What Your Favorite D&D Race Says About You

[@BlaineSimple]

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[@GamerWarrior-nv4nt]

Yoo BlaineSimple another for goblin is that you watch star wars and thought " I want to be yoda

[@ChristianBawden]

as a warforged, my favorite thing is to look at my DM and say, "I choose to stop breathing" whenever another character does something gross.

[@Ellisepha]

Playing an air genasi right now and I'm definitely gonna remember this lol

[@Chrinik]

I would just never breathe in the first place.

[@Ellisepha]

@@Chrinik The problem is that you then also can't speak (except if it's telepathical or your race can speak without an airflow)

[@Chrinik]

@@Ellisepha Do warforged need to breathe in order to create sound? They're machines, essentially. You already become night watch because you don't technically need to "sleep", just "rest" being fully concious and able to observe your surroundings while standing absolutely still and don't need to eat or drink either.

[@yozarahirvi4750]

@@Chrinik it remind me of a campaign of numenera, I decided to play some kind of stone man (just to name it Dwayne Johnson, yep so much originality) but we hadn't any kind of "physical and biological information" about them so we would create them on the fly when the question is asked (like what do I eat, how do I poop ? do I ever poop ? and so on, we created a whole bunch of how they work) it have been decided that my race would sleep for two full days once every month, so I was basically nightawtch every night. (on the other rules, I don't poop but since I erode Myself i still need to eat rocks a bit; the only medicine I know is either eat enough to build that corporal mass again or using cement on my wounds) it was realy fun to imagine all of that ! I liked that character realy much in the end !

[@waizardsoda]

"Monster Races: You're usually the DM." I feel called out right now

[@Samantha-dq7jm]

Me too.

[@dvandamme00]

@@Samantha-dq7jm I always want to play monster races - currently a kobold - i never dm. monsters are more fun

[@yanaleigh]

I'm about to get to be a player in a long campaign for the first time.... Wizard Goblin. How is this so accurate?

[@avrilslittlesis]

Oof, I'm prepping to be a dm and am currently playing a siren in a diff campaign

[@loafuscranbrry8488]

It’s just so fun to be a cool snake lady! Stop calling everyone out! Ah!

[@1umbreon4life]

Tortle is the best race because: -You're always wearing your house -Because you're always in your house, you never have to wear pants. Who has to wear pants in their own home?

[@blakedavis2447]

I do a lot , especially when it’s cold

[@lordtoademort8124]

Thats the 1 thing you do wear in your house

[@blakedavis2447]

Lord Toademort I think you’re thinking of underwear

[@lordtoademort8124]

@@blakedavis2447 well I use pajama shorts so its a weird grey area.

[@fadhil5749]

"Pants are an illusion and so is death. "

[@lordofinnistrad8757]

I’ve actually used player perception of Half-Orcs to my advantage. I was playing a Half-Orc War Cleric and for a while, he didn’t talk. The other players grew to assume that he was just stupid and only useful for hitting things. It came time that we were recruited to help plan a major battle and the main NPC that was there was throwing thinly veiled racism at my character. When it actually came time to strategize, my character busted out a perfect plan, using historical examples as reference and obscure strategies, and was very articulate and well spoken. What was his deal? His Goddess was The Red Knight, Goddess of Strategy and Tactics. The reason he didn’t talk was because he’s actually very shy.

[@mommy-mar]

I love that (and orcs) I might use that idea!❤❤

[@Scrumboiling]

i need a TLDR

[@alpacino8919]

@@Scrumboiling you sound illiterate, no offense

[@realsupergonks]

tl;dr guy makes a character a half-orc, player & npc perception is that orcs are dumb, turns out the character is highly intelligent, and valuable for more than hitting things with stick.

[@elididde3377]

How is that using it to your advantage though? Its just a funny surprising moment

[@strixsacra]

Kenku: You're playing this race to justify playing sound clips at the table. My kenku bard legit has no idea how to play the flute she carries around. She is good at copying the sound it should make though.

[@Soitisisit]

That's so clever! Kenku wouldn't be able to play flutes anyway. They have no lips.

[@lawrencealcantara]

@@Soitisisit does a bagpipe count as a flute?

[@kewbism]

@@Soitisisit Most species of birds have external nares (nostrils) located somewhere on their beak, so I'm just imagining a Kenku holding the flute upside down on top of their beak and just *breathing* heavily in the most chaotic way

[@Soitisisit]

@@kewbism This thread brings me joy.

[@chrisk5983]

I made a kenku rouge who could only say the word Hi and mimic things that he has heard in the last 72 hours

[@theradiantdehd3997]

“Tiefling = Edgelord” Damn it you got me “Aasimar = Kindest person in the group…” See? Now we’re talking “Unless you’re a Fallen Aasimar then it’s because Tiefling wasn’t edgy enough.” Damn it

[@ebmario874]

You can't run from yourself sometimes

[@peanutkoa7912]

This racist played as an aasimar as the dnd beyond page reminded him of thanos

[@pardolagames8994]

Ever noticed Half-Elf's head look like Emilia's?

[@Femaiden]

"edgelord aasimar". . you mean Daeran from Pathfinder Wotr?

[@Savitar.2020]

Lol same here

[@arvoredeuva5485]

Dragonfolk: "You wanted to play a Dragon but the DM didn't let you do that"

[@pianotm]

[Laughs in Council of Wyrms]

[@nikushim6665]

More like the DM reminded you of the ECL, i think a adult dragon is something like 15 levels in 3.5

[@beercansam9290]

I like tiefling but I literally chose out of a hat

[@luc.3448]

oh crap im the vietnamese version of you-

[@arvoredeuva5485]

@@luc.3448 The multiverse of "that's rough, buddy" is real

[@AdmiralxAvocado]

When the party table is 3 male dragonborn and 2 female tiefling rouges, being a human fighter is the most exotic thing.

[@King_Saurian]

True

[@ArDeeMee]

We‘re just the spice of life.

[@ariestsuji4417]

Blaine: Firbolg is for hippies me as a Firbolg: I am the Lorax, I speak for the trees, and the trees bout to break the caps of your knees

[@cmelton6796]

NOICE

[@darwis1464]

i bet Firbolg mains are vegans aswell

[@Nehu_22]

@@darwis1464 I think it would be the complete opposite, don't wanting to eat their friends and such

[@darksideskyy]

I legit started crying from your comment, you sir are winning

[@isitnotwrittenthat1680]

I am the lorax, I speak for the trees, Does anyone else speak vietnamese?

