Top 10 D&D 5e Races | Nerd Immersion

[@NerdImmersion]

Top 10 D&D 5e Races 10. Grung 2:37 9. Tabaxi 5:17 8. Halfling 7:10 7. Half-Orc 9:22 6. Dwarf 11:07 5. Elf 13:15 4. Tiefling 17:25 3. Human - Variant 19:04 2. Half-Elf 21:33 1. Yuan-ti Pureblood 24:54 🎁 Giveaway link: gleam.io/wOAFe/mythic-odysseys-of-theros-giveaway

[@jescapnut2003]

Wish you talked a little more about the yuanti magic resistance to spells and ‘magical effects’. Maybe another video? 😇

[@NerdImmersion]

@@jescapnut2003 I mean its advantage on saving throws, not sure what more there is to discuss

[@jescapnut2003]

Nerd Immersion Dragon fear, petrifaction gaze, mummy rot, I mean those are 3 I came up with in half a second, among a thousand?

[@neoman4426]

@@NerdImmersion I suppose they mean go over how things are classified as magic from a rules perspective. For example, an actual dragon's breath weapon isn't intended to count as magical so it wouldn't proc (and a Brass one could potentially force an Elf or similar to sleep, but not an Aspect of the Moon Tomelock as that says nothing can rather than just magic), but the spell Dragon's Breath is. I believe the list is: Says it's magic, is a spell (or explicitly calls out that it's duplicating a spell), is a magic item, is fueled by spell slots, is a spell attack?

[@inigmianstudios2771]

No Aasimar huh? Shame. They be my favorite 😢

[@senorelroboto2]

14:50 on elves, trance, and long rest: From the Sage Advice Compendium "Does the Trance trait allow an elf to finish a long rest in 4 hours? If an elf meditates during a long rest (as described in the Trance trait), the elf finishes the rest after only 4 hours. A meditating elf otherwise follows all the rules for a long rest; only the duration is changed." So, yeah, Elves finish a long rest in 4 hours.

[@NerdImmersion]

Yeah that is a drastic change from the old Sage Advice. Video coming soon

[@SadBoi_1066]

@@NerdImmersion dude when i saw this a few months ago i was just as shook. Looking forward to your video! Also, all Elf party? GAME CHANGER!

[@lostlune]

you can still only long rest once per 24 hours tho right? not that powerful i think

[@SadBoi_1066]

@@lostlune yes, that is true, but a 4 hour long rest for the whole party could have some pretty cool ramifications.

[@watershipdowneyjr]

I don't care how optimized it is, once Tasha's comes out I am making a Yuan-Ti Pureblood Swarmkeeper Ranger with a snake swarm. She will be named Ophidia and it will be awesome.

[@lotof_g]

you are obviously in the wrong channel. he seems to only care about stats and abilities.

[@Linduil]

To be fair Yuan-Ti are so strong that even for classes that don't care about charisma it's still a very powerful option.

[@yanderenejoyer]

Can confirm Yuan-Ti anything works fine.

[@justsharvin4442]

i stan this character and wish her good luck.

[@lockwoan01]

Playing as a Yuan-Ti Pureblood Paladin of Vengeance (Level 5 at the time, just turned 6) - let's just say that poison immunity and magic resistance mean nothing when your foes don't use them! And as for Suggestion - it don't work on demons or the undead! Depending on the DM, if you got that one player, who seems to have that character that's immune to the pre-planned foe, give the foe *One* buddy that can "tank" Mr. Special. Let's just say that my Yuan-Ti Paladin had a run-in with some succubi - almost killed him and the rest of the party - to be fair, I was also out of spell slots, and there was a gem that reduced the effects of healing spells, and prior encounters had cost others some spell slots, and the fight was supposed to be difficult - even the DM was thinking that it could potentially lead to a party wipe out - my Yuan-Ti got knocked out thrice, and brought back thrice - the guy rolling for the DM (who is legally blind) actually had to check the rules to see if I was unconscious or Dead-Dead after the third time (also a plus, thanks to a random magic item roll, got that amulet thingy of Wound Closure, so I'm good on Death Saves) and thus the rules said that I was unconscious, so when I was healed, yet again, by the Cleric, I went after Miss Red (One was a red-head, the other had black hair, so that Assistant, who kept track of monster hp and rolled for the DM, could sort them out easily). We'd been having this Dance of Death throughout the encounter, especially after she gave me Quite the Kiss (34 psychic damage) and had cause my death, twice! either directly or indirectly (she'd charmed the Druid, who had knocked me out the second time.) Finally, gave her a smack good enough to get rid of her from this plane, and the other, who was also on her last legs, decided to leave this plane. Long story short - when you kill a snake, remove the head.

[@NoahAregood]

I once played a Grung Monk named Grung-Fu for a one-shot. I strongly recommend keeping them to one-shots, cuz your DM will hate you by the end of your first encounter, having to roll for poison every time you use an unarmed strike.

