochemitra

4 жыл бұрын

ASMR

I actually loved playing in a game for once where my Drow character was treated like a Drow. I picked the race because of the opportunities for roleplay it presents.

So I play in a group with 1 human, 1 Drow, 2 Tieflings and me a Kenku. Now I don't mind some in world racism, I think it ads to the RP, and with that party composition I was expecting a lot of it. What actualy happened was every npc treating the others like humans to the point where we straight up forgot the drow was a drow until he cast Fairy Fire and we were all like "oh yeeeeah!" And every npc assuming I was some sort of huge mutant bird they trained to do tricks.

@troodon1096

5 жыл бұрын

I have no problem with gaining begrudging acceptance, or perhaps the world is more open than most, but... it feels weird for it not to be at least addressed lol. Kenku are not unknown in a lot of major cities though. In an urban environment they wouldn't be that novel a sight. Perhaps in more rural areas where nobody's seen a kenku they'd get a lot more curious glances.

And then there´s warforged. People always forget about the warforged

@julierose689

5 жыл бұрын

One of my old characters came to the conclusion that the warforged in the party wasn't really a person, just a souless machine. Why else would he collect souls? He said it was for his god but my character was convinced that the warforged was capturing souls to make one for himself.

@GiantBUThead

5 жыл бұрын

Eberron only so yeah

@Kinda_Venty

5 жыл бұрын

GiantBUThead eberron races imo are some of the most interesting

@Kinda_Venty

5 жыл бұрын

Julie Rose I’m currently playing a oath of conquest warforged paladin and its fun as hell albeit he’s much more emotive than your average robot.

@bombyx2447

5 жыл бұрын

I usually find a way to implement eberron races into other games of mine. For example, i let the rogue play a Kalashtar using the explanation that she is technically a normal human just infused with a mysterious spirit. The roleplay is fun, she named him dimitri and he has a dracula / russian style voice. Roleplaying as him makes things very interesting

Question about the aasimar thing does it apply to fallen aasimar considering you know the huge shady skeleton wing don’t exactly scream holy peace

@DavvyChappy

5 жыл бұрын

Fallen aasmiar traded jerseys.

@giraffedragon6110

5 жыл бұрын

Well I have an idea for a warlock fallen Aasimar who made a pact with Nehkbet to gain the power of eternal flight he craves so dearly since his falling.

@darkpaw1522

5 жыл бұрын

I'd imagine then you'd become a target by Paladins and Clerics for cleansing, not to mention other Aasimar.

@giraffedragon6110

5 жыл бұрын

Darkpaw1 I’m sure it applies that or they’ll try to “convince” you to help. My work around is that my character plays himself off as a human follower of the Raven Queen who while not well liked is seen as a necessary existence that would help explain 1.) his divine energy 2.) why he reeks of death when channeling his divine energy 3.) fallen Aasimar wings are skeletal but his are black feathers due to his pact much like those of the Raven Queen

@andreapasqua8639

5 жыл бұрын

At worst they'd either think you are a lawyer, taxation agent of the crown or serve you with a summons at the nearest court house for any collateral damages. Damn townsfolk always try to sue for damages if you killed a loved one turn brigand for a quick coin.

Real world analogs for D&D races? Oooooo boy this video is going to get spicy. Edit: Zero out of Ten on the Davy spicy meter. My taste buds are properly informed, but un-spiced.

@DaBard

5 жыл бұрын

Is your disappointment immeasurable and your day ruined?

@violetshadowstone5250

5 жыл бұрын

You *wanted* the racism?

@johnjaeger2968

4 жыл бұрын

violet shadowstone I do

I know this is a bit of a late comment but, I'm so glad i found this video since i like making worlds feel real which i tell my players, so I'll probably show them this when they make there characters with slight changes to fit my worlds, with that being said. Davvy thank you for making such amazing videos you have been some of the few d&d channels that's been helping me dm better. And i can't wait to see your next set of tips.

Do a video on classes next. I'd love to hear some thoughts on what people think of different types of cleric or wizard.

@Nparalelo

5 жыл бұрын

That could vary wildly between towns, cities and individual people.

@halifaxsteppenwulf7980

5 жыл бұрын

@Lance Clemings Think about a mid level fighter or barbarian, able to be chucked off a cliff and easily walk it off. How does something as mechanically grounded as that translate into people's perceptions of PCs? Are they more scared of the wizard who can finally turn them into a toad or the melee class that could kill them with a single punch? Do they all beg the Cleric for blessings and healing?

