Davvy's D&D 5e Volo's Guide Guide
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ย. 2024
- My pronunciation of Aasimar is the only correct one fite me
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Special thanks to these cool dudes for supporting me on Patreon:
CheosPlays
ThatGuyBoom45
SpaceCactus
Ryan Barry
Alex Tuffin
Constellation
Yuri
Maxwell
SeanOfTheDead
Dillon Sylvester
Andrew Hughesdon
Adam Picton
Paul Christopher
Lil' Sig
Darion Boulderfist
Douglas Mackintosh
Emma Allard
Sadistic Rat
Michael Conley
John Allmark
Jeremy Clark
NiteVisionNinja
Alexa Barco
Brennan Artzt
Richard Gustafson
DankMonyOG
Alexcalibur
Ashton Prince
Patrick Rooney
Mighty Deadpool
Thestralpony
Austin L
Adam Villarreal
Rudewolfe
Join my Discord if you wanna be a cool dude: / discord
Hey! Give me money!:
/ davvychappy
Check me out on Twitter: / davvychappy
Check me out in Instagram: / davvychappy
Song: Kingdom of Bards - Adrian Von Ziegler
![A Crap Guide to D&D [5th Edition] - Dungeon Master](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/ANdG2DGm0CQ/mqdefault.jpg)
I haven't gotten the chance to play him, but I made a Lizardfolk Bard I want to try out. All his passion during performances is 100% BS. He feels nothing and is operating solely on musical theory.
Hopeful Hyena oh, you mean David Gilmore?
Technical perfection. Can’t write lyrics with bite to save his life. That’s what he needed Roger Waters (probably a triton, heh) for.
@@caerdwyn7467 You realise, that you're basically saying Gilmore doesn't play with any feeling right? The original comment states his lizardfolk has no emotion, you liken this to David Gilmore and your argument for this is that he is technically perfect (if you want technical perfection watch bands like Archspire or Obscura), but cannot write good lyrics. Thus, you conclude, Gilmore has no emotion. Because his lyrics are shit. Maybe you don't know this, but the ability to play guitar does not have anything to do with the ability to write lyrics. Lyrics being bad doesn't equal guitar playing being bad.
ThorsShadow No, I meant exactly what I said. He is not a good lyricist. Technical skills do not preclude emotion and I never claimed otherwise. Emotion does not magically grant lyrical skills. Neither does guitar technical proficiency. Clear enough?
Perfect
I had a Lizardfolk druid, & honestly I found the roleplay element really limiting. Putting survival first, logic before emotion, having no need for money etc. Kinda left me wondering why my Lizardfolk would care about anything my party was getting involved in
I mean kinda true but wasnt IT sometimes not good to put logica before emotion
Read the lore.
it's easier to survive with a party. and if he goes off on his own he might not find another party
The most common reason lizardfolk join and stay in adventuring parties is they realized that if they didn’t put up with the idiots they’re staying with and help them fight shit then they would have to fight alone
i usually get around the emotionless thing by making them objectivists that think they're above having such weak human things as emotions except they do in fact Have Emotions
Tritons be like:
# WHAT CAN I SAY EXCEPT YOU'RE WELCOME #
Tritons be like:
HAVE I TOLD YOU HOW AMAZING YOU ARE? AND HOW GRATEFUL I AM? BECAUSE YOU ARE, AND I AM!
Great now I need to see a Sun Elf and a Triton try to out condecend one another
Condescension requires one to think of others as ones lesser. The Tritons seem to think of others as dumber and weaker, but not necessarily lesser, seeing as they seem to want to help *because* of it.
I would pay to see that sitcom
Painfulldarksoul still condescending, you can help condescendingly
The sun elf would just roast the triton. Quite literally. Put a fish out in the sun. Watch what happens lmao
And then the two will fall in love in the later seasons
Kobold + Druid + dog wildshape + beg grovel and cower = ULTIMATE PUPPY EYES POWER. This is the most powerful thing in the game and no one can prove me wrong.
Head cannon that furred kobolds come about because of this.
Alastair Now you see... If you come across a Lizardfolk, that won’t work.
Once you see my Tabaxi roll onto her back and play with a ball of yarn you will concede your point instantly.
Ah yes, my favorite playable race. The ASMR
Tabaxi characters in a nutshell
NPC: “Hey, cat person, can you get me a-.”
