Davvy's DM Advice: Races

[@DavvyChappy]

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]

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]

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

[@shootgunman1460]

@Hunter Jaxon Script kiddies be like

[@noahhager1187]

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]

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

[@TheFlash1218]

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]

Hooves and horns are for prey

[@tylerp5259]

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]

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

[@tylerp5259]

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]

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

[@Elemessclr]

"the gnomes are treated normally" kobolds "hisss"

[@unknownentityenthusiast6765]

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

[@jgr7487]

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

[@spongeman6559]

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

[@Jasmin-lg3gf]

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

[@Klaital1]

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

[@egirlSkeletor]

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]

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

[@egirlSkeletor]

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

[@sot8546]

Walmar't

[@justinjacobs1501]

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

[@nicholasdagostino4353]

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

[@asbestosfish_]

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

[@Mare_Man]

3.5 gang

[@Onbutteredtoast]

No one is trying to see that

[@beckmydog8439]

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

[@hermitpurple3224]

Uh no the goblin behind me dose

[@giantpanda5454]

In the name of the queen

[@raphaelalexandreyensen6291]

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

[@jnbaker7422]

"Do you have a license for that permit?"

[@hinamiravenroot7162]

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

[@ClaireDeLoon]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

[@MrRourk]

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

[@Zedrinbot]

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.

[@romulusnuma116]

Davvy's DM Advice: Racism

[@TheeOK1]

-Rascism- Speciest👌

[@BolchevoluIista]

"AINT NO ORC THING GETTIN ON MY TAVERN"

[@padalan2504]

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]

@@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]

@@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

[@maromania7]

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.

[@samwilliams6820]

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]

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

[@nicolatex2]

everyone just treats my githzerai as an ugly elf

[@ericchu6938]

you have to obviously play fighter human every single game

[@luska5522]

Certainly. And wear blue clothes

[@properlydicedonyon3624]

That or Elf Ranger

[@ymmijx6061]

nah tiefling wild magic sorcerer. MAKE ALL THE FRIENDS!

[@Kinda_Venty]

And if your feeling fancy, ASMR paladin

[@sot8546]

Barbarian Clash of Clans

[@JeffMaziarz]

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.

[@red_comet_3326]

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]

Fallen aasmiar traded jerseys.

[@giraffedragon6110]

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]

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

[@giraffedragon6110]

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]

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.

[@sirgibbels8358]

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]

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

[@derrickhaggard]

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.

[@trevormeeks7406]

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]

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]

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]

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.

[@buttoningrex850]

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.

[@eternallyexistential1103]

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

[@TTRPGSarvis]

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.

[@MrSlosh]

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]

Is your disappointment immeasurable and your day ruined?

[@violetshadowstone5250]

You *wanted* the racism?

[@johnjaeger2968]

violet shadowstone I do

[@verdragon5591]

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[@r.alexandercorbitt1554]

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[@halifaxsteppenwulf7980]

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]

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

[@halifaxsteppenwulf7980]

@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]

Halifax Steppenwulf ESPECIALLY THE WIZARD

[@DEKUMETEI]

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

[@julierose689]

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]

Eberron only so yeah

[@Kinda_Venty]

GiantBUThead eberron races imo are some of the most interesting

[@Kinda_Venty]

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]

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

[@firefang92]

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]

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.

[@Amanoob105]

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]

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

[@Jpteryx]

Not as bad as a mine full of Gnomes!

[@mattontop]

How did it go?

[@Amanoob105]

@@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]

@@Amanoob105 F

[@aguywithalotofopinions412]

This is one of the reasons why I love playing Warforged

[@MoonbornUwU]

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]

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.

[@raidmaster6879]

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!

[@KreativAce]

"Ays-murr" w-why

[@thedarkmaster4747]

Innocent naïvety.

[@colocado6685]

@OrangeManBad english is so weird

[@Scourge728]

@@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]

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

[@Biochemitra]

ASMR

[@cazador7131]

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.

[@ramenpacket2063]

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

[@robertshank9778]

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

[@Randomdudefromtheinternet]

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]

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

[@Randomdudefromtheinternet]

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

[@samhandwich1326]

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

[@al-trujillo]

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.

[@tuskerboar2047]

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.

[@GrimReaper-dh8yc]

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.

[@cartersmith6628]

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.

[@bschaller9777]

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

[@Chopthemonions]

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

[@mcswaggerduff8946]

This makes me want you as my dm so much more

[@plaidpvcpipe3792]

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.