@gargoyles9999

5 жыл бұрын

Halifax Steppenwulf ESPECIALLY THE WIZARD

I love how you described Aasimar so perfectly.. and as for the monstrous races.. I like playing a sensitive Yaun Ti abomination that has devolved into having a heart and feelings.. who has to hide from the more common races who socially don't accept him.. His snakey heart is the biggest and kindest snakey heart. Lawful good yuan Ti ftw X3

@unknownentityenthusiast6765

3 жыл бұрын

Seems a fun character to play. My Yuan-Ti pc took up illusion magic to travel the world without being attacked at whatever inn they stopped in.

In an up and coming campaign we were told it's to take place underground. So I beelined for the races that normally have to worry about that pesky sunlight sensitivity and thus was born Shor Shoot the kobold crossbow using fighter. Why am I saying all of this? It's set in what is basically a very, very deep mine that's so deep towns have popped up every so often as it been made. A mine made by a LOT of dwarfs, over many generations, of dwarfs. So, this should be fun.

@sirgibbels8358

5 жыл бұрын

It could be worse, it could be filled with filthy Gnomes.

@Jpteryx

5 жыл бұрын

Not as bad as a mine full of Gnomes!

@mattontop

4 жыл бұрын

How did it go?

@Amanoob105

4 жыл бұрын

@@mattontop The campaign? Tripped, failed and broke it's leg before it could even cross the starting line. Never did find out why. In other words, not all campaigns are created equal and some never even get the chance to get off the ground (or under it, in this case).

@mattontop

4 жыл бұрын

@@Amanoob105 F

A little thing about gnomes: Why are they seen just like common folk? Gnomes are also known as “the forgotten folk”, they live in hidden underground cities, they should be seen as something odd or curious, like “that’s a weird looking Halfling” (add that rock gnomes are bloody geniuses, having an Atlantis-like city that also suffered the same fate, a place so advanced they had gunpowder and non-magical portals, a place left out of the history books).

@Nparalelo

5 жыл бұрын

FORGOTTEN. Most see only a weird halfling. They dont know any of this.

@Randomdudefromtheinternet

4 жыл бұрын

@@Nparalelo Day 72, they still don't know I'm not a Halfling

Typically when I have elves I like to play them as “high and mighty” so villagers usually feel like they are being looked down on so they may be quick to anger or resentful around an elven pc depending on location, village in the sticks with little to occasional foot traffic, vs sprawling city

That’s why I love being a changeling

After many days of deliberation, I have decided to become a patron! I love your content and it really helps me understand the lore and mechanics of something you helped me get into!

So far, in the 2 campaigns I'm playing, I've played 2 Gnolls, a Tiefling who's father was an Arch-Fey (so she's green and has antlers), a Kobold, and Half-Drow for one campaign and a Minotaur and a Sahuagin for the other. Everyone either respects the Gnolls and Minotaur, looking upon them in awe as this 7+ foot tall creatures walks past them, or in outright fear. The Sahuagin was interesting: coastal peoples would attack him on site while inland peoples would just be a little wary of him. An alcoholic, joke-making Kobold was well liked, except that he absolutely HATED dwarves for the fact that they set him up for a murder he didn't commit. The Tiefling was looked upon with confusion: as a rule in that campaign, everyone hates Tieflings as Devils tried to take over the world several times in the past. The fact that she was Fey-born cleared most of that up as most people barely know what Fey are and just treated her with suspicion. Not to mention she was likely one-of-a-kind. The Half-Drow was treated with suspicion as Drow are naturally the big baddies and that Half-Drow themselves are pretty much unheard of.

God... I miss playing D&D... So many character ideas popping into my head thanks to you...

Played a Grung, spent most of my time in towns pretending to be the Warlock's giant frog pet/familiar. Was surprisingly helpful to my Roguing to have the common folk think I was just an animal.

It's definitely based on your world and DMs definitely have the lion's share of explaining "Hey, where you're from, it's no big deal you're a Minotaur. The beast lands are flush with all manner of folk, but you travel into a human town... They're either gonna throw rocks or run."

Loved this . I appreciated that warning but that’s not at all where I thought you’d go with it. Great video as always

I love your content. You really helped me into getting into D&D

Huh, I like this video and get me some new perspective on race has that I never thought would have much of an impact if chosen to play as them, thank you for shedding a new line on an awesome way that I can make DND more realistic and give a great sense of immersion.