(Tabaxi runs off)
NPC: “Wait, where did he go? Oh, look, I’ve been impaled.”
Tabaxi rogue, it's the best
@@cameronscott9399 or a monk
I think you under sell how silly fast a tabaxi can be, even while climbing. If a tabaxi monk is standing at the bottom of a 180ft tall tree, they can be at the top of that tree in 1 round (6 seconds) without necessarily making a check. Monk adds +10 to 20 foot climb speed (per sage advice), Feline agility turns a 30ft climb speed into 60 ft. They can move, dash, and step of the wind straight to the top at like level 2. Of course, your party would need to call the fire department afterwards to get you down, but that's their problem.
Tabaxi monk... that’s all
This is the best way to convince someone to play a tabaxi.
Wood Elf Monks are pretty fast too, you get the extra 5 feet of movement. Or 15 feet if you move, dash, and then step of the wind.
@@Greyshadow_17 Yeah... but Tabaxi monk can OUTRUN DIMENTONAL DOOR with enough levels.
@@the4bestgame Wow, really? That's pretty cool.
8:07 I see you, Frumpkin-disguised-as-Nott
I see you're a man of culture as well
Nott a cat
That's NOTT a cat.
If you ever get to play a lizardman, here's an RP gem you can use: All reptiles are lactose intolerant. They do not produce the enzyme lactase needed to dissolve lactose, so any dairy product they eat it's going to get out of their digestive tract in a hurry (one end or the other), otherwise the undigested sugars will just sit there in their stomachs, causing all sorts of complications (bloating, rotting, unbalance of the digestive flora, etc.)
So yeah, something to keep in mind when packing rations or accepting that delightful cheese bite at the feast.
what if lizardfolk are actually just lizardlike mammals and we've been tricked this whole time
@@ivorymask2599 then I feel sorry for lactating lizardtits... them folks have a lot of teeth.
@@Zirkalaritz kek
That makes it all the more absolutely fucking hilarious that the lizardfolk shaman in Goblin Slayer loves the hell out of cheese
Then again he seems to be affiliated with dinosaurs so basically he's actually a bird?
“But the cheeeeeeeese!”
I played a Triton Cleric who spoke in as much Shakespearean English as I could muster, because I really liked that quirk in the book, also whenever someone would call him a Fish, or a Fish Man he would say
"I am a Triton, and you would do well to remember as such!" because technically Tritons as described in Volos aren't actually fish people, they're actually from the elemental plane of water and aren't actually fish, they have fish-like traits, but they themselves are not actual fish, which is why he did that so much.
I hope your dm gave you inspiration for roleplay.
Me thinks Fish boy doth protests to much.
Yeah, I have been crafting half-Troll races (3 so far). A Half-Troll/ Half-Elf, a Half-Troll/Half-Triton, and a Half-Troll/Half-Hobgoblin. The Half-Elf and Half-Hobgoblin races were fairly straight forward (Half-elf used as cannon fodder by an elf kingdom, Half-Hobgoblin used as elite front line soldiers and extremely evil in nature) but the Half-Triton has been the most fun. The Tritons' nature makes the thought of mistreating some race they made to aid in their constant war against monsters unthinkable, and in all, the Tritons just have the best martial culture to draw on. Heck, there is the quote most commonly used for them made by a ship captain in universe "Ah, The Tritons. Imagine, if the Elves spent a few centuries far beneath the sea, where their arrogance and pretension could grow undisturbed. At least the tritons spent that time fighting sahuagin and worse, so you know you can count on them in a fight." Seriously, if I can't get my DM to let me use one of my Half-Troll races, I am playing a Triton.
Love it, also rolled the Old English trait. I had the idea of a Triton Warlock with the Celetial Patron, having dreams to fly, but being on land he NEEDS to tell people how great his People are and about the Celestial Patron in the sky. Sky and Ocean, I roll to see which I ramble about.
Currently playing a Triton Bard/Cleric! She also gets called a fish quite often
My first ever D&D charakter was a Triton Paladin. It was really fun playing him. I played him like a mix of greek warrior and philosoph with a very kind heart. Tritons are by far my favourite race.