[@scprivat9519]

That’s why I love being a changeling

[@dapperghastmeowregard]

"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."

[@hollowknight4630]

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]

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.

[@austinfelker2156]

Races in DnD actually makes more sense as species.

[@ixelhaine]

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.

[@lockwoan01]

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.

[@Phillerb]

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).

[@SCarr8813]

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."

[@mr_big_m50]

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

[@mr_big_m50]

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

[@user-cy7ki7ms1q]

Hooooow?

[@spongeman6559]

Full body insertion

[@wildhunter939]

Eeeeeeewwww....

[@arizonacactus]

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.

[@Kholan95]

Thank you for the disclaimer. Great video!

[@yelthusoe2]

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.

[@TaberIV]

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

[@senthesanguinesinner9]

I usually homebrew my own settings so that my players don’t have to 100% worry about their race. Instead, in the case of my setting Mortar, I ask them North, South, or Middle? Depending on the answer will change the way they are perceived by those people of of those regions. Northerners think Southerners are too focused on art and money, while Southerners think Northerners are too violent and single minded. Of course there are outliers, but this way my players get to play the race they want without feeling targeted by default. Instead depending on how brazen they are with their regional origin and how the people around them take it.

[@sgt_kissekatt6686]

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.

[@DCJMS]

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.

[@escalantirizo]

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

[@fuzzydragon]

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]

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]

@@troodon1096 I imagine the wereravens were especially confused.

[@sjcaustenite]

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.

[@Jacqueline_nonya]

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.

[@jackservans6906]

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.

[@LeakingMind]

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]

XD

[@ThorsShadow]

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

[@TheMagiStronghold]

Great perspective, and dramatic impact on worldbuilding.

[@thevoidcritter]

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."

[@observant939]

..... did I miss when you even mentioned drow? .....? I know cheap shot but well worth mentioning

[@DarkZedCannon]

Dont play drow. There you go haha

[@MrRourk]

I really wish d&d had something like Earth Dawn Blood Elves.

[@InquisitorThomas]

I'm pretty sure Drow fall pretty squarely in the Monstrous Races category even if they're technically a PHB race. So everything he said about Orcs and Goblinoid also applies to a Drow.

[@johntunney1864]

@@MrRourk i mean, create one. Make your own homebrew campaign setting and it can have everything you want, nothing you don't. Ya know?

[@troodon1096]

Generally unless they've spent years developing a known good reputation, most races would either attack them or run away from them on sight.

[@Quintaner]

Let the way people treat your character’s race factor into your backstory, or even let it inform what class they play. Sure, you can make a half-orc barbarian who likes to drink mead and kill things, but you could also make a half-orc cleric who joined the church to stop the mistreatment by others. If you want to be a rogue who infiltrates the court and murders a noble, maybe don’t play as a tiefling, who everybody is already suspicious of

[@jameswagstaff984]

I know what you mean, in one of my games, a friend played an teifling thief but she was polymorhed as a human so she didn't stain her people's reputation further, it was a surprise to everyone but me (a lizardfolk hunter) and the DM, when the truth was revealed in the middle of the story, some characters were upset about her been a teifling but others understood why she hide the truth and still saw her as their friend, and the ones that doubted her soon came around, how did my lizardfolk know she was a teifling before everyone else, to quote my character "She smell like blacksmith fire all the time." And when asked why he never said anything he answered "Was not my place to say, it matters not what she is, she is friend, friends respect other friends privately, yes."

[@Alex-vy2zc]

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

[@superhpfan00]

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.)

[@Rulytasho]

Racism can give a nice realistic flavor to the world, I personally tend to avoid it cause, I used to being in a place with lots of sexism, and even though is not the same I can relate to being talked down for who you are. I don't really want to live with these kinds of problems in my escape from reality hobbys, so when I DM my worlds are racism free, even though thats unrealistic.

[@DavvyChappy]

I can understand that. I felt a little weird uploading this video, but it's been a cool feature in my own campaigns, so I was interested in sharing it with the warning that it might upset some people if you just go plugging it into your own games willy nilly.

[@Rulytasho]

@@DavvyChappy I am glad you uploaded this! These kinds of topics have a place in roleplay games, so it is healthy to talk about them. Just because i don't like it doesnt mean I disregard its value, if people involved in the game are okay with the topics of race I do encourage it to give it a try!

[@Alzir-n9m]

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.

[@Kyunir]

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

[@nawrden]

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.