Well good thing I am a half giant and half dwarf so people just think in Just a 9 foot dwarf

@mr_big_m50

5 жыл бұрын

@OrangeManBad good question my father was a duragar and my mother was a fire giant

@user-cy7ki7ms1q

5 жыл бұрын

Hooooow?

@spongeman6559

4 жыл бұрын

Full body insertion

@wildhunter939

4 жыл бұрын

Eeeeeeewwww....

In my world, the following holds true of the races I allow: Humans are generally considered petty and competitive, squabbling and fighting for power. Elves think humans are beneath them, dwarves believe humans are inefficient and unreliable. Elves are considered haughty and frankly arrogant by most. In truth, this only applies to high elves, who make up the inbred aristocracy of elven society. The common folk, some high elves and some wood elves, just do their best to get by in a rustic setting. In my campaign, the collapse of an elven palace (which had one too many secrets in its basement) led to the fall of the aristocracy. The dark elf society is something else entirely, and are generally feared, for good reason. Dwarves are practical warrior, but are known to be greedy and often times become sorcerers. Elves find them crude, humans find them obsessive, but they get the job done. Halflings are peaceful farmers and herders who blend in with humans. They are friendly and humble, traits only high elves dislike. Gnomes inhabit peaceful communities throughout the lands. Rock gnomes tend to live near dwarves and humans, and forest gnomes live near elves and firbolgs, but they maintain a small and mystical presence in my world. Troglodytes are a playable, sewer-dwelling race that cleans up after humans. They are the source of many urban legends, but few humans understand the active role they play within the city. A troglodyte is generally met with a combination of disgust and horror from most humans. Firbolgs dwell in small keeps in the woods. They are often called tree or wood giants and are the source of mysterious folklore, but few races ever interact with the reclusive creatures, who more resemble the firbolgs of editions past. Orcs and hobgoblins are treated the way you'd expect. Goblins tend to escape notice but aren't well-liked. Bugbears have terrible legends associated with them, though a few wise firbolgs and wood elves recall legends of helpful bugbear druids. Norkers are playable races in my campaign. They're thought of only as goblinoid thugs by the dwarves, but most people would look at a norker and ask what the heck they were looking at. I don't like to have elves, dwarves, and gnomes treated normally in my world because it removes the mystery around them.

I’m so glad that he gave that big disclaimer on racism and how that might make your fellow players at the table feel right up front. I always felt that there was a bit too much subtext of racism in DnD and it’s always bugged me in the back of my mind a bit. Like the flat out labeling of some races as inherently evil and others as good. And while I guess it’s a bit more acceptable as you’re playing with several different species as opposed to different shades of one (even though it does have some of that) and some are literally tied up with the magical forces and formations of this world so there’s kind of some distance from actual racism in that. But still I never felt like there was anything much akin to what would be the diversity side of this to balance it out. There’s a lot on how certain races will interact with each other but not much on how a race interacts with others of its kind. And I know this is kinda meant for the DM to fill in based on what inspirations they wanna pull from but I don’t feel like there’s ever as much prompting for them to fill out this part of the world as there is for the divisions between peoples. I also liked how he mentioned talking to your players about this before hand because, while this can be a powerful storytelling tool in the hands of the right DM, I feel like a lot of videos forget that there’s players at their table who come there specifically to forget about this kind of stuff in their daily lives. Or even play in a space where this kinda stuff doesn’t exist depending on how the DM plays.

I love playing as a oversized tortle, barely fitting through inn's doors and knocking people over by mistake due to its size, being not comfortable with my pressence until they realised all i eat is lettuce and i speak in a slow and calm voice like "hi.... my name is... YOG.... Nice to... meet you"

@al-trujillo

4 жыл бұрын

XD

Personally, wish that there was a book with *all* of the races - especially the ones that only exist in PDF supplements and not physical books. Also, some playable Undead races, like skeletons and such, would be fun.

Thank you for the disclaimer. Great video!

This makes me want you as my dm so much more

As important as I feel that this kind of aspect gives to a story, giving restrictions onto what a player can and cannot do often leaves much to be desired so I often make goblins and kobolds (creatures much less dangerous on their own) treated slightly worse than half-orcs, in some specific towns I do allow for goblin npc and things of that nature but keep it to a minimum, realism is fun but so is diversity and a party of only dwarves elf’s and halflings may become stale.