[@nicka3697]

Lol

[@esbeng.s.a9761]

If your Dm let you use UA take fighters unarmed fighting style, you start with a d6 or d8 if both your arms are free, then take brute another UA that make your atrack do more damage

[@bluefacestan1826]

I made mys a healer poison touch has killed civilians I tried to save lol

[@backonlazer791]

@@bluefacestan1826 Umm... it won't deal damage unless applied to a weapon attack. What kind of malpractice has your character been doing? lol!

[@philpeters3689]

@@backonlazer791 any creature that makes contact with your skin gets poisoned. Be stupid not to allow unarmed strikes to add poison

[@SpencerDickensheets]

I really like the gnome. Having advantage against wisdom, intelligence, and charisma saving throws is super helpful. Also, I was a rock gnome and the tinker ability, to make little clockwork devices, made for really good distractions. I had my gnome wizard make a music box, mage hand to set it down 30 feet away, and open it. The guards were distracted, allowing my group to pass. Came in handy a lot

[@yuvalamir3226]

Really hoped to see the firbolg on this list. The most underappreciated race in my opinion. They get +2 to wisdom (one of the only races in 5e) and +1 to strength, they can use detect magic and disguise self once per short rest (with their version of disguise self allowing them to get up to 3 feet shorter to help them blend in since they are 7-8 feet tall). They also get hidden step, which allows them to go invisible using a bonus action until their next turn. This only gets disabled when they do an offensive action so healing spells are fair game. They also get powerful build (double caring weight) and speech of beast and leaf (a limited form of communication with nature and advantage on charisma checks to influence them) The flavor is also so cool. For more info on that check out this amazing video by MrRhexx: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppvHl6hsetSiZ7c and this nerdarchy video from 5:30: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6aZp6qnfqiYnK8 And if you want to check out the whole description: dnd5e.wikidot.com/firbolg

[@AntonioCarlosPorto]

Gith (Githzerai) - MTF Half-Elf (Variant; Mark of Detection) Half-Orc (Mark of Finding) Human (Mark of Finding) Human (Mark of Handling) Kalashtar Shifter (Wildhunt)

[@RealRedHotSteele]

Dude, I agree. Best

[@witherkichian4867]

What do you mean "Only race that gets +2 WIS?"

[@witherkichian4867]

@@yuvalamir3226 Githzerai, Kalashtar, and Wildhunt Shifter don't exist to you?

[@gohantanaka]

Oh wow Tiefling. I’m shocked. Aasimar all the way for me.

[@m.k.2455]

Ok, not gonna lie. Aasimar are BADASS AF! Healing, Bonus Damage, a Cantrip, Flight, 2 Rare Resistances, etc. all as early as Lv. 3 is dummy good! But to be fair after you pick Aasimar you're done with unique customization. Tieflings get their own unique feats... both of which are pretty damn good! Flames of Phelgathos and Infernal Constitution while the Aasimar can only take all the normal feats, that added with the ton of Variety Tieflings get in comparison to the Aasimar is also notable. Not saying your pick is bad at all, Aasimar make my top 10 any day of the week, but after lv. 5. you've just about maxed out your potential for change and unique customization, though you continue growing in power till level 20 which is damn amazing and I wish more races did that...

[@gohantanaka]

Yeah, I get the customization appeal. However, they do seem a little overused to me. It gets old.

[@mohammadmurie]

@@gohantanaka I also feel they are a little overuse and also aaismar is my favorite race too. What is your favorite subrace option of aasimar? My favorite is the scourge aasimar.

[@gohantanaka]

@@mohammadmurie Protector. I enjoy the flight and extra damage even if it’s against a single target.

[@jettlucashayes8508]

@@m.k.2455 fun fact: their is a free pdf by wizards that gives all the races pre Ravinca feats. It’s called the xanthars racail expansion or something

[@davidvarley1624]

Grung actually made it on the list! They're my absolute favorite to make, I'm so excited!

[@rodydevos9916]

I KNOW RIGHT?!

[@_.Miro_]

what sourcebook are the grung stats found in?

[@davidvarley1624]

@@_.Miro_ it is in a supplement book called "one grung above" it can be found in dndbeyond and on dungeon master's guild.

[@johnhall8046]

Player: “So I’m gonna roll up a male grung bard who plays the banjo...” 😏 DM: “Lemme guess - somebody guess is gonna play a female half-orc monk?”

[@dnddetective]

Kind of surprised the Satyr isn't up here. Its not as good as the Yuan-Ti Pureblood (since it has no darkvision or poison immunity) but its still up there.

[@ryansprenkle6356]

I think being a fey might outweigh dark vision and poison immunity. Idk

[@nicka3697]

The 35 speed and +1d8 to jumps are really really useful too and two skill proficiencies in Performance and Persuasion will do no harm and as Ryan says fey and darkvision. +2 Charisma and +1 Dex are solid. It must be the very best race for playing a bard and pretty well any charisma based spell caster. Also what other race gets an eccentricity table?

[@getthegoons]

@@ryansprenkle6356 that's debatable, only a handful of lower level spells specify humanoids but a ton of things deal poison.