[@renegadeceo]

forgot one for Tabaxi: Khajiit has wares if you have coin.

[@hermesl9884]

that is literally what i did with my cat man.

[@StormFlyer657]

Tabaxi and lizard folk is literally you played skyrim/elder scrolls

[@blake-81]

@@StormFlyer657 Or the Avernum/Exile series...

[@justateddybear951]

@@StormFlyer657 lizardmen from warhammer and exos from destiny

[@masterzoroark6664]

And does Khajit have ass for a coin?

[@brandongalvan6603]

"So tell me about your Goliath character." *"THIS CHARACTER HAS BEEN PASSED DOWN THE ARMSTRONG FAMILY FOR GENERATIONS!"*

[@ZMSKfullpower]

Yeeees. "Beware the power of my muscles".

[@bruhboss3141]

@@ZMSKfullpower Goliath characters are the ones who spend 5 hours a day searching the internet for special improvised weapon rules. "Why does a tree that I throw deal the same damage as a pebble?" Because the pebble is on steroids, it is more powerful than your fists.

[@patrickdees5256]

YES!!

[@gabyrt5555]

xD was the only thing I can think with the mustache and the spark.

[@euchale]

@@bruhboss3141 And how much they can lift with a block and tackle.

[@helheimrgaming2547]

You really slapped me across the face with the Half-Elf one lmao. Almost choked on my drink 😂

[@stargirl7646]

Legit just made a half elf character yesterday and same 😂

[@TheCantinaChannel]

Me who's never played D&D before: "Oh man now this I've got to find out!"

[@mannemarco333]

I love your oblivion videos.

[@n_churches]

It's that dang ADHD

[@Shalalalala_666]

@@n_churches Same dude same 😂

[@monokumaprincipalofhopespe8295]

You’ll be prepared!

[@vaupel63]

It's a good game

[@zachf.7854]

Regular human: "Boring, but that +1 to every stat IS nice." Variant human: "Your either going to min-max, or you have a feat fetish"

[@marlinazul7786]

Human fighter, 8 FEATS

[@Lorgar64]

@@marlinazul7786 I remember doing that with my human noble battlemaster. I think I had three feats at level 6? It's funny because I was going for a roleplay heavy character but my feats made me monstrous in combat (I definitely had the heavy armour+ and sentinel). Game ended not too long after that due to other reasons, but between the damage reduction and second wind I never went down in a fight! Funnily enough I missed a couple of important fights because my character got bored, wondered off, then something terrible and unforeseen happened. People would fight for their lives while my character went to a tavern or had a picnic.

[@Shannovian]

Regular humans being boring is more of an issue that their players are boring than their characters. If you can't make something interesting unless they have red skin or pointy ears, then the fact of the matter is that you aren't able to make people interesting and instead are using your race/class combination in place of a personality.

[@zachf.7854]

@@Shannovian i take it your the type of player to get super annoyed when someone doesn't play human and/or the type of DM to only allow humans? That or you cant grasp when someone on the internet is making a *joke* about a stereotype. Either way, you got up on your soap box and decided to insult people who want to do something that isn't vanilla humans by insinuating that everyone who plays a non-human character is automatically terrible at roleplay.

[@Lorgar64]

@@Shannovian Yeah, reminded me of XP to Level 3. "The most interesting people in history were all human."

[@costcosfinest4763]

Him: half-elf Me: haha that's not true idc who my character's parents are Me: *realizes that i dont even know what his hair color is but have detailed lore written about his family's politics and history*

[@dusknightwings7821]

Make it rainbow, that way it’s every color and you don’t need to decide.

[@jaysefgames1155]

@@dusknightwings7821 Except black. There's no black in a rainbow, Luigi.

[@DaDunge]

@@jaysefgames1155 Black is not a colour.

[@PlaguedByEarth]

@@DaDunge Found the reductionist.

[@Aggarius]

I was a high elf but with a drop dad, is that close enough to half-elf? Cuz his discriptiob fit me

[@hue.main1]

I made a Goliath who was adopted by dwarves as a child because she was left behind for being weak in her clan. But then once she learns dwarves live WAY longer than goliath’s, she makes a deal with the devil to have a dwarves life span so she can live with her family for the rest of her life. (My DM is still helping me figure out what the devil’s request is for her to get her wish.)

[@itachi4alltime]

It should be reverse you are a weak dwarf so you sacrifice your long lifespan to become one punch dwarf 😂

[@tiagoc9754]

What devil requested: dwarf souls That would be quite a twist

[@jokerofspades-xt3bs]

Up until you mentioned the demon I legit thought your character was buddy the elf

[@hue.main1]

@@jokerofspades-xt3bs man now I’ll never not think that when I play her with my group lmao 😂

[@HumanisticJones]

Tabaxi: You also play a lot of Elder Scrolls and all the other players are getting tired of you trying to sell them back the loot you stole by declaring "Khajiit has wares, if you have coin".

[@HenriqueLSilva]

Sounds like I'll have to play tabaxi in my next campaign.

[@justindexter2810]

@@HenriqueLSilva it's a lot harder to role play the speech pattern than you might think. Something about forcing yourself to speak in the third person is difficult to stay with.

[@johndobson2674]

@@justindexter2810 Indeed it is. 15/17 ESO characters are Khajiit, and I haven't played anything other than Tabaxi in about 3 years. Current campaign, I'm playing a Tabaxi Bard and the party loves her, most of the time. The DM however.....

[@justindexter2810]

@@johndobson2674 just offer them some skooma, I'm sure they'll come around

[@johndobson2674]

@@justindexter2810that reminds me of a scene from The Blacklist, they're in the currently evacuated UN building, and Reddington is talking about how much better the world would be if everyone did LSD.

[@chakradarrat8832]

ok who is gonna tell blaine about the triton darkvision fix.

[@BlaineSimple]

Eyy you're right. Glad WotC got to it!