Volo's Guide to Minorities
Shit Nukes *ESPECIALLY THE KOBOLD.*
Pretty sure the humans are minorities
Yes
quality
@@not_sterling Their language is literally called Common too
I once made a tabaxi monk who can for six seconds at day run at Mach SEVEN or about half of escape velocity safe to say he was never seen in battle but you never forget when you wizard suddenly gets dragged next to the enemy barbarian that was on the other side of the battlefield in a blink of a eye
Jason Duncan Can I ask how? I know there are some clever tricks to get them quite fast, but I have no idea how you got it that high.
@@coffee_sloth 18 lv monk drunken master, 2 lv fighter. mobile, boon of speed (need the dm too be a fool to give it to a monk) now your base speed is 100 next find some boots of speed and a potion of speed (haste spell) activate the boots and drink the potion (400 speed) then on the next turn use action surge and your feline agility (800 speed) you now have 3 actions and 2 bonus actions use all for dash (cost 2 ki points) (dash rule increase your speed for the current turn. the increase equals your speed after applying any modifiers) now for one round(6 seconds) your speed is 51200 feet
it can get higher if you got a transmutation wizard to use the transmutater's stone to add 10 speed before you activate the boots a the spell longstride for 10 more for a end speed of 52224 if you find more speed eftects let me know i want too see the madness this monk can do
@@jasonduncan7630 this had my rolling for a good 5 minutes XD
I had no idea this was possible and now all I want to see is this being used in a D&D video. Just the shear absurdity of a monk going from zero to breaking the sound barrier in the matter of seconds would be hilarious. Your basically quicksilver from that xmen movie.
Lmao, someone needs to make a red furred Tabaxi with a natural lightning bolt pattern in his fur, on his chest, and name him some old word meaning flash or speed. Or actually, I think in Tabaxi, The Flash can actually cannonly work with their naming conventions. The Monk would even fit with them considering he mainly punches things.
Davvy: Goliaths are to niche to be fun
Travis: Hold my Grog
Yeah I thought the same thing 😂😂😂😂
I play a 6ft goliath fighter who was born with manism, dated an elf guy who died, and now adventures to resurrect his lover and prove that he is still strong while short and hes depressed and cold and cynical and I love him so much
And then he played a half orc
My favorite part of being a Goliath is that if I end up fighting a monster who is unarmed without a natural weapon built into their body or magic, I am honorbound to just toss my axe aside and beat the shit out of them unarmed. The constant need for a level playing field is great because you will be able to handicap yourself, bit by bit. Fighting a warrior one on one? No fancy magics. FIghting a monster with only one arm? Cross one behind your back and take out your one handed axe.
I played a Kenku bard for a one shot I was in. Real fun experience! He never created pieces of his own, but instead was basically a tape recorder for other bardic tunes. He mostly communicated with others with a mix of charades and noises (e.g. "there are guards nearby" = the sound of clinking armor + pointing). If a word was too complicated but necessary, the DM let me say it as long as I did it with some funny accent. Communication was a bit of a puzzle at some points, but honestly a blast. I definitely want to play him again so I can fully utilize his illusion spells and make noises with them for some real trickery.
Anyway great video! Volo's Guide is honestly my favorite with a lot of fun races.
6:10 So glad they finally decided to make a race primarily for Mark Zuckerberg.
Goliath Ranger, make Davey cry and cringe at the same time.
Goliath wizard, prove those suckers race doesn't matter.
Derpy PotatoFox Muscle Wizard casts Fist!
I once played a kenku wizard.
It was an... enlightening experience.
Don't do it.
??
Verbal components are almost impossible to do as a Kenku.
@@AzureIV Except it's not, unless your DM just doesn't want you to play as that race.
www.sageadvice.eu/2017/11/25/how-do-kenku-handle-the-verbal-component-of-spells/
www.sageadvice.eu/2017/02/16/if-kenku-cant-speak-does-that-mean-no-spells-with-verbal-components/
Kenku are already really good at copying things, and wizards could copy spells, so couldn’t you get that lip reading feat to sharingnan people’s spells?
@@AzureIV how? you only have to hear someone say it once
Goliath has +2 strength and +1 constitution, not the other way around.
Technically, when Volo's came out, neither the Aasimar nor the Goliath were new races, though the Aasimar is pretty heavily modified from it's initial appearance in the DMG. Goliath was in the Elemental Evil players guide.
*ESPECIALLY THE KOBOLD.*
*ESPECIALLY THE LIZARD*
"I've got you now Catwoman! Your days of sitting on laptops and licking yourself are over." - Ed Bern.
8:10 that’s Nott a cat!
I thought I was the only one who thought that!