[@JesseNapalm]

Need to see some more lizardfolk fans down here. CON and WIS bonus, swim speed, 15 minutes of held breath, free perception and stealth proficiency, AND permanent mage armor (point buy and a shield gets you a 17 AC with no armor at lvl 1)

[@ajaafive1384]

New to DND and lizardfolk is one of the first races I plan on playing.

[@AsbakNL]

i like changeling because you can get 20 charisma at lvl 4 with pointbuy or standard arrey :D

[@TVMAN1997]

Or if you roll for stats and get an 18 you can get it at lvl 1. ;) I rolled up a lvl 3 half elf warlock and I got an 18. So I got a 20 XD

[@pietran5832]

Also the friking shapechange is soooo cool. You can have multiple personas or even can use it to intimidate. Imagine this, you are a GOOlock so you talk primordial. You can grow horns and turn your skin black with red eyes while you talk FRIKING PRIMORDIAL, THAT'S COOL Also if something is misspelled or just sounds weird i'm sorry i'm latino ;-;

[@AsbakNL]

@@TVMAN1997 thats not the point at all? its the only race you can get 20 at lvl 4 without rolling

[@samadams5530]

Changelings are the best class and nobody can change my mind

[@EAtheatreguy]

Yeah, but then you don't get the charisma boost of the actor feat, which is perfect for changelings.

[@Ramperdos]

Genasi all the way for me! Their elemental nature speaks to me big time. I was kinda expecting your top 10 favorites, not top 10 most powerful races... unless these 10 are actually your favorites.

[@nbeutler1134]

Ya Genasi are super cool. I love the official artwork of them as well, the air genasi looks so cool

[@Ragwar]

SAMEEE!!!

[@lisagaughan7154]

He does say that he likes them so, yeah I imagine it is his favourites.

[@lunarcrestwolf]

The idea of being half genie is just so interesting. It seems a bit easier to fluff the other half as something other than human when compared to the other half races.

[@Ramperdos]

@@lunarcrestwolf That's THE part I wanted to work differently in my homebrew campaign. I just love how they look and function, but I'm not a big fan of basically all of them being orphans.

[@beardlesswizard9197]

Gnomes. Always. *scurries back into his mansion under a tree and sips tea with Mr. Badger*

[@matthewjennings7645]

Grung are sweet Monks with their numerous attacks and increased movement speed. Yuan-Ti Pureblood are about to be even more powerful... As a DM I am OK with them only if the player is ready for actually role playing one because their lore is heavy

[@jettlucashayes8508]

Still not as scary as a rune knight with a fly speed

[@darkrift22]

Tortle is my favorite class because I love the description of their culture and turtles are my favorite animal in real life. They have very useful features for any campaign.

[@RuiTsuki]

I'm currently playing a Yuan-Ti warlock in one of my games and tbh my favorite part is the roleplay. But that's probably bc our DM has been *very* hesitant to throw magic at us, so I hope this comes up more the stronger we get. We do play in a homebrew setting and the Yuan-ti there do have an extremely limited and shallow pool of emotions. Mine basically has "feeling empty" (instead of sad), annoyance (but no real anger), being content (but not happy) and curiosity. The last one is why he travels with the group, he wants to see how other cultures differ from his own.

[@lordmimir3099]

What subclass out of curiosity?

[@nateobean]

Love your videos.

[@gabrielthegalliard9366]

Where is the warforged gang?

[@RealRedHotSteele]

The older version for sure...

[@iam2_maniacal446]

@@RealRedHotSteele both are good in their own right, depends on what you're looking for

[@RealRedHotSteele]

I know I know, I just like to 28 raw AC you could get with a barbarian warforged haha

[@antongrigoryev6381]

@@RealRedHotSteele How would you get it? Integrated defence didn't stack with Unarmed defence if you meant that.

[@nitindasiah991]

@@antongrigoryev6381 when the war forged Unearthed Arcana came out, it's AC was calculated by integrated protection, which had values of 14, 16, and 18 i think, plus your proficiency bonus. So for medium armour, it would be 16+6 which gave 22 armour. And with a shield, it became 24. It was too OP so they changed it so that you could change your armour, and you got a plus 1.

[@ColorsAndWhatnot]

You’re having too much fun with that “mini-me”

[@DrRyouBakura]

I would argue that Satyr's from Theros are almost as strong as Yuan-ti. 35ft Speed, Magic resistance, and you are a fey instead of humanoid so spells like hold person just fail if used on you.

[@nitindasiah991]

Yeah but all spells that affect Fey will affect you

[@hopeforescape884]

You can't use simulacrum on yourself, so if you are a wizard that's a big drawback, also things like dispel evil and good, commune with nature, etc will affect you, its a mixed bag, i'd still say they are pretty strong though.

[@teardeem]

my top 10 would be 1.firbolg 2.elf 3.gnome 4.changeling 5.satyr 6.half-orc 7lizardfolk 8.kalashtar 9.hobgoblin 10.dwarf no real basis for all of this, just my favorites

[@jerrybeard8995]

I like your list better.. but I'm not a fan of halflings also.. think I'd work half elf in there somewhere.. but that's just a personal fav of mine.