[@summermermaidstar756]

@@BlaineSimple yup they did in a MTG DND book *screams of triggered*

[@LeonardoCornelioJr]

@@BlaineSimple Just to clarify if you're not aware yet, it's a full-on errata to the Triton base race, as in ALL Triton PCs now get Darkvision, and is not just a Theros-only variant.

[@trexdrew]

Summer Star they’re going to errata Volo’s soon clearly

[@theawkwardpotato1973]

There’s a fix for it? :o

[@shadoww4818]

Dwarf: you just like doing a bad Scottish accent

[@gabrielcornejo682]

And make your deities based or directly ones from Nordic Religión

[@Bjorn308]

I go more Irish personally.

[@legogandalf5453]

Fook yeh laddie

[@WorgenGrrl]

@Rob Wilf Doing a bad Scottish accent while drunk.

[@andersasblom6452]

Or a bad Nordic accent, depending on the setting.

[@mittenvonscrufflears7233]

I chose Tabaxi because I wanted to make a tuxedo cat named Mitten Von Scrufflears with fur in the shape of a bow tie on his chest and constantly be put in teasing situations by the Dungeon Master. I also made him a Horizon Walker and whenever he teleports I call it his "kitty door". I regret nothing

[@marxdc9657]

Vedalken: opens a book in a library **rolls a 34 history check** Vedalken: “lol. That day was crazy! This is totally not how this happened tho”

[@dragobane4728]

At least in that situation, if the DM has it, they can give your character the lore they have been saving up

[@d20gamer47]

i rolled a 40 is stealth once :D

[@slep4017]

@@d20gamer47 lemme guess you just ceased to exist or entered the void (dunno if thats a place in dnd) and somehow got out with no memory of what happened (in nonexistance or the void that is)

[@d20gamer47]

@@slep4017 nope i just became basically invisible. also do u want the character sheet so u can look at my insane plus to stealth. (btw i was just lvl 7 and the mage in the group used pass without trace for a +10)

[@slep4017]

@@d20gamer47 nah im fine its neat that you can do that though

[@markokrstic8795]

Me who never played DnD before: I like your funny words, magic man.

[@jestfullgremblim8002]

Hahahahahaha

[@nicreven]

fridge gang

[@zoul7592]

lol

[@suus-arido393]

Half-Elf: lack of self worth I came here to have a good time, but I'm feeling so attacked rn

[@nikolasota4162]

tell me about your Half-elf's Parents ?

[@lisquidsnake]

My half-elfs parents do have an epic backstory tho

[@treemane0]

"I didn't come to be disrespected"

[@unatco1148]

I liked the vryloka but they don't exist anymore :(

[@evieluvon5965]

I feel so attacked too, my character's back story is so cool too 😭🤣

[@jimmyursino6917]

I usually play a drow wizard who is lawful neutral. Who occasionally falls into the power greed, or doing something shady. It’s like he left the under dark to escape the ways there, but can’t escape the urge at times

[@louie2639]

Genasi: You liked to watch Avatar the last airbender Edit: Thanks for the likes I didn’t think so many people agreed with me

[@rulerzreachf4n200]

BRO IT’S TRUEEEEEEEEEEE.

[@nexlitemineplz695]

ITS SO TRUE AND IM FIRE GENASI

[@e4ehco21]

Genesi way of the 4 elements monk you are obsessed with atla

[@nucleargandhi2709]

To be fair, who didn't?

[@crinsombone5380]

That's everyone who watched Avatar

[@SephirothRyu]

Bear: You forgot what your race actually is because your druid never leaves this form and frankly, why would you ever WANT to stop being a bear?

[@ninjabluefyre3815]

I actually have a Bear character (using Bugbear stats) named Elwood. I'll probably never get to play him.

[@HawkeBM]

When it's Winter. :P

[@penjaminthestrange4427]

small holes or doors?

[@stm7810]

@@penjaminthestrange4427 punch through wall.

[@bryceodell301]

I feel attacked

[@user-ft3jq5vi2l]

Also Kenku: you may want to play a memelord or quote tons of movies.

[@incessantramblings]

My friend did that but with a gnome and played 'I'm a gnome'

[@AguionStryke]

@@incessantramblings how far did they make it before dying a horrible death?

[@robinthrush9672]

Or you have a lot of soundboard apps on your phone and you'll be damned if you won't use them.

[@supercharliegalaxy]

When the body of our BBEG turned into a gibbering mouther, my kenku quoted the thing. "Oh you gotta be shitting me...."

[@BraindeadCRY]

Dwarf: Youve been secretly practising your irish accent in front of the mirror and did actual research on the 20 most common types of Ale, Mead and Beer in preparation for playing this character

[@LSHEVV]

Half-Dragon: When "Do you know who my 'Mother/Father' is?" becomes an actual threat worthy of fear.

[@Soitisisit]

Ouch. As a DM I'd just take that as a challenge. Hell, as a PC, I'd take that as a challenge.

[@JCGver]

"Your dad is probably a bard that got lucky on a seduction roll against the big bad evil dragon"

[@beastwarsFTW]

@@JCGver "He's also a donkey."

[@danishaza6489]

How does even work btw?

[@LSHEVV]

@@JCGver Nah, Elf dad married a Silver dragon. *finger guns*

[@NinjaOfTheKyeboard1]

Triton: You thought it would be fun, but then the campaign never came close to a body of water larger than a puddle.

[@nickthedreamer4434]

Triton: What if you could be a surfer dude?

[@spyrosblt3320]

that seems so relatable for some reason

[@VioletRM]

As the DM of a campaign who has a triton player, this is beyond accurate

[@spyrosblt3320]

@@BiPolarBear223 WHAT exactly are you playing?

[@spyrosblt3320]

@@BiPolarBear223 no, i meant WHAT GAME ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT

[@connorcoltrane1777]

"If you like human, you also probably like fighter." Me: "Okay, that's not true-" "You probably think you're the most unique player at the table." Me: "...How does he know?"

[@DDilacerante]

Yes, I like humans. Yes, I have a big ego. But I NEVER play fighter, I'm TOO GOOD for that, I need to show my UNIQUE charisma skills with a rogue or bard... Wait, does paladin count as a charisma based fighter?