Your not the only one.
@@CoffeeCup605 *Nott the only one
Gabe Jones Nott casts Tasha's Hideous Laughter.
Catt the brave
Kobold's don't deserve this hate man
@Cheschire Cat Same. Even Wizards hates my kobold bois. That's why we took out sunlight sensitivity and pact tactics
I don't mind the hate, both in and out of the D&D world, it actually made for one hell of a time as my kobold monk with a Napoleon complex the size of Russia became more feared than the Half-Orc, Golioth, and Dragonborn in the group.
@@KreativAce I just had a Druid Kobold and the DM let me have a Pseudodragon so he could see on the surface world
I agree. Kobolds are actually really heroic. If a clan if attacked, one kobold will stay behind to slow down the attackers so that everyone else can escape. HOW ARE THEY MORE EVIL THAN LIZARDFOLK?
@@nochillwill4667 Are you sure they were afraid of the Kobold, and not just because he was a Monk?
I have been wanting to play my Lizardfolk Rogue/Ranger for AGES NOW!
Story wise:
Vargach is his name. He lives with the rest of his tribe in an underground, bioluminescent, fungal swamp. His scales, like all from his tribe, glow and blink vibrant colors at will (my replacement for thieves cant since he is going to be scout Rogue). The campaign I play him in really determines what drove him out/away. (Any ideas would be greatly appreciated).
Mechanically:
Eventually 6 Expertise skills. Longbow with sneak attack and hunters mark. I would want to take the Healer (fungal swamp medicines) or Alert feat. Sharpshooter would also be nice. Hunter with cool perks and so on.
My dream character that I haven’t been able to play because I’ve been DMing for every D&D nerd I know🤣
I feel your pain for the longest time I have been wanting to play either my Albino Kobold Wild Magic Sorceror that was banished because he killed the chieftain's child in self preservation or my Changeling Necromancer that believes in asking permission from the owners of the body before raising them. Well at least soon I will bring in my Kobold.
make an npc you control that's like this
I’ve been waiting ages to put my loredrake kobold wizard to good use too! His names Kip. Coincidentally, he lives on an island of teal grass in a bioluminescent lake deep underground. He was forced out of his home by X event, with extra slaughter. His personality can only be explained as “Violent disembowlement is a suitable punishment for stealing my cheese. Ooo is that gold?”
It’s cool to see how many other people want to play unique characters.
I feel Volo's Guide To Monsters is an essential guide if playing D&D.
Tritons are pretty much the embodyment of Maui (I can TOTALLY see them reenacting that scene XD)
HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA YES!!
YOU, MY FRIEND, JUST MADE MY NEXT D&D CHARACTER.
Dungeon master : so what did you make?
My friend : *slime*
Dungeon master : what:.?
my friend : *i made a S L I M E*
*W I T H B O N E S*
Could you expand on this...for research?
@@abdullaaleef1170
Ok, I had a friend who was a slime... which used a skeleton and used it like a bone mech to move
vigilabo Sooo... the bones weren't originally his?
@@GrassPokeKing
It was a girl but yes, pretty much here is the story ( btw it was homebrew )
We had just started a new Champaign and we had the friend planning to join us next session we’ll it begins and at the moment we’re heading though a swampy area and we stumble upon them dealing with some hunters, defeat the hunters ( they had already caused trouble for us once before ) and their character joined us, to the discomfort of our monk.
The character was created by one of the big bads of the game, who had been trying to buff up monsters with magic and chemicals
It was a while back so I can’t remember the entire story
Time for a Lizard(folk) Wizard
aaa1e2r3 who uses mostly ice based spells... the blizzard lizard wizard
Princess Leia the Lizard Wizard
*Proceeds to pray that someone gets the reference*
*ESPECIALLY THE LIZARD*
Blizzard lizard wizard’s gizzard
YOU'RE A LIZARD HARRY
Played a lizardman once that occasionally put on a "ring of overwhelming emotions", which was originally meant to be a gag item from the GM as it was meant to be a reward from a quest. The receiving person was overwhelmed with gratitude and cried in thanks and the like.... When I put it on, I just felt normal emotions. It was weird, so I took it off, but at several points in the future, put it back on to roleplay mourn with my comrades.