[@dungeonpastor8295]

I think it’s time Ted replaces himself with the DM mini for an entire video. Not saying this is a good idea, but I’d find it funny.

[@oniminikui]

My favorite race to play is: #1. Changeling because I enjoy infiltrating enemies and cities. #2. Warforged is my second because I don't need to worry about food, drink, or sleep - the extra defense is a bonus. #3. My favorite race to play in the PHB is the High Elf. I really enjoy caster and getting an extra cantrip is a must for me, since I love cantrips. #4. Tortles are always a joy to play. #5. Kobolds and rogues are a lot of fun to play!

[@Dramatic_Gaming]

Play grung. Pick Monk. Go Open Hand. Make the DM roll fifty times for each attack.

[@gregoryfloriolli9031]

Aarakocra is so good that many tables ban it. Satyr gets that magic resistance which is so strong.

[@nitindasiah991]

It's mostly because of the flying though

[@dragonsthunderstudio]

I've played a Tabaxi Monk and it was loads of fun. The DM allowed me to use a couple of flavor things that we had a lot of fun with in RP situations. I played a Drunken monk that was using catnip instead of alcohol. He also allowed me to use my claws as the unarmed monk weapon, giving lots of RP flavor in combat. Also the racial traits are so good for monks.

[@MrNocturnalEmission]

In order, Human Variant, Half Elf, Warforged, Lizardfolk. Could change depending on what we can customize in Tasha's book.

[@dchauser4]

I have two halflings in my Wildemount game. Both of them took Lucky as a Feat at 4th level. ALL the re-rolling!

[@gaminreasons8941]

Hm. So here's my top ten. I can find a reason to play most races I think but here's what are probably my favorites. Not really in any particular order. Half-Orcs Aasimar Goblins Humans Tortles Tieflings Elves Half-Elves Changelings Warforged

[@Kython226]

My friend plays a Tabaxi Forge Cleric (was sorcerer but changed class before we started the Campaign) and with the climbing she makes sure that my players stay alive

[@ramio2345]

Great video My favourite race is probably minotaur I like the horns abilities it s not best but i really like it

[@Booklat1]

horns are pretty cool, I'm hoping to play a minotaur wearing a lance or longbow just to make use of those horns at short range

[@HankJ666]

I'm playing a grung in a one-shot this friday, I have literally commoner stats, so I'm gonna compensate for it turning into a giant toad (moon druid) and summoning giant toads and frogs with conjure animals

[@linkn5509]

I never knew that grung was a playable race that’s v interesting

[@dascientist8443]

Yeah, they were in a DMsguild product that wizards released but were never AL legal.

[@bearfan0216]

Changeling hands down is my favorite race. They have an amazing ability in change appearance, which has come in extremely handy in more than a few situations, so much so that one DM in my group had banned them from his table because they're too effective. I've played a Bard and am currently playing a rogue and both classes work beautifully with changelings

[@olivierbrown2819]

You overlooked the Leonin but Daunting Roar is actually crazy good. The ability to cause the frigthened condition on a 10ft radius on a bonus action every short rest is awsome. Curently playing a Leonin Barb oath of the ancients and it truly shines as a tank in our group.

[@twistedtentacletavern2049]

Grungs are super fun! I did find an issue with regards to mechanics. The poison skin can really slow a game down especially if you're playing a martial character. Stopping to have your enemy make a con save every attack adds up quickly in how much time you take during combat. I wish they had done the skin another way so that it didn't slow things down so much. - Innkeeper Vase Odin

[@CivilWarMan]

Aasimar's probably my favorite. Especially the Scourge Aasimar, since its transformation is both an AoE damage-over-time and a boost to single-target damage. It does have the drawback of also damaging yourself, but 1) you are resistant to it since it's Radiant, and most creatures you fight will not be resistant, 2) you also get a +1 Constitution so you will probably have some extra hit points to work with, and 3) you also have an innate 1/long rest heal just in case. Plus, the flavor of it manifesting as searing light pouring from your eyes and mouth is metal AF.

[@benjaminbrand3714]

I recently discovered the Triton race and I think I have a new favorite! I get they're not super great mechanically, but I love their flavor and lore! Plus the swim speed is always great!

[@olivierbrown2819]

The New arts from Theros really did it for me with the Triton race. One of my player is playing a Triton Celestial Warlock and quickly became the most interesting character of it's party.

[@billy_bear_cave8703]

I'm playing my first human in a campaign. Gotta say, having a 21 passive perception on my druid? Not bad. :D

[@bioviper2]

Grung and Tabaxi make amazing monks. I noticed you mentioned most of the other martial classes. Grung stats match 2/3 of Monk main stats. The movement of Tabaxi plus a monk, step of the wind becomes broken. With sentinel and patient defense you can easily find a turn to not move, this regaining Feline Agility during combat.

[@sambro6657]

I love half orcs hill dwarves and wood elves my three favorite 5e races ironically rogue ranger paladin barbarian Druid cleric and fighter are my primary classes

[@dascientist8443]

Where are the Aereni and Valenar elf subraces? Those tweaks don't seem to be in ERFLW that I can find?