[@roaringlaughter3812]

Human fighters are so badd ass they stil win against other species that should have blown them to smithereens with their pinky cuz they just couldn’t stop monologing about it. A wood elf champion that did acrobatic flips with matrix jumps of walls while simultaneously dodging fireballs like it was nobody’s business (shield master ftw) Totally works with human as well, both versions. Had a player say: wait I thought fighters were basic.

[@connorcoltrane1777]

@@roaringlaughter3812 Totally. Of course, the main reason I tend to pick human is for that sweet sweet variant. Starting play with a feat is always very handy,

[@DDilacerante]

@@roaringlaughter3812 Well, I was joking in my last comment, but I totally agree with you.

[@deergod8292]

Connor Coltrane Congratulations, you are a power gamer.

[@WallBrotherOpossum]

Me: "Oh boy! A fantasy setting where I can be any of the cool races, and wield magic!" Also me: Human Fighter that uses Heavy Armor and Longswords

[@TheJawadAbdullah.]

My Brain: mostly chooses humans for some reason. My Heart: No one can defeat the indomitable human spirit!!

[@dank_smirk2ndchannel200]

Another reason for Kenku: "If your Kenku looks like a goose there's a good chance that you’re also playing a barbarian."

[@axelfirekirby]

Its a lovely day in Eberron and you are a horrible goose

[@popepepe6042]

Holy shit how have I never thought of this

[@LynxLycan2]

My friend is playing a goose kenku... This is accurate

[@kennyholmes5196]

Or if they look like a swan.

[@JamesDavy2009]

"HJÖNK, HJÖNK, AM GOOSE!" -Jacksepticeye

[@muscledgamer946]

"Human: popular opinion assumes you also like playing the fighter class, although your race is pretty generic, you see your character as the most unique person at the table." I... **looks at my human fighter character whom I love to death** ... yeah that's fair.

[@schwarzerritter5724]

"Also, I am True Neutral".

[@emilianocarnaya1602]

*Looking nerviously at my Human Battle máster*

[@SOJITZL]

Well, when you're the *only* human... who's also a Rune Knight... and a Muscle Wizard

[@MrPsych77]

Me who's very first character was a human battle master: I feel called out....

[@mr.trident1363]

Variant human fighters when they learn about a new feat: "This will be a fine addition to my collection."

[@teekomeeko]

I played a game alongside a Kenku that had been a scribe's apprentice at one point and had memorized whole speeches and long-winded academic explorations that he "recited" in bits and parts as speech. We called him Ted Talk Kenku and he was rad.

[@DumbTomato]

Basically, this guy talks like he's in a youtube poop?

[@supersnizelz]

Genius

[@mariafrancescavinci7196]

Oh my belly would have hurt laughing if you even changed tone and voice to recite them

[@brucelesourd3074]

Well played Kenku are a blast and your comrade sounds like they nailed it!

[@maieatedursuop]

That man is the biggest king I've ever seen

[@graciefarnsworth165]

I’m a beginning dnd player and I’m now excited to try new races having heard of some new ones (So far I’ve had trouble solidifying a group and only completed one campaign and I’m still with my first character that was a preset. A Dragonborn sorcerer with wild magic that enjoys turning things into ice cubes)

[@aceholepictures]

You completed a campaign? Must be nice

[@mittenvonscrufflears7233]

Mine is a Ranger/Horizon Walker tabaxi named Mitten Von Scrufflears, and his portals are called his "kitty door"

[@MisterDragon]

Drow/Dark Elf: Somehow you manage to out-edge the Tiefling.

[@khajiitimanus7432]

Yeah, that about sums it up

[@StFelixofAstora]

*You're probably a Drizzt clone

[@Katharoni]

Im making a back up character that's both because my freinds all have edgy characters and I dont want to be outdone-

[@StFelixofAstora]

@@Katharoni *tips fedora

[@LadyDoomsinger]

It's not "egde", it's "individualism". I don't have to justify my life choices! Leave me alone Mom, tattoos are cool!

[@TurahkFive]

Mindflayer: You're a HP Lovecraft fan.

[@mannycalavera8746]

And You have a fetiche with elf brains

[@mystrangebrain9240]

Indeed I am

[@IvoryTower779]

*Whistles very non-suspiciously* no idea what you are talking about.... Haha

[@warloxwill]

Mindflayer bard - Tentacle seductions with your own porno music

[@lestplatypus3517]

Yes.

[@walterlopez5054]

Warforged: you're a sci-fi fan that got dragged into the fantasy game. and this is the closest thing to playing a robot.

[@kingslushie1018]

I feel that 😂. Still like DnD 😂

[@dafish8492]

Lmao, I’m a WH40k player, and I got asked if I have any hobbies. Obviously, not wanting to sound a bit weird , I just reply with the ambiguous reply of ‘board games’. Little later down the line, I’m now an exact match of Imotekh the stormlord.

[@schwarzerritter5724]

You could ask if you can play as a Modrone.

[@erictorres6988]

Necron

[@TeardropLabs]

CORRECT.

[@joshuabower219]

As a Warforged paladin main, that description has me ROLLING. Somehow I became the dad of the group, and I’m still waiting to ambush an enemy after sitting under a river for hours (My DM let me not have to eat, breathe, and sleeping is a gray area)

[@DainnGreywall]

Kobold: You long for the day when you finally meet 2 other kobold players and a trench coat. Halfling: You also long for the day when you finally meet 2 other Halfling players and a trench coat.

[@withercat]

you know what i DO long for the day when i meet 2 other kobold players and a trench coat, you're completely correct

[@owenbever4689]

That was actually a character I played: A trio of Bickering Kobolds in a scraped Warforged. I had four separate character sheets: 1 for each of the Kobolds, and 1 for the Warforged. Officially, the names were Holg, Kress, and Kross and they called the Warforged Bolt. The party nicknamed the Warforged "Devastator". They return in other campaigns from time to time.

[@spinningpeanut]

We just need one more and we have our triad. I'm the 2ft high bear totem barbarian who was kicked out of her clan for not wanting to lay eggs forever. We have a platinum kolbold sorcerer who still worships his dragon and keeps sparing the dying on any enemy I don't decapitate. One more kolbold!

[@lunalee8174]

playing a halfling, one of the first people i met in the campaign were two goblins in a trench coat lmao

[@stormcrowlegendary3512]

@@owenbever4689 That's awesome.