@nikhilbhavani981

8 ай бұрын

Maybe it’s just me, but if I played in a campaign like this, I’d be inclined to play a Half-Orc or other uncommon race so that I do have that extra adversity and unique interactions. It’d also make meeting an actually nice NPC mean something else and be more meaningful to my character.

Great video with some good insights. I'd love to see this kind of video done for races in a specific setting like Eberron (same for classes and how they feel in a particular setting).

this was an amazing video, my hats off Mr.Chappy

Definitely going to annoy the Half-Elf that just joined my campaign by having many NPCs assume he's just an elf.

Thanks man this helps so much

4:19 That's what my own character does. He's a human carpenter from a small village. He just learned what changelings look like, so when he saw an Aasimar, he was incredibly frightened for the man because he thought that he was the changeling that the adventurer's guild put a bounty on.

6:47 HOW CAN YOU HATE THESE ADORABLE LITTLE THINGS?

I treat race as more of a "society" and what this society respects. Elves respect grace and elegance. Dwarves respect hard work and dedication. Orcs respect honor Humans are just complex and varied. Hobbits respect a good laid back attitude. Gnomes respect a good joke/intelligence depending on the subrace. Dragonborn respect honor and hard work. So thus, dwarves and elves have opposing respect and don't get along, but dragonborn get along with orcs and dwarves because they have so much in common. Elves and hobbits are chill with each other, and etc. But you can totally be an elf raised in a dwarvish society with dwarvish views on the respect of dedication. Compare it to countries IRL past/present, we have differing views on what's important and respectable, thus either get along or totally don't.

I recently DM'd a 6-month campaign set in Theros, and all of my party members (wanting to enjoy the setting) chose non-human races. The source book all but says that some parts of Theros are accepting, some are tolerant, and some might be downright hostile to non-humans. The minotaur barbarian certainly got a lot of looks, especially outside Meletis--and when they entered Akros' territory, those looks became much more hostile. I didn't focus on it too much, but it came up enough that the players *thought* about their place in this world, and not simply about their stat blocks.

I'm playing a Half-Elf in a new game, the first NPC ( a Human) & the second NPC ( an Elf) both called him a Mutt in conversation.

This is one of the reasons why I love playing Warforged

Great perspective, and dramatic impact on worldbuilding.

I do something like this in my game as every races has there own history and personality

I love that you mentioned Tabaxi and Tortle together. I'm about to start a game where I'm a Tortle Rogue and someone else is a Tabaxi Monk.

you do make a good point on how people would react to seeing something different.i either play a human or teifling, for the sole reason I can blend in or have a reason not to talk to people. Plus the continuation from this should be how people react to classes.

I like this and is something I do when I DM, one of my comming campaigns may have a Tiefling and as I had never had any encounter with a Tiefling (neither as a player of DM) before that point i had to google some info, I found this whole people see them as having a connection with the devil etc. So ofc I warned her about if she choose that race it may have downsides.

In our curse of strahd campaign the tabaxi has to stay In disguise as the town folk take him for a werewolf some similar creature.

@troodon1096

5 жыл бұрын

As a kenku I got a lot of weird looks in Barovia but as I didn't appear threatening eventually people just shrugged it off. Maybe I'm some sort of were-creature as far as they knew, but what was I going to do, play my lute at them to death? At some point they figure if you were a threat you would have done something threatening by now. So I got a lot of weird stares, but not outright hostility.

@fuzzydragon

5 жыл бұрын

@@troodon1096 I imagine the wereravens were especially confused.

I play a Tabaxi swashbuckler that likes to be on walls or the ceiling. But when i play a caster like a bard or sorcerer. The bard is more for diplomacy and role playing but i still like to play the bard to have fun. While my sorcerer is more for the wild magic to make the game exciting.

Great video! Thank you for showing my fan art!

Awesome video! I'm starting a new campaign next week in a new world and I'm going to use some of this stuff!

I like it and it makes perfect sense!

A well done take.

Watching this makes me want to play in one of your campaigns.

This is generally the first thing I consider when making a character. How will that character appear to the world at large and how will they interact with the populous, NOT JUST CRUCIAL NPC’s? My most recent character is a Way of Mercy High Elf Monk that presents himself as a traveling Doctor and uses that to get in the good graces of the townships he visits, for example. It’s just good role playing to consider and be aware of what ways your race and class can affect the looks you get and adapt to them.