[@collinbeal]

Vedalken is what I'm playing. My Vedalken Artificer got a 31 on his Investigation check without expertise at level 2 due to stacking Guidance and the extra d4 from the racial ability. The DM was really bewildered hehe. Also, no list is complete without the Warforged, Changeling, and Minotaur. My partner plays a Minotaur barbarian, and being able to both dash and do a goring rush enables you to keep your rage going even if the enemy is far away. Being able to shove a creature as part of your attack is great for battlefield control as well

[@collinbeal]

And the extra lifting capacity a minotaur gets hooweemama. They can lift a literal ton while raging

[@Rudsterism]

Half-Elf has always been my favorite race in most games/movies. Not sure why, just always been drawn to them. I'm grateful they are as strong as they are in D&D lol

[@ChickenSoupMusic]

Have to add Satyr to the list for the magic resistances! Not much to add other than obviously certain races pair amazingly top tier w/ certain Subclasses. This Svirfneblin / Mark of Warding Dwarf for Abjuration Wizard or Bugbears for reach on Polearm Master / Sentinel builds. Variant Winged Tieflings are pretty sweet for flying spellcasters in general.

[@neoman4426]

Interesting thing about the Aereni and Valenar variants for Wood/High, I believe that's the only mechanical thing that's in Wayfinder's Guide but not Rising. I'm not even entirely certain it was intentionally left in after all the other stuff was brought in line with the Rising version, it's just in a little sidebar in Wayfinder's Guide that it's entirely possible they missed

[@davidwagner3710]

Tabaxi Paladin is fantastic if you want to go for a dex build. The extra speed from feline agility is very useful to close the distances between you and your enemies.

[@BlazingDawn3696]

I’ve always been a fan of gnomes. My first 5e character was a forest gnome gloom stalker ranger and had a lot of fun with him

[@Stormeris]

I'd definitely have Bugbears in the top 10 :D

[@nicolaezenoaga9756]

I know I would.

[@4SirNyeteg]

About Yuan-Ti: I am playing two Lore bards and they are awesome but one of them we changed the innate spellcasting spells because of not all of them Yuan-ti-sh. Animal friendship, only snake, and poison spray - OK, fit the Yuan-Tee Pureblood image but the suggestion as a 2. level spell only a bit so we changed it to find familiar. 1. level spell, limited to a flying snake as familiar. It gives a much better style for her. :-)

[@lockwoan01]

Annoyingly, Grung, and the Locathah, aren't in the Books as a playable race - yes, I know that they are in PDFs, but I don't use them - and my DM is the sort that likes to have Official Proof that he can read. Maybe the upcoming Tasha's Cauldron of Everything will have them when it comes out in November, or whatever book comes out in June 2021.

[@mwil2495]

I’d think if you got the official pdf and printed, and said “It’s official enough for Adventurers League “, you could convince them. Plus the whole having to submerge every day is a minor to major drawback depending on the availability of water. Body of water nearby, no problem. In a desert or just a forest without a river or something...could become a problem.

[@lockwoan01]

@@mwil2495 Well, he probably would accept a pdf, but I don't know how to use them.

[@David25512]

A Tabaxi leopard with a monk class would be badass man!

[@Artemisthemp]

Goblin is my favorite race since you get a use of your bonus action even if your class normally doesn't.

[@T3chN1nja]

I am so happy to see grungs got some love. My dm refuses to allow grungs so maybe in another group. My other go to is changeling

[@ofekofek7058]

Be a Changeling that looks like a Grung ;)

[@finnlyall3388]

Lizardfolk is the best race, I can make weapons out of my enemies

[@Hromovlad1]

Tabaxi Swasbuckler and Half-Orc Zealot matches made in heaven

[@jacobreichert6239]

I really want to play a yuan-ti barbarian. He would become more snake like as he rages. I would have him play a more subservient role and be linked to another player as an enforcer/bodyguard as he was a low ranking yuan-ti but used for his strength. He would come to hit his head and lose his memory but have a sort of imprintation on another charater and have an intense need to defend the charater. Maybe at first a little too much hinting at his evil/ selfish nature

[@silvinity4939]

Something this made me think of is that twice now I have gotten two different dms to house rule the half-elf variant to let me take a feat by choosing to draw more from my character's human side. They each said they had to pre-approve the feats first but it still makes them really broken, taking the best of two different races.B

[@Darth_malefic]

Anyone else thought it was kinda weird that the ghostwise hafling from SCAG didn’t get reprinted in MTOF but the svirfneblin(deep gnome) and duergar (gray dwarf) did

[@autonomousAcquaintances]

I've been working on some home brew stuff and one of the rules for creating races i saw was only giving them two languages- so like the fact that Yuan-ti Pureblood has more than two is OP imo. I think two seems to be the rule when it comes to most of this stuff.

[@LmaoMeowz]

Me making anything other than a Tabaxi: i hate making character sheets Me making Tabaxi: haha cat go brrrrrrrrr

[@101BadBreath]

I had as an backup character option for Tomb of Annihilation a Tabaxi Drunken Master Monk who was a Catnip Addict....