[@JamIsSquared]

Fairy: either you are making an adorable innocent character, or you are making a character with a serious need for anger management

[@NimaHak3]

I’m assuming you haven’t played the game then right? cause there be no fairies

[@JamIsSquared]

@@NimaHak3 The fairies from unearthed arcana...

[@Victor-056]

...Seheriki, is that You??? O.o

[@ShinyShilla]

@@NimaHak3 Unearthed arcana, same manual with Rabbitfolks, Hobgoblins and Owlfolks I'm assuming you play only basics? /s

[@Zev0]

@@NimaHak3 hey

[@panheaddragonwolfpaw]

Warforged: You want to debate philosophy with the rest of the party

[@herald8765]

No, I want to become Iron Man

[@andrewpenn1145]

@@herald8765 No, I want to become Alphonse Eric.

[@nossea]

No, I want to debate philosophy with the rest of the party

[@BigMac8000]

@@andrewpenn1145 To be fair, Alphonse debates philosophy of his child-like values about every episode. Not mutually exclusive. He's good at it though!

[@BluBat42]

I was considered by two of the others in my party as "not alive." I played a druid and was made of living wood. I required water and, sunlight, and nutrients to "grow." I am definitely alive. I am at the very least a houseplant.

[@Mad_Dog_of_the_Regime]

I had the games with the tabaxi player who played exclusively tabaxi-catboys. I didn't hate it, him, or anything about it, just always found it a tiny bit wierd. He was the nicest person of the group. It feels so terrible that everyone just split at the end like we did. It hurts to remember.

[@shippey2489]

"Firbolgs are tree huggers." My arsonist firbolg: ...Uh...Yeah. Trees love me.

[@bubbykins4864]

Just blame the female banshee elf ranger, who, in this case, was probably not responsible for you burning down that big tree with houses on it.

[@ragnarosthefirelord_official]

@@bubbykins4864 SYLVANAS CONFIRMED TO BE A FAVORITE OF MINE. THE ELVES NEEDED THE WARMTH, HAVE YOU SEEN HOW PURPLE THEIR SKIN IS? I AM UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THEY ALL HAVE A SERIOUS CASE OF BLUE LIPS BUT SPREAD TO THE REST OF THEIR BODY.

[@hypnotisedpenguin]

Circle of Wildfire Druid supremacy.

[@Halomanx540]

Jokes on you my Kobold is currently on the quest to B E T H E D R A G O N

[@Nehu_22]

That's actually a pretty cool quest

[@mycenaeangal9312]

I like this

[@gnev1215]

why be a slave to a dragon when you can BE THE DRAGON

[@vigilabo3007]

Now I just imagine them standing on a high up spot and be like *”I see no god up here, other then M E”*

[@Skeranda]

Permission to base an NPC off this?

[@Thyrussiansanta]

Dragonborn: you started your first game and you think , hey dragon is cool

[@SpoopySquid]

I feel called out

[@lobsterwithfeelings8558]

My first ever character was a DragonBorn, which already isn't the best class, then I picked Ranger and that ended well.

[@dominator1548]

Take your like and leave.

[@zonkvervonk]

my first character was a dragonborn tempest domain cleric. he just wants to find a nice swamp in a rainforest and settle down. and no one can stop him.

[@sparrowthesparrow]

Jep, that's pretty much how it went for me X3

[@thehauntedruns]

warforged: You love having them be trapped somewhere for 30+ years untill the other members find you

[@obsessivelyobsessed5263]

Satyr: you used to be a bard main, but you've decided to just be a bard at heart while playing as a class that doesn't get mocked every 5 minutes

[@tuuperware]

me, exclusively playing satyr life cleric now

[@froggycatto]

Me, playing satyr wizard

[@Lite_Me_Up]

My first character was almost a satyr rogue, she wasn't going to be very good at her job lol

[@embroideredragdoll]

My Satyr is a bard bimbo with a valley girl accent and her sister is a druid with a Firbolg Fiancée, the bard was a fun character to play but I hope other people don’t mind her attitude.

[@kon6708]

As someone preparing to play as a Swashbuckler Entertainer Satyr, this hit way too close to home

[@Kirboobles]

I came here to be called out, but my minotaur and his wonderful and terrible rogue wife prevent me from being salty. NO, I LIED, WHY ISN'T HE BIGGER? UGHHHHHHH

[@BlaineSimple]

got 'em ;)

[@panheaddragonwolfpaw]

IKR. WHY DON'T THEY GET POWERFUL BUILD. IT MAKES NO SENSE

[@solinvictus6562]

Well I and the Dm are both Elder Scrolls lore fans so my minotaur character has married a St.Alessia copycat and are on a quest to destroy all elven kindoms

[@CErra310]

that's what she said

[@gabrielgomez4496]

@@panheaddragonwolfpaw They had it in 4e. But we don't talk much about 4e.

[@kingjester3628]

Drow: You wanted to play a angrier edgeier elf with darkvision

[@evandugas7888]

Sometimes cute Drow are fun. I am working on a good Drow of Eilistraee who is a Paladin who tries to make the bad people turn good through words. XD. She is a Redemption Paladin and later I want to multiclass into bard to get even more bonus on Persuasion checks lol

[@bladec7007]

Evan Dugas dude same! My drow is a bard who belongs to a family of traveling minstrels who escaped the underdark. Being one of the only players with dark vision is super fun too.

[@Aeroductile1]

tfw the dm puts the party in a very long very dark room to make it feel like the party is being attacked by the void except for the drow with spell sniper who knows exactly where the big bad is and can hit him as far as he can see him and then u get taken back above ground and suddenly are tripping up over everything and cant hit a stationary target because of sunlight sensitivity having to ask the dm what the weather is like after every long rest is something i didnt expect to be doing when i made this character

[@emelyberroa5024]

Yes.

[@potatoavalanche360]

I once had a kobold wizard who was weak af. The party was fighting a ghost in a haunted house and the ghost flew out the window. The kobold then proceded to leap after it. We don't talk about that anymore...