[@MasterofMistakes]

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]

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

[@apocryphalbebop]

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.

[@ZombieInvader]

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.

[@deamongimli]

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.

[@cheneviv]

Great video! Thank you for showing my fan art!

[@MrMaxamumdes]

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]

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]

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]

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.

[@madmachanicest9955]

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

[@madmanwithaplan1826]

i wanted to play an outcast type character so i played a hobgoblin Necromancer and i mean i raised zombies and shit carried them around in a bag of holding. and my dm is just like yearp cool okay

[@pacoes1974]

I would love to see this broken down by race. I have a player about to join us as a Kenku. From what I can tell based on rules as written locals should just assume they will pick their pocket.

[@NoForksGiven]

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.

[@RG-sz4ni]

Thanks man this helps so much

[@Flavoredpickle]

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.

[@Olimar92]

I always found it odd that Volo's picture of monstrous adventuerers has a Yuan-Ti Malison instead of a Pureblood.

[@Ka1ven]

Unless I missed the stat block it is a pure-blood? Unless you meant hasn't.

[@Olimar92]

@@Ka1ven I am refering to the picture after the player races in Volo's. Davy uses it towards the end of the video.

[@troodon1096]

Yeah, an actual pureblood is so close to human in appearance that most wouldn't even notice the difference. Especially if they're taking the effort to hide the difference.

[@merle25168]

When we research on places we want to go I always ask about races but my dm always just says doesn't matter

[@KnicKnac]

Oh? A gnome neat! Yes they are indeed neat.

[@saintsinna]

I feel like the core races don't have to be omitted from this either. While they can work together during a crisis, most of the lore says Humans, Elves, and Dwarves especially aren't specifically trusting of eachother.

[@nordicbull0414]

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

[@Blackout27able]

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.

[@THEOBSERVER-1]

Imagine what will happened if you create your PC as 1/5 human, 1/5 elf, 1/5 dwarves, 1/5 tiefling and 1/5 dragonborne Every DM in the World:....... *WHY DOES THIS EXIST!!!*

[@hazmatter0634]

Honestly it's worse if you try to play a mind flayer I tried and every do just basically said *nooooooooooooooooope*

[@PureGoldNeverCorrodes]

How would you even get a person of 5 different species?

[@mwil2495]

Yeah I’m not gonna allow that kind of shenanigans.

[@thevoidcritter]

Tieflings always breed true, so that would just come out to a weird-looking tiefling.

[@PureGoldNeverCorrodes]

I know that Dragonborn and Tieflings are fertile despite being hybrids, but that's because of magic in their origins. Any hybrid between humans, elves, dwarves, gnomes, halflings, etc. would have no biological sex, and therefore no further mixing of species could occur.

[@Nioki1000]

You should make a video from different perspectives, not only from human's. A human fighter in orc's village will look as odd as an orc in human's, but what about a tiefling or drow in orc's, etc?

[@sadiemcc9363]

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]

And if the DM said "no"?

[@Team_Orchid]

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!

[@Nyrufa]

I had an idea for a Yuan-Ti Pureblood who's a Bard from the College of Satire. Basically, she's a famous celebrity who portrays herself as a social diva with extremely high standards regarding how she is to be treated by society.

[@bleblancw]

I wonder if theres different reactions between races. This seemed to only cover the interplay between humans and other races but are there unique interactions between aasimar and tieflings, dragonborn and kenku, dwarfs and firbolgs, etc etc?

[@troodon1096]

Perhaps. It is well established though that in Faerun, humans are in fact the majority of the civilized population of the world (about 70%). So it makes sense to describe them from a human perspective. But yeah, probably is a lot of interplay between the races, depending on their culture and history.

[@al-trujillo]

You have to dig into individual lore for those answers, though that depends on if a specific group has a majority large enough to have an impact or are few enough that their slurs mean nothing more then bad business for themselves. Ill take for example the Kobold: they don't like Humans, Elves, Dwarves, think Halfling/Hobbits as prey, and have a hate-streak for Gnomes; that applies when there are a couple Kobolds. If it's a loner, they have to rationalize either to humble themselves to keep alive or keep spouting their ire and become paste. Similarly to Orcs, they rage and raid, though that's as a clan. Take a single one by itself and it will either follow tradition of splitting skulls and eventuappy be done in.., or if old and separated from the fighting long enough will become weary to what they come across.., or now. It depends. Hope this helps some.

[@Awakeandalive1]

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...