[@MannfredP1980]

Currently playing a Aarakocra Monk and loving the ability’s to fly just out of reach of enemies. Also looking into Aarakocra swashbuckler Rogue.

[@earletimothy8107]

Tabaxi Hexblade is so genuinely fun and interesting.

[@lordmars2387]

Do you think a grung's jump distance is tied to it's speed or a static number? RAW bugbears are kinda nerfed with all the rules specifying 5ft. 1. Bugbear-I like them for reach and think they're more intimidating than orc's in my mind with their lifting prowess, plus my favorite character was/is one. (I'll get you out of retirement one day Bonzo) 2. Human-variant is a godsend with builds. 3. Half-orcs=love the flavor, I will admit I throw in a bit of 40k's ORK'S into the mix for fun. They HAVE to be green. 4. Yuanti-not only is it a powerful race with an immunity and the most powerful resistance, but the snake flavor is so classic bad guy, but the kind that works with the party. 5. Grung-climb speed, hops, and the best poisoner skill in the game (albeit one that doesn't scale), plus the frog puns and the best reason to act a fish out of water being so inhuman. 6. Warforged-metal men. I have a soft spot for gond moradin and hephaestus and the nature of divinity and it's ties to creation. Living craft where man himself can understand his own crafting makes for some good RP. Also they're pretty strong. 7. Kobolds-dragons are cool, little crafty dragon men are neat. They're unfortunately a weak race (gameplay and world wise) but I like the little guy's. I HATE that their skills are grovel it requires enemy cooperation what fool would rely on that. 8. Dwarves-if there is a more fun archetypical character to play than a dwarf I have yet to see it. Also see my opinion on Warforged. 9. Half-elves=I'm starting to struggle putting people on here but I've seen elves and tieflings played by complete twat-waffles and they have forever been tainted in my eyes. But for charisma classes you can always play a half-elf. 10. Gnomes-they tinker and make for good artificers, which I cant wait to play. Again see Warforged.

[@Treblaine]

I'd rate Goblins on here as their bonus action to Disengage or Hide is so useful.

[@nitindasiah991]

Huh, I didnt expect most of it to come from the PHB. I dont know, my favorites would include centaur, cause i really like the idea of a mount also being a party member. A paladin rider with mounted combatant feat might make a very interesting situation. And the centaur could maybe be a druid, or something, so his 4 legs dont affect him all the time. Changeling might be an interesting choice, in campaigns with a lot of social interactions. warforged just cause i like the roleplay idea. Simic hybrids seem interesting. Getting underwater breathing and extra appendages or +1 to armor class, or acid spray that increases with levels. Might make for an interesting, versatile barbarian.

[@bouboulroz]

Simic hybrid barbarians are really cool to play. I took the carapace at level 5, but the more I think about it and the more I feel like the grappling appendages would have been better. The ability to control the battlefield is something barbarians often lacks, and being able to grapple multiple targets at the same time seems like a good way to keep your casters safe. And with the Path of the Beast subclass that will probably come with TCoE, the flavor of the predator adapted to any environment is only getting stronger.

[@cartergreen2309]

Changeling bards are super fun. One of my favorite characters I've played

[@Dragonspassage]

As a dm I always forget the no magical sleep effect. The couple times a player has remembered it has been a huge game changer.

[@karatekoala4270]

Now I wanna play a Grung Way of Mercy Monk!

[@kitcobb6046]

I thought the same thing!

[@lockwoan01]

Funny thing, depending upon the race, it's possible to make it so that all stats are 10 or better, even with Standard Array (15, 14, 13, 12, 10, 8) at level 1. If you want to make a wizard, or a sorcerer, or a warlock, where many like to dump strength, pick a race that has a Plus 2 there. Same for the other classes and most of the other races - everything could be 10 or better, with a few exceptions.... that being said, *Never make Constitution the Dump Stat!* After all, you need to be able to take more than a couple of punches. Still, as I look through my books, I can see how any of the races could be any of the classes, although some bring about funny pictures - like an Orc Wizard, a Kobold Paladin, a Tortle Rogue (had to pick that one), a Tabaxi Cleric, a Warforged Druid, Halfling Barbarian, Wood Elf Artificer, Bugbear Bard, Centaur Monk, Loxodon Ranger, Minotaur Sorcerer, Satyr Fighter, and Triton Warlock....... and then there's all the other race/class combos that make one go "Wait! What?"

[@antongrigoryev6381]

I can't see any reason to "fix" dumped stat. There's actually almost no difference between -1 and 0 - you probably won't use that stat often. It's much better to increase your casting stat - instead of taking +2 Strength take +2 Int.

[@lockwoan01]

@@antongrigoryev6381 True - it probably *would* be better for a wizard to take a +2 to Intelligence instead of Strength, especially if one is into the whole stat Min-Maxing - nothing wrong there, but what if you *did* want to play as an Orc Wizard, who was a little on the scrawny side compared to the rest of the orcs, but was smart enough to go to Wizard School and knew how to cast Fireballs by Belching! Now that would be fun to play as, especially since, if he's the sort that uses staves as his backup melee weapon, he can also bop a few heads decently as well - an 8 on a d8 does 8 damage instead of 7.