[@loops7624]

Never did I think I could ever not be alarmed by the sentence “If any of you have any other race stereotypes share them in the comments”

[@thetoaster6938]

lol

[@asanoodle1164]

other tabaxi player: i wanted to make my cat into a dnd character cause she constantly interrupts campaigns for attention and i love her so much and she deserves a character

[@irimac1806]

Nawwwww :) I wanted to honor my fur-grandma (my moms oldest cat i remember), my fur-mama (second oldest cat of my mum and a lot younger than the 1st) and my fur-sister (we were inseperable and I miss her every day) You go !

[@talitherose]

So instead of a “cat girl”, you’re a “cat mom” 😂

[@DeathnoteBB]

Also: “You came from Elder Scrolls and Khajiit was your favorite”

[@baymax9558]

I literally chose tabaxi to create a monk that could run over water because his speed was off the charts

[@magenstaffarts]

NGL I'm a mix of furry and this. I have a six-fingered Tabaxi ranger that is literally my younger cat.

[@paul24453]

"You see yourself as the most unique person at the table" Well, It's kinda hard to don't see myself as the most unique person at the table when my character is a human fighter Italian chef who seeks to create the ultimate pizza and who keeps mumbling about destroying his number one enemy "Papa John".

[@hundred2949]

Teach me your character creation ways

[@Cutegreydollwolf]

love that

[@adamlanglois563]

Buddy's original location in Detroit. Your welcome

[@Aodhan_Raith]

But...will he out-pizza the hut?

[@brandongalvan6603]

Stealing this.

[@cherudon5310]

My kenku bard uses sign language to speak. I "sign" in character and just say out loud what I'm signing.

[@agnetalykins7564]

Drow: For when the DM won't let the edgelord play a fallen Aasimar

[@accesssanity6083]

*For the sixth time in a row

[@bigsiskrishere]

Or like me, you play them for the ~°*a e s t h e t i c*°~ and can't follow through with making your character as jaded as they are supposed to be.

[@MrFleem]

Male drow: EDGE! Also, you want to be exactly like Drizzt, but missed the part where there's more to his character than edge. Female drow: Coomer

[@coriwimmer9847]

Either a evil dark edge lord, or seeking redemption.

[@barb2977]

I'm the paladin of vengeance fallen aasimar and the other tank is an drow arcane figther Our wizard doesn't like us It's very funny

[@DD-vz7vr]

"You're forever the DM" HEY! stop calling me out!

[@austinpoole8934]

Me too never bean the player

[@fritzskrivvens8727]

༎ຶ︵༎ຶ

[@murlocknight1427]

Yuan Ti are so cool though!

[@lancey_1680]

See I’m a forever dm that also enjoys min maxing so I do want to play bugbear and yuan-ti but most of all tabaxi cause I made a tabaxi build with 3400 movement in one turn ( can only do it once a short rest but I really want to see a dm’s face when I say “Yes I run 3000 feet away from the town guard.”).

[@ChibiKami]

@@lancey_1680 so you made Cheetu from Hunter x Hunter. Nice

[@sheevpalpatine2989]

Tortle: You play this literally just to mess with the DM

[@theatomicplayground]

My Tortle wizard has an AC of 19. And he specializes in Abjuration magic. I think I'm literally unkillable.

[@michaelkeha]

@@theatomicplayground no not unkillable just requires some creativity

[@shoeberrypie]

Give him a portkey and lure him to where the portal will show. Then polymorph to 4x your size and grapple him into it if he doesn’t immediately vanish from just having the key in his possession. Now your problem is in another plane 🙌🏼

[@duncanaldrich2573]

My Tortle rogue looks back at you innocently. "I didn't steal anything, I'm too slow."

[@theatomicplayground]

@@duncanaldrich2573 I helped our Gnome and Halfling steal a bunch of stuff from a blacksmith just by leaning up against the door of the storeroom so he couldn't get out.

[@svrvphimprod]

I would ask about mine, which wasn't listed, but I'm pretty sure it just means "rats are your favorite animal"

[@aquamarinerose5405]

Half Elf: You put more effort into who your characters parents are than who they are. Me with the half-elf hexblade who's sword holds the spirit of their ancient ancestor: You're half-right.

[@usualunusualfellow]

That actually sounds really dope tho

[@AshtonMonitor]

Kenshi Takahashi?

[@Snowthree]

Go Noble and you can really make it count.

[@aquamarinerose5405]

@@Snowthree well of course! Who else would be storing their great ancestor in a sword othed than some weird noble house?

[@OthelloSilvermoon]

I make half elves too expect all are orphan. So no parental back stories, wait.... they are fine guys their not sad that the don't have parents anymore fine really I'm not crying you crying dammit

[@ZelphTheWebmancer]

[Insert homebrew race]: you either want something very specific, or want to simulate a character/race from another media, or want to be OP. But know that it will almost never happen.

[@kylestanley7843]

@mr.wendigo *Dhampir Personally I like Sulis. Playing on in Pathfinder Kingmaker right now, he's a fun bloodrager.

[@zachmercer1065]

Or they just don’t have [blank] mythical/fantasy race in D&D

[@stm7810]

Yeah, used a neko just because anime, they think all politics could be solved by head pats.

[@camblycreeper7999]

The fact you are at all allowed to play it is a Privilige. Don't let it go to your head

[@zachmercer1065]

Axel Drans Honestly that’s substantially closer to England during the Imperial Era than the USA, considering the US is the protectorate and a major peacekeeper to like half of the world now, and has major trade agreements with most of them, it even stabilized and rebuilt Japan well above what it used to be after WWII. Meanwhile Imperial England sought to overtake India, North Africa, Australia, the Caribbean, Japan and the Americas. Also there’s hundreds of countries that enslaved people, dark-skinned or not; Japan oppressed and enslaved the Philippines, China and Korea, England enslaved various groups of people for a long time, Eastern Canada held a multitude of indentured servants from Scotland and Ireland, African countries themselves enslaved their own people before they were sold to other countries, the US isn’t the only country that did that or even the first. Also idk where you get that idea about Trump, he can be an asshole but he’s not a dictator lol Illithids are probably the most like England or Japan back when they wanted to conquer everything under the sun but even then I don’t think we have a good irl comparison. Would be pretty awesome to have them though I’ll agree with that.