My first character I ever played was a triton swashbuckler named, Joran Mernimier. He was so adorkable as one minute he'd valiantly rush to someone's aid no matter the foe, the next, he'd be screaming for help because he'd someone always managed to get himself into the worst possible outcome. Even though he was a pirate, he had a huge soft spot for smaller races and Orc folks and often would often anonymously pay off tabs for folks in taverns.
He was a successful pirate on the high seas and captain-d his own ship, though often would go through bouts of depression and go upon shore to seek adventures of a different sort. (Every so often the DM worked it out for bizarre and random reunions with his crew and weaved it into the main story line.)
He first met his onshore adventuring group after being slap about face after attempting to ask out a barmaid.... his super high charisma stats made him an instant recruit and honestly, he probably was one of the funniest characters I ever had the joy to play. Highly recommend them if you're seeking to play and quirky yet incredibly charismatic character.
Funny thing, I’m playing a Goliath Open Hand Monk named Variak in an Eberron game. Usually Friday’s, but sometimes we go Twice a week with Monday AND Friday because we have to cancel one night. Variak is just a big hearted boy who left the mountains to live jn a small country side town, where he learned to cook and brew ale. He only left to adventure after he got tired of constant praise he was recieving after wrestling a rampaging owlbear to the ground. End goal for thus boy? Earn enough coin to open his own tavern and inn, where he can just have people enjoy good food, good drink, MAYBE a good bar fight, all with bright smiles. Last session (on the 26th kf June), he got trapped with a bunch of party ghosts and was just a screaming big boi with a Texan Accent, trying desperately to get out of that room and away from the whispering ghosts that coaxed him with a feast. More stuff happened, including a role play moment with an NPC that legit scares Variak and Me, and my big boi earned inspiration that session at the nomination of the other players.
Looking forward to playing my Firbolg Cleric in an upcoming campaign. It'll be fun
"Triton are anything but a joke."
*Look at the image*
No, I'm pretty sure they're a joke.
Aqua man Netflix adaption
A lizardfolk character that is also a wizard could be awesome in a lot of ways..
Rather than the typical "I want to know the secrets of the world because knowledge!!!!" how neat would it be if their search for knowledge is a way to experience something they litterally can't experience..love, anger, happiness, sadness and fear..aka emotions..
Their only mission in life is learning how to feel something in order to understand something that is so alien to them.
I feel like that would be one cool and facinating backstory that could explain why they left their tribe as well seeing that they probably won't be able to learn it from their brothers or sisters since they have the same "flaw" in their life.
It would litterally be you playing as a phychopath that don't want to be a phychopath anymore just because he is facinated with it not nessesarily because he finds it wrong but because it is a cool concept for him.
I could see it being cool also suddenly being able to actually learn how to feel (Guessing through a wish spell I would imagine is the only thing that could do it) would be another fun roleplay aspect.
How the fuck would someone who have never felt sad before in their life react to suddenly feeling lose and sadness over losing one of their allices in battle because they seriously respected them..
A lizard wizard
I needed this soo badly
OK! Now I want to play a lizard now! 🦎
This is the best description for them yet!
It would have to be to actually pry me loose from my chant of Tabaxi, Tabaxi and nothing but Tabaxi!!! 😻
Looking forward to the section on monstrous races. The Goblins, Bugbears and Hobgoblins especially.
Goliaths were also medium sized in 3.5e but had the Powerful Build trait basically allowing them to act as large creatures for anything using a size bonus on an opposed check and for using large sized weapons without penalty.
I'm a goblin. And I'm offended
just taking a walk The only good goblin is one who never crawled out of there hole
IM A BUGBEAR AND I WILL DRINK ALL YOUR ALE
I'm offended and goblin I am.
just taking a walk Ever see the anime Goblin Slayer?
HEHEHEHE
I'm gnot a gnelf, I'm gnot a gnoblin,
I'm a gnome, and you've been gnoooomed!
(in my opinion), Every Race in Volo's guide is all way cooler than the races in the player's handbook.
Had a mute Kenku, little Speck managed to work somehow in our party.
Kobold bard. The twist is they were deaf and had to use little floating silver hoops(looked like a halo). They used them as part of the roleplaying experience and why she could survive thunderwave and her own juicy bass drops. Made for some really interesting rp and combat interactions.
we need a better video for the kenku, too many DM's intentionally screw over the mimicry ability. then you have to have an argument with them about how its practically the same thing but weaker than variant human warlock with the actor feat since as a kenku warlock you dont get auto advantage on disguise, you have less proficiency skills, and no racial bonus to charisma so you are already behind. so salty he ok'd a human variant warlock that worshiped the raven queen but not a kenku that did the same thing
That's why my gold standard for building a race is is thwir a reason to play this instead of a human.