[@Scorpious187]

That Tabaxi mini was... well endowed. lol.

[@dannya.2616]

One of my players is a Tabaxi Barbarian. Double speed Rage charge into melee is quite the opener.

[@Bladedwind]

Mountain Dwarf by far. Honor, tradition, and swinging hammers and axes at fools is always fun

[@mduckernz]

I'm surprised Aasimar didn't come up TBH! You get +2 CHA, radiant and necrotic resistance - both of which are difficult to get otherwise - and a useful cantrip (light) + Lesser Restoration and Daylight later on, AND some healing capability (lay on hands), AND darkvision... and if you chose Protector subrace type, you even get a flying speed of 30ft! Like, holy shit. It's super good. Finally, you also get +1 to WIS, CON, or STR (Protector, Scourge, or Fallen)

[@WexMajor82]

The Yuan-ti is sooooo BROKEN. My DM saw it, had a laugh and said to us: "What a nice race for NPC only"

[@GuyFawkes051]

I was so flabbergasted when I first laid eyes on it. Such a dumb example of power creep.

[@luketfer]

Currently they're now the second most broken with Satyr from Theros taking the crown. Not only do they have advantage on saving throws with spells BUT they also count as Fey, not humanoid, which means certain spells won't work on them like Hold Person.

[@GuyFawkes051]

@@luketfer Yup, tell me about it. Absolute nonsense. They should have been racial feats, at least, not just in built. It makes every other race look so mediocre in comparison. It's going to get worse too with Tasha's loosening of ASI's.

[@luketfer]

@@GuyFawkes051 I suspect that both Yuan-ti and Satyr will be banned at most tabletops as they currently are but more so with the new optional rules to move ASIs.

[@luketfer]

@@cinnabarsteam4839 That works for the Yuan-ti but that doesn't work for the Satyr who are meant to be a player race.

[@tscoff]

I’m about to play a Tabaxi Wizard starting from 1st level. I think he’ll be fun to play and he’s in my DM’s first campaign so I picked a race/class combination that will start me out with a 15 in my primary ability score instead of 16 to make it easier on him.

[@avis199]

I love that so much because the first character I ever played was a Tabaxi Warlock. He was such an amazing character and I love him so much. He's probably the best well-made character I've ever had. Sadly, due to the virus that campaign had a short run for a while due to not being able to meet up in person (but we later found out it was also because our dm had two other people he dm'd complain to him about the way he dm's which made him stop dm'ing for a while) but I think we are going to be resuming that campaign shortly so I am very excited for that.

[@SweepingQueen]

My favorite Tobaxi I have ever played was my barbarian nothing more fun than charging down the wizard in the back line well raging with bear totem

[@tassiasmith]

Aasimar is great as a bard. +2 char, darkvision, necrotic and radiant dmg resistance, and you're just very, very pretty. Hard to argue against taking it if you don't want to be the millionth half elf bard. XD

[@shadow80y]

I was a Tabxi Monk once and my DM ruled that feline agility was broken when combed with Unarmored Movement and wouldn't let me use it.

[@nicolaezenoaga9756]

Thank you.

[@dennisfuery3426]

A Hill Dwarf draconic sorcerer with a decent constitution score would be fairly durable. With a +3 con, that's +5 hp per character level. At 10th level, that's an expected HP total of 90. In fact, with equal +3 Con scores and assuming average hp die rolls, the fighter, paladin, and ranger would increase by +9 hp per level. The hill dwarf draconic sorcerer will also increase at +9 hp per level. The bards, monks, clerics, or wizards of the party would be jealous. Nice.

[@paulv1137]

The most uncontroversial thing to do in 2020... Ranking Races. Godspeed good man.

[@notLune]

I'm pretty sure latest sage advice has Trance being equal to a long rest (the 2017 post)

[@Nildread]

Yeah, I was confused by this. I usually just have anyone that trances either take watch or do light short rest type activities after or before they trance, while everyone else sleeps during their long rests.

[@notLune]

@@Nildread I think some of the confusion comes from the original Sage Advice about Trance (2015 I think) said that Trance was simply flavor text ability and did not actually relate to long resting

[@Nildread]

@@notLune I think it stems from not wanting elves to go off on their own adventures and do things while everyone else is sleeping. "If an elf meditates during a long rest (as described in the Trance trait), the elf finishes the rest after only 4 hours. A meditating elf otherwise follows all the rules for a long rest; only the duration is changed" this confuses me a bit as I understand it to mean that only the duration of sleep changes, but it kind of reads like the whole duration changes and elves get the benefit of a long rest from 4hours of meditation instead of 4 hours of meditation and 4 hours of doing light activity before everyone wakes up. It doesn't really matter for my games anyway because I consider crafting and most forms of prep to be light activity unless everyone wants to spend lots of downtime doing stuff or time preparing something. So my elves are usually crafting or practicing something or reading or taking watch or identifying items and not trying to run a head of everyone while they sleep, unless my players proposed a reason to do something like that and everyone one was okay with it.