"We don't serve demon spawn in these parts." "Fantasy Jesus Christ, Frank, last week the town alchemist gave a goddamn house sapience, sit the fuck down."

This was really good. :)

This video solidified the reasoning for my tiefling EKs love of cloaks She hangs out with a lot of elves so that’s probably why she doesn’t get much shit. That and she almost singlehandedly assisted in the economy of the town nearby her mansion (via Throne) by just making more jewelry, pottery, and hand woven tapestries. I can hardly wait to write about her daughter’s adventures. The legacy her parents leave behind will drastically change the opinions of the town and the nearby port for when new players go there. (I have campaign ideas.)

Good video Davvy!

Honestly, i share this opinion and you handled the video pretty well, including the trigger warning was a good move. Overall awesome video.

Very well put and I think it highlights the importance for races to at least feel different in role-play. One could even woven that into the campaign and have characters generate change on the way a race is treated.👍🏼

I can see why you are doing that, but i myself as a pretty new DM (about 1year by now) find it pretty hard to keep track on all thoose things but hope to do this better as my Carrier grows on.

My favorite character: Purple Tiefling named Ken’rik Slant, a cleric of Selune, unbeknownst to his allies, a wererat. A very nervous kid, started at 16 in the campaign, and was sent by his church to participate in questing and adventure, as all clerics of Selune are encouraged to do. He slowly grew out and was never charismatic, nor intelligent, but he had a wisdom of 24 (Started with 18 and got those books that increase wisdom and got ability score increases) and by the end he and his friend, a forge cleric who worshipped Moradin, became avatars of our gods after the rest of the party was knocked (Purposely hard encounter and the DM wanted to reward us since we came up with ideas on how to defeat encounters and actually role played) and enddd up becoming level 40, 20 levels cleric, 20 levels fighter, and beat Vecna and some other demon lords, while their Gods defended Mount Celestia, while the forge cleric became Forgemaster, and Ken’rik became the Master of the Moon

I enjoy running Ravenloft games specifically because so many "normal" races suddenly become exotic. I was going to run CoS and one of my players wanted to play a Dragonborn and another to play a Gnome. It warmed the cockles of my twisted DM heart...

On my first time DMing I let one of my players play as a possessed set of armour using homebrewed rules based on warforged. I made sure to tell him several times that his character would not be normal and would be feared if not outright attacked for what he was. Despite this he was still surprised that the NPCs they were with freaked the fuck out when he removed his cloth disguise that covered the holes in his armour that obviously revealed his nature. What I found more confusing was that he did this at least 3 times in the about 5-6 sessions we did and was surprised every time that it happened.

Half the fun of playing a monstrous race is seeing the reactions of everyone. Sure my half orc has been kicked out of taverns, been glared and outright attacked on sight but that's just part of the adventure. It's fun watching the two cultures clash. No matter where you go, someone will take notice of you.

Big thanks

Good video I’ll use some of what you said in the future in my campaign

If i ever get the chance to play dnd *which is probably never* i will absolutely play as a lawful good tiefling paladin/cleric. The rp potential just seems so juicy to me.

this was a great video, I'm going to be running dragon heist soon, and wasn't sure how to run such a social campiagn.

That just reminds me of when we started the campaign I'm currently in. Five players, had this idea to roll up monstrous/traditionally "evil" races (we have a drow sorceress, a bugbear fighter, a kobold monk, and me, the half-orc cleric), and the DM said that this was going to change how our party was viewed considerably. We decided to embrace it, and then our rogue's player rolled up a goddamned wood elf. The whole party is now known as "that brood of monsters and also the elf."

Half-orc and teifling Paldalins must be really confusing for some people

@colocado6685

5 жыл бұрын

Ever heard about oathbreakers and conquest domain?

@troodon1096

5 жыл бұрын

A surprising number of tieflings become paladins precisely to refute the stereotypes about them, and because most are not thankful of their heritage and want to work against it.