My favorite race in Volos guide to monsters is in fact the Tabaxi, somewhat for their abilities, but mostly for there interesting and unique traits. This is a race that values curiosity, like strange mystery or unique tales, more than gold. This gives so many different takes on established ideas. Like a Charlotte Tabaxi haggling with a customer to trade gold for a book, but this book is the customers and the Tabaxi are trying to get it. Or a thief Tabaxi stealing strange looking things over riches due to their values. They will abandon artifacts worth millions of gold pieces once they felt they knew all that it held, while keeping junk that still fascinates them. Its a unique take that leads to a lot of subversion's from the tradition party way.
"RIP in peace hyena boi"
*sad gnoll sounds*
I'm using a lizarfolk in Pathfinder currently and so far Fighter 7/Bloodrager 1. I like the character since I haven't played a melee heavy styled character in quite a while. It's nice being able to walk up and hit enemies with a halberd doing 1d10+8(1.5 str for handed weapon(+6 total), +1 weapon training, +1 enhancement)+ 1d6 acid from corrosive enchantment. My DM hates that I can chunk big enemies or even almost one shot them with a crit.
Kenku's are my personal favorite race.
They are actually my most hated race. Only slightly edging out the Tabaxi.
I felt in love with them after seeing Pluck from Dark & Dicey.
kenkus are the minions of dnd
One of my favourite ideas for a Kenku is a Drunken Master Monk who learned to fight by copying drunk guys in the local tavern. He doesn't actually get drunk, he just doesn't realise there are other ways to fight, since that's all he has seen. Maybe I'd give him Tavern Brawler too at a later level.
Funny thing is, both the lizardfolk and the kenku are in the monster manual, so they should both be considered monstrous races!
From what I know about Planescape, the Tabaxi Cat Loard, is probly one of the manu Beast-Loards; lesser deitys from the BeastLands, (the Netral/Chaotic-Good afterlife.) Who represent the perfect version of an animal.
I've always wanted to play a tabaxi, but I was too self conscious to play the stereotypical furry race. Recently I was playing a runty Goliath artificer based on Hiccup from How To Train Your Dragon, who was a fun character for a few sessions. Unfortunately a run in with a magical deck of cards that left my character in a coma which lasted for the rest of the session, which I spent on the edge of my seat as the party raced against the clock trying to save me. Inevitably, the coma ended after slowly shape-shifting me into a random new race- Tabaxi. Dear God this game is amazing 👏
Awesome video, I can’t wait for part 2 to come out! :)
The lizardmen look really cool and in line with what I have heard about actual lizards
I mean. I played as a Kenku Bard named "Haaa" (Exhale) We gave him the ability to think creativity again just to make things easier, but was unable to mimic voices or speak as a trade off. He communicated in charades which was actually really fun.
I'm still searching for the "Davvy's D&D 5e Monster Race Guide".
I'm gonna be playing a Kenku in my next campaign and I'm super excited
Love the video, just have to say that the way you pronounce one of the races names grates me so hard for some reason.
Aasimar - The double a at the beginning is a soft a as in "dawn"
With a company being based in an English-speaking country where one of the more common names is Aaron, they should've known to spell it in a different way to be fair.
Goliath Kensei Monk, utterly indestructible and some of the most fun I've had playing in the last year
Totally looking forward to your Monstrous Races video. Hobgoblin has got to be my favorite monstrous playable race, and I'm itching to hear how you describe them
8:03 Ohmygosh. It's Frumpkin disguised as Nott. Too cute~
In my first campaign there was a Firbolg npc, he was adorable and sweet
I play a kenku cleric who Was raised to celebrate death as it was the end of someone's suffering. So to help people not think they were all insane he began running a undead circus.
Goliaths back then: Too niche to be hugely useful
Goliaths now: Much more useful, seriously, that cold damage resistance is amazing
Currently on my first d&d campaign playing a lizardfolk sun monk. One of the best decisions I ever made, and roleplaying him is beyond fun.
Kenkuo, the meme lords of D&D.
Lolol a Triton Bard, "My much lauded Whalesong did not go over as well as it normally does.......
these land dewllers must be idiots!"