[@thepolariam9450]

Dragonborn: Do not have tails. Half-Dragons: Have Tails.

[@nastube4052]

Unless you're in the crit role world, in which case noble dragonborn do have tails.

[@lucasvillasboas5562]

But do they have penises?

[@missingallmymarbles7670]

lucas villas boas and do they count as a lizard or as a crocodilians? Lizards and snakes each have two...

[@lucasvillasboas5562]

@@missingallmymarbles7670 There's no consensus. Wizards needs to clarify this once and for all. THE PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW!

[@au_gambit1136]

@@lucasvillasboas5562 why

[@tshirt_]

I audibly whispered “OKAY NOW WAIT A MINUTE.” in the half elf part

[@NRMRKL]

Warforged: You want to wear heavy armor but crawl into a bag of holding in stealth sequences.

[@Nukestarmaster]

Kek, I had my warforged character crawl into a bag of holding to get past a heat metal trap once.

[@giantdwarf9491]

I'm playing a warforged in my campaign and I never would've tight of that ooooo I need to next session lol, thank you

[@GearGearRingLeader]

Something fun you can do, if your DM Allows you to is be a Large Warforged spell caster with Misty Step, and teleport above your enemies to crush them. Chances are DM if they decide to allow this, which remeber they can always say no to, is that you will also take damage and or the enemy can make a dex save to roll out the way. Also do not abuse, unless you want the DM to heat metal in response.

[@kensoupcan4287]

"literally nothing is better than fire resistance" Bear totem Barb says "what about EVERYTHING resistance?"

[@Hadaron]

*Bear Totem Kalashtar Barb

[@BLUESLYF0X]

Except cringe damage....

[@furchad3574]

Kenku - Only able to mimic voices and sounds it’s heard, making their vocabulary poor. Me with a Kenku that was raised by a librarian that read him books every night - “So anyways...”

[@LinguaPhiliax]

How does that make the vocab look tho? Does he sound like a storybook narrator all the time?

[@quetuo3908]

@@LinguaPhiliax depends on how the DM rules it. Some DM's make the kenku also imitate the voice, in which case yes, the person would sound like they were narrating an adventure whenever they spoke. With other Dm's, the kenku is just able to use the words they know and have their own voice, in which case they could probably speak pretty normally once their vocabulary is large enough from all the books.

[@DeathnoteBB]

It’s weird cause every creature learns to talk my mimicking sounds they’ve heard. By all intents and purposes Kenku are just normal creatures who sound exactly like their parents

[@frankencraft3432]

I am currently playing a Goliath Bard(Born Satyr but he got cursed by some Elf Queen). My friends char is a kenku and our chars are a detective duo called regular Leg(Me) and baby leg. the kenku can talk normaly bc my satyr is very talktive to the point he took another char hostage with smalltalk.

[@brokenearth7079]

Like one of the Ms' from a wrinkle in time, I forget which one. The one who always speaks in quotes

[@SollowP]

Favorite moment I had playing as a Warforged Paladin was when we were infiltrating a place along the water. I had the brilliant idea of doing a Pirates of the Caribbean scene where my Warforged just walked along the bottom of the lake, totally unseen.

[@acromantulus]

Drow: You've read way too many Forgotten Realms novels.

[@tk1850]

i think i read all of drow stuf...

[@whiterabbit75]

I still got the Drow of the Underdark supplement book and the Menzoberranzen box set with my homebrew house.

[@KarlPHorse]

I just like Dark Elves in general.

[@danbelmont5714]

I want to play a Drow as Australian, just for the down under jokes

[@urquanoverlord2538]

and/or you're edgy.

[@SageSchispell]

Tiefling "edge lord" Me: "How da-" "Or fire resist." "You... I... look fire resist is good!"

[@pandapie2.08]

Honestly tho. My Tiefling character isn't even that outwardly edgy it's just that the fire resistance will be useful in the long run.

[@savathunthejudge914]

I think I might make a wholesome tiefling. He's just a normal optimistic knight for hire. Just looking for honest coin. Just wholesome man

[@jayyu8229]

Yeah, half of my Tiefling motivation is just fire resistance and dark vision

[@jimmykit-kat3424]

Did it for the edge and +2 charisma 😎

[@profsrlojohn635]

@@savathunthejudge914 Every Tiefling I've met or seen is either a jaded a-hole, or an absolute sweetheart. No in-between. Don't ask me why.

[@RangerAce1290]

My first D&D campaign I played a human bard who, of course, seduced a dragon. My second campaign was set a few decades after the first, and my character was a half dragon who was the child of the bard and dragon from the first campaign. The most fun we had was whenever the DM made a side quest out of one of the parents randomly showing up to spend time with their kid.

[@LyrictheFilthyCasual]

I got a campaign going.... Me and the DM are the only people who have played before and everyone else at the table is someone who has watched Critical Role or Dimension20 and really wanted to try out the game. The DM is my roommate and all the other players are remote. Our first-time-playing Bard, who's actually really unique in bard terms, has managed to do the most stereotypical bard thing ever without even meaning to. When he seduced that NPC, no one knew it was a dragon in disguise. Hell, right now I'm the only player who knows, and I only know because the DM is my roommate and was too amused at the most unusual "seduce the dragon" incident she's ever seen in her 40 years of playing!!

[@flyingstonemon3564]

Hilarious and somehow wholesome

[@Inaluogh]

Ugh. I'd much rather be a fisherman's son who's just a warrior than to go out on a venture to fuck a dragon JUST to play the draconic offspring and create an ever reoccurring ego manifestation of a character. It may be surprising, but the "regular guy" or the "average joe" type of characters are believed to be dime a dozen when it's the exact opposite.

[@flyingstonemon3564]

@@Inaluogh they're often npcs but never really player characters or main cast, It's always side stuff

[@Inaluogh]

@@flyingstonemon3564 I mean, if I didn't see it happen on a table with other players (not the dragon fucking kind but generally playing offsprings of cookie cutter broken powerplay characters), I would think that's an NPC as well.

[@danielrobinson7872]

I loved my gnome npc. Thimbleberry Brokenbranch was his name. He was a very elderly gnome bard with a long droopy nose that swung like a pendulum. He would often play with it with his tongue, slapping it back and forth. He was extremely short by even gnome standards. Only 2’1” and weighing 22lbs, he was a tiny thing. He had dementia, and was extremely chaotic and wholesome. He ended up adopting one of my party members. He eventually passed away from old age halfway through the campaign.