@atomicash2475

5 жыл бұрын

@@troodon1096 but being evil is fun, are the cool kids are doing it

@colocado6685

5 жыл бұрын

@@troodon1096 it would be surprising if paladins in 5e were the same as in 3.5, getting their power from their god instead of a personal drive and conduct like it is in 5e. Its not surprising to me also because tieflings are usually spawn of hell which is a lawful place and paladin follow their law strictly except for oathbreakers and similar ones. What would be surprising at least to me is cleric tieflings of helm or Sune and similar deities, that would really be going against the stereotype

Yay Davy you are one of my favrits

Davvy are you going to do a video on 'Guildmasters Guide To Ravnica', as a MTG player this was the kick I needed to get into DnD and your bite-sized vids make the game easier to learn and digest. Great work and good fortune.

@troodon1096

5 жыл бұрын

I can only wonder what people in Faerun thought when all these completely unknown races started showing up.

Me: I want to play a tiefling! My party: Cool! My DM in the first session: Excellent--you can't go anywhere or do anything because even with your 17 charisma, everyone hates you and will scream if you try to talk to them. I kind of wish she'd told me this before...

@vincejester7558

2 жыл бұрын

And if the DM said "no"?

Gasp! Where's the minotaur and centaur! Yeah monstrous races can be tough, so imo when a player of mine picks one I usually change from evil to another kingdom in the land. Maybe they're even more distrusted but that way the player can still interact in the society without it immediately trying to kill them.

@Nparalelo

5 жыл бұрын

I suppose, if we consider the original myths, that minotaurs are feared and arent even considered a sentient race, and centaurs are generally feared but less so than orcs, if someone doesn't know what a centaur is they might treat them as any other race.

@MrRourk

5 жыл бұрын

BECMI had a great way of playing Monsters. Sphinx had a 1,000,000 negative experience pts. Then you became a lvl 1 Sphinx from the monster manual.

@vincejester7558

2 жыл бұрын

My players get a list of three or four, 6 at the most races they can play. The rest are monsters, and I control them.

Great Video

I find that many fantasy settings and DMs ignore the obvious frictions and economic disparities that arise from things as simple as that the species have such different lifespans. Think of the compound interest an elf could build up! Or that if elves form a monarchy, their term of being the ruler would last centuries. A neighbouring human kingdom could go through a dozen rulers over the course of one elven reign. That's going to affect international politics when your family has been dealing with the same guy for generations.

My group is currently in our GM's custom setting, an ancient Greek styled world where the Humans are currently undergoing their Alexander the Great stage and carving out a great empire, uniting Human kingdoms and launching campaigns against the Beastmen and the Gith (Setting has a combined faction of Githyanki and Githezerai who ripped their way into the plane and settled it during the early period of the worlds history and established themselves as a dominant power). Our party is made up of a Firbolg War Cleric (Firbolgs are a type of beastmen in our setting, rather than giant), a Human Hexblade Warlock and my Half Drow Aberrant Mind Sorcerer (Was Shadow but switched over when the new UA subclass dropped because both me and the DM agreed that it fit the character far better). We're making our way through the hinterlands of the Human Empire and we've had a couple experiances with the Firbolg getting funny looks or having people being rude to them since he's this big lumbering beastman in a setting where most humans see beastmen as raiders. nothing too serious as of yet just a few snide remarks but we can tell that eventually someone in one of these small farming villages is going to try and make an issue out of it, the real fun thing is as a half drow no one has even noticed yet, I discussed with the DM and decided that my skin colour was fairly humanlike and from a distance I appear as just a regular half elf, but on closer inspection has several obvious secondary visual traits of a Drow, pure white hair, eyes are just pure black orbs and sharp pointed teeth, so one of these days a farmer is going to pick a fight with a cow person and then realise they're accompanied by a Witch from the Downbelow. (In this world Arcane Magic has fallen out of favour and regarded as occult witchcraft while Psionics is the current accepted form Magic) So that's going to be fun.

Aasimar is probably my favorite race. I like playing celestial pact warlock, divine soul sorcerer, and college of swords bard with the scourge Aasimar and a conquest paladin of Tyr as a protector Aasimar. I think I'd like playing one of my angel dudes with Davvy as DM.

This just makes the DnD world more realistic and interesting, as long as you know that it is not serious or don't actually believe in it then ur fine.

That segment on the Aasimar honestly sounds incredibly fun, though I'd take the cat and mouse game up a notch. Maybe the Aasimar did the angel thing near a demon they have no chance of fighting and now they have to keep moving or said demon is going to find them and gut them. ...Look I play Changelings in Pathfinder for the free nemesis okay? I like this sort of stuff!