"MMMMMmmmmMmmwwWWWUUUUUUAAAAAAUUUUGGGHHMMMmmmmmm....mmMmmmmmmmwwwwwwwwuuuuuuuaaaaauuuuaaaaggghhhuuuuhhhnnnnmmmmm........that was the best part and they didn't even applaud..."
Just got done playing a Tabaxi Barbarian and it’s honestly been one of the most fun campaigns I’ve played so far
Davvy, I love your content alot. Literally I've seen all your videos at least 5 times. But man you use dozens of art pieces without a single credit. No pined comment or anything. Please credit the artists, maybe a Pinterest link to a new board for all the art used in your video with credits and links? I just really don't want to lose the ability to binge your videos when I'm stoned as hell cause of someone claiming copyright or art theft lol.
Keep it up man! I love the content
Malcom Hansford I was literally about to type this.
Malcom Hansford I’m surprised that this message is in this video, since I purposefully only chose pictures that were:
1. Official art from tabletop games like WotC/Pathfinder
2. Pictures from media (movies, games)
3. Memes and stock images
I actively stayed away from any fan art or original artworks that didn’t appear in any official books. Even if you go back and check some of my guides (warlock guide, for instance) I have actually gone through and added a google doc with all the credits I could find.
When I started TH-cam, I was just making these videos for the few people I ran D&D for. I wasn’t expecting any popularity to come out of it, so I never worried about things like this. Now that my videos are getting way more views than I had ever hoped for, I’m taking a couple hours each day to fix each video.
Malcom Hansford This comment was also posted verbatim in my divination guide? That video was pretty much all screenshots from the wiki. I recognize that you totally could have not seen the credits I added (I admittedly haven’t gotten to many videos), I’m just confused by which videos you chose to comment on. Either way, I’m glad that you made the posts regardless, because it let me show that I am actually trying to make things better.
@@DavvyChappy thanks for the reply, first time I've ever had a big one reply to me actually... I commented it twice because I thought you weren't likely to see the first as it was on an older video. You are right in this not being the target video for the statement. And I do appreciate that you are starting to add them to videos! I haven't seen them yet tho that may be in part due to mobile. Once again thanks and I appreciate it.
@@DavvyChappy when volvos guide to monster races
My favourite character is a Goliath Bardbearian Grappler. The powerful build + athletics really brings the whole thing together for me. It's just fun to roleplay a fair minded wrestler
Why not a monk? They are made for grappling and unarmed attacks. You can be the wrestler king.
@@Cloud_Seeker Because 5e monks are actually not at all made for grappling. They have no enhancing abilities related to grappling, except tangentially (i.e stunned enemies automatically fail grapple escapes).
To grapple in 5e you really want a few key abilities: 1. Expertise in Athletics (all grappling is based on Athletics checks), 2. High Strength (Athletics is based on Strength, as is Encumberance), and 3. Advantage on Strength checks (via Rage, Enhance Ability, Enlarge, etc).
Many other abilities are useful, but those things are key to being a master grappler. Other considerations are high defense/hp (achieved mainly through Rage in my case) because your grappled foes will be wailing on you, high movement because your speed is halved while grappling (monks are actually handy in this regard), and verbal-only spells/actions that do not require hands (grappling occupies a free hand per grapple).
Monks probably arent the WORST class for grappling, but they do lack those key abilities. You'd have to have a lot of high stats to be effective
@@Cloud_Seeker Honestly Bards are probably the best single class grappler, because they have access to all those key abilities. I took 6 levels of Lore Bard for Cutting Words and Enlarge Person, and then the rest in Bear Totem Barbarian for more tankiness and extra carrying capacity (my character has 1200lbs BASE carrying capacity at 20 Strength)
Playing a UA Ranger Lizardfolk has lead to a lot of great roll play... and incredibly awkward lunches.
A bit counter point to the tabaxi spending a turn not moving for double speed, I think it would lead to a similar problem as true strike, you know, I can spend 2 turns to roll 2 dice, but I would’ve done that anyway and it had the potential to twice the damage output if I didn’t cast the spell
It’s the same thing but with movement speed, I could spend 2 turns moving 60 feet, or... spend 2 turns to move 60 feet... so while I understand the concept of a cat pouncing, mechanically not moving for a whole turn to get double movement the next turn seems like it wouldn’t do much to help, maybe if you were planning to dash that turn it would help but that still costs an action meaning you won’t be able to attack whatever you were trying to catch up with in the first place (depending on class of course)
My triton bard has gone from a throwaway to my favorite PC. He's a cultural ambassador from the seas beneath Velen and he swears like a sailor because he learned common from sailors.