[@thatonekidism]

1. Tiefling (fight me, I love them) 2. Changeling 3. Half-Elf 4. Warforged 5. Simic Hybrid 6. Variant Human 7. Half-Orc 8. Aasimar 9. Halfling 10. Elf

[@DanKeehner]

Great video Ted very insightful. I have to agree about Yuanti Purebloods, and needing a good explanation. And I got one from my player, cold-hearted shave Bounty Hunter (Bard/Rogue or was it Bard Fighter?) who was being paid to kill the BBEG. Mind you this was the player's second character his first, an Aasimar Light Cleric being otherwise disposed. My top 10 races: 10. Tabaxi 9. Shifter 8. Firbolg 7. Dwarves 6. Halflings 5. Half-Orcs 4. Elves 3. Half-Elves 2. Variant Human Honorable Mention goes to Tieflings. 1. Yuanti Pureblood. My favorite race to play is Aasimar or Variant Human.

[@vitordias4700]

Once again, Goblins gets snubbed.

[@mastablastarocks]

Honestly, I love changelings, especially since you can get +3 to charisma if youd like, but I kinda wish that they kept the unsettling visage and the other ability from UA, cause I don't think their to powerful by themselves. Or at least give the ability to get them as a feat later on.

[@nicholas3141]

Half elf, changeling, and variant human period. Personal favorites tritons, giths, and half orcs

[@mwil2495]

I thought my Yuan-Ti Draconic Sorcerer/Hexblade Warlock would be pretty difficult for our new DM but he just used monsters/enemies that used AC attacks or spells rather than saves, or nonmagical traps needing a DEX save. Magic resistance doesn’t help against crossbow bolts, acid spewing traps, or medusa lion claw/bite attacks. As for Role-playing, his Draconic ancestry made him an impure outcast with other Yuan-Ti. Had to carve out a niche among humankind to avoid being by himself in the wilderness. Plus he could pass as a human by claiming all his scales were from his Draconic ancestry. So DMs, let your players play Yuan-Ti, you can still hit them with attacks/traps and they can pass as human easily enough.

[@RodrigoLinsAmaral]

I miss the poor but awesome Goblin Race from Volo's... Nimble Escape is Huge.

[@moonringXD]

Have you done top ten races you would like to see return in 5e yet?

[@anthiondel]

My favorites: 1- half-elf (vanilla), 2- changeling, 3- warforged

[@matthewbrown4482]

Are you aware of and/or do you consider canon, the Plane Shift races/worlds? The Kor for example also have the Lucky and Fearless racial features as well as a climbing speed.

[@asdfnewguy7029]

Adorable intro

[@digitaldevil696]

As it has already been stated in the comments, I'm surprised there's no satyr mention. The race ASIs are so synergistic on Bard, Sorc, Warlock, Rogue or Dex pal, and those ability scores also govern a lot of skills. Magic resistance is straight up busted and being a fey is an advantage more often than not

[@ericbest6156]

Which is the "best" race probably depends more on the class you want to play than the race itself. For example, half-elves make fantastic Bards, Sorcerers (+CHA, +DEX, +CON) or Paladins (+CHA,, +STR, +CON), while hill dwarves obviously make great Clerics, wood elves' bonuses have wonderful synergies with the Monk or possibly the Rogue classes, and mountain dwarves, half-orcs and variant humans (with the right feats) ALL make amazing Barbarians. And let's not forget the less obvious choices. Playing a high elf Wizard as a good choice is a given, but what about an archery-based Eldritch Knight Fighter or Arcane Trickster Rogue? And I must say, playing a halfling Divination Wizard or an armored mountain dwarf Bard (*cough* Lore College *cough), Sorcerer, Warlock or Wizard both intrigue me, even though the highest spellcasting stat they can have, using either point buy or standard array, is a "mere" 15. ;) I guess what I'm saying is that "best" race should depend on what kind of character you want to play, and what bonuses you want to play with. Yes, some races have obvious benefits over others, but some of those hidden or seemingly minor benefits can be pretty awesome, too. (Also, I should point out that OF COURSE you're playing something that you're not, even if you're playing a variant human. You're playing a HERO, after all) :P

[@Raoul9753]

I still think Tabaxi should get the same starting language as the Leonin, and it should sound like housecats meowing at each other.

[@thoroughlyjordan]

So the Player's Handbook - Dragonborn and Gnomes + poison, good rogue base, and crazy defenses? Also, I notice a trend towards Dexterity and Charisma increases...

[@Ruggerooo8]

I'm surprised you didn't have Satyr on the list with it's magic res, and Vedalken with there super OP advantage on ALL intelligence, wisdom, and charisma saves but good video overall

[@copycat9812]

A monk grung would be awesome also I'm playing a tabaxi that has a base speed of 70 which is hilarious cause I'm in & out in a flash & no one can catch me