Aasimar- I prefer to see them as being mortals with divine ancestry, the descendants of half-celestials. I also feel that Aasimar and Tiefling should have stayed as something you could add on top of your base race.
Powerful Build- the race is just shy of being considered Large sized, they still have to duck to enter a human sized door but still fit within the 5'X5' square.
The scalies, the featheries and the furries
The players I DM for wanted to get creative when we started a semi-serious roleplay heavy game. Their party is made up of:
• 2 High Elves
• 1 Wood Elf
• 1 Water Genasi
• 1 Pixie
• 1 Loxodon
• 1 Mousefolk
• 1 Warforged
We literally don’t even have a human. As a DM, I have 100% made sure they know and feel like they stand out in human, Elf and dwarf settlements especially. If anything, they find it exciting because they feel special, even when their characters are discriminated against. They end up only solidifying their companionship with each other when this happens, even in societies where their specific character is the majority population. It’s a band of misfits no matter where they go and it’s made for some really amazing natural character develop moments
Perfectly agree about lizardfolk. They seems so interesting!
Firbolgs, for when you want to shout, "GET OUT OF MAH SWAMP!" in character.
fun fact, i actually picked up volo's guide thanks to critical role. i really loved caduceus clay and nila (both firbolgs) and wanted to make my own...
i wound up falling in love with the triton race and making a triton sorcerer... who i've since deleted from dndbeyond bc i'm not doing premium and needed to clear up space (+i haven't played at all X'D)
Imagine if they added the more Infernal races from the Fiend Folio and Monsters of Faerûn, like the Maeluth, Fey-Ri, Tanarukk, and Wispling(Dwarf, Elf, Orc, Halfling).
The Tabaxi speed feature doubles all movement (which means quadruple when you move + dash at the same time).
Bug Bears is like oxymoron as a race. How can these big furry long armed goblins both be stealthy as fuck and be super strong?
Oh shit. I was just daydreaming about a silly character idea and you exactly described it as the kenku
My current DnD party is playing OOTA and we decided as a group that we would all be a weird family of Firbolgs. And damn is it fun. I have never used the racial traits of a character more than this race. I am a Dream Druid, we also have a Forge Cleric, War Cleric, a Warlock/Sorcerer, a Wild Socerer, and a Gloomstalker Ranger. Our family tree is also very weird.
Firbolgs are actually really fun, although i was a little skeptical when the idea was first brought up. Also we have a joke now that we are just walking cows cause they kinda look like it.
Love this book
I had a tabaxi trickery domain cleric and he was glorious
My favorite dnd character to play is known as selturepaw, a mousefolk raised by lizardfolk.
that goliath tho. that shrug off damage has saved me so many times
IM A LIZARDFOLK AND THEY ARE MY FAVORITE
so glad to have an overview on all of these races, love the scalies and furries
i played a fun lizardfolk druid once. she really "liked" (cold and unfeeling lizard) looking after her soft-ones and helping them in battle.
Tabaxi has wares, if you have coin.
You forgot to mention that Tabaxi can be made into the fastest runners in the entire game, topping out at 238971.3 Feet Per Second, which is roughly mach 212 or 0.02% the speed of light. _You can actually make a Tabaxi that can move so fast that they would realistically start to experience appreciable relativistic effects._
Triton's are going to be amazing with the Next D&D campaign book coming out.
The Tabaxi sprint makes sense because cats are... Sprinters. To sprint is to move in a sudden boost of speed after which you usually need to rest. So they sprint, rest, sprint, rest, sprint, rest. It's actually, naturally meant to be spammed even. A wolf will wear you down, a big cat will take you out as quickly as... Catly? Possible.
Should a nice sub race for Lizardfolk were lizard, snake, of frog like lizards can hide more effectively and heal from bites. Snakes have a bonus to intimidate or speed and can deal more damage and poison with there bite. Frogs can jump really high and contain the things in there mouth.
Lizard + cannibal barbarian+ durable feat= instant self heal bite
DM: You reach the peak of the mountain, and you see the rest of the land below.
The Kenku in the party: *Yeets himself off of the mountain*