[@VenomBlade95]

"Half-Orcs are most likely to receive racist death threats." Tiefling: Am I a joke to you?

[@johncoffman6946]

Drow: really....REALLY????

[@fishyfishyfishy500akabs8]

Actual orcs: I confused...

[@cellardoor9360]

Actual actual orcs: Me would like to see puny homan beat orc in a race! Let alone kill orc after homan win. Would never happen..

[@Raphex5]

As though the players or the DM will ever be racist to a Tiefling or Drow. No, you're much more likely to get stabbed for doing really bad voice acting on a half-orc.

[@firebladeentertainment5739]

i always thought that tieflings are cannonically despised but still everyone wanna bone them Hot badboy/badgirls thats why my first char is (still using her) a tiefling life cleric with soldier background grumpy but very much a mom when it comes to small creatures also busty and im a guy who for some reasons is really good at playing strong female characters that feel belivable atleast i think that, i might be wrong. although playing as a dwarfen artificer who gets easily distracted by ore veins and who was kicked out for blowing up his guilds lab in attempts to recreate a rifle he saw was fun too hes chaotic good he does good when he can but easily gets distracted by stuff hes interested in. running joke is that i shouldnt mine during combat.

[@shadowdroid776]

"you forgot your dwarf has brewers supplies" Man I didn't, her entire scheme is "raging alcoholic", she's the worst thing I ever made and I love her ❤️

[@varmituofm]

I played a campaign were every character had to have a major character flaw. My character's flaw was that a gallon of beer would buy him faster than any other currency. It was by far the strongest PC in that campaign, and spent half the time murdering other PC's because the BBEG offered me a drink.

[@shadowdroid776]

@@varmituofm your character sounds amazing and mine would get along with your's quite well!

[@wolfen26]

I played as a near sighted centaur cleric that was a. married to a dwarf and b. a raging alcoholic.

[@brunettewithglasses]

"she's a menace but she's my menace 💕"

[@wolfen26]

@@brunettewithglasses My character had a pretty good relationship with her man. He was the only person she tolerated to ride on her back and by him doing that gave her a +2 on perception. She gave him height advantage in places like dense forests or tall grasses and he acted as her eyes.

[@moonlight2870]

Half-orc: you pick female half-orcs because you believe in the inherent eroticism of the expression 'step on me'

[@jrd3556]

shut up dude leave me alone

[@thehorse5307]

I don't pick female half orcs but on the topic of stepping on me Im definitely going to be romancing Lae'zel in Baldurs Gate 3 because I'm a hopeless person

[@aterribleperson9119]

THANK YOU

[@Npecal]

The Orc race: someone had to play as the strong dumb one, and you drew the short straw. Lame...

[@moonlight2870]

@@Npecal imagine not liking buff waifus

[@wouterknst4877]

Changeling = indecisive I feel so called out

[@melodiousapollo7307]

You missed one with Tabaxi: The person who just wants to min-max speed

[@ZenFr0g]

"Can I do a homebrew version of Tabaxi based on a different animal? Like a hedgehog with blue quills." "... y'know what, fine. Whatever."

[@SamiG96]

Had a friend do this. I think he was hoping to eventually have haste cast on him. I did the math, and with a tabaxi monk who has haste, longstrider and mobile, you can go fast. 1280ft in one round, that's 213.3ft/sec or roughly 64.6m/s, almost 1/4 the speed of sound. 232.7km/h, faster than most cars will ever have the pleasure of going. You're also experiencing a lot Gs as you do that, likely enough to knock most people unconscious lol

[@lordgino2006]

Samuel Goddard check out Tulok the Barbabrian channel. He convert popular character into D&D to be playable. And yes, sonic is stupid fast in his video

[@thefunkyfish5640]

The bullet

[@floofbirb4436]

skooma.mp3

[@I_XuMuK_I]

Stereotypical tiefling - edgelord. Actual tieflings : "Meeeet my friends, meet my friends...."

[@kimaragentles2714]

My news friends

[@theridley6451]

For me I see someone playing a tiefling and I go "Oh word so you're gay too? Radical"

[@dyrussdiscord7349]

Meet my friends on the other side

[@thornelson1411]

Cami-Cat reference?

[@gaylordrobinson1199]

Cami-Car moment

[@UnbackedCon]

Eh with Tabaxi it's honestly none of the given reasons, mines just because I love to hear my DM go "YOU CAN MOVE HOW FAST?" Personal highest so far was about 4,200 ft in one round

[@calibadgerdude6082]

Heh. I have a tabaxi college of swords bard build I desperately want to play with sometime. She’s literally designed to get in, strike, and get out of melee range again without taking reflex hits... all from outside the standard movement range of most creatures in the game. Tabaxi have some insane movement abilities as a race, and couple that with some of the sword skills from the subclass... At level three, she has the potential to move about 100’ every other round, with standard movement of 45’ in between. I doubt she’d ever quite match yours’ speed (assuming monk?) but I like the idea of a lightning fast fencer. One of these days... one of these days

[@UnbackedCon]

@@calibadgerdude6082 Well it's a heavy multiclass with a mix of 10 levels of monk, 5 barbarian path of the totem warrior with the Elk, 2 fighter and 2 wizard with the blade singer school . Obviously Mobile is a needed feat but it would need the boots of speed along with a haste spell effect for the higher end of speeds, forgot to mention the use of Longstrider. It's funny though as if I remember right someone managed to optimize speed so well they made a character reach orbital reentry speed (28,000 mph) though I think they used some kind of carry stacking for that effect

[@Wampao]

I can just envision this as your character using [ZA WARUDO] and looking like they're teleporting.

[@jymbeautuesday]

Yep yep. When I saw that I was all like: "they can move how much?!?!?! I want to play that!"

[@sokisoko_]

oh now I’m interested in the tabaxi

[@יותםדותן-ב8כ]

"everything else: You own every official d&d rulebook" Me, who has no books, barely has dice and loves a specific homebrew race: And I took that personally

[@mikhailthegreatestdragon3627]

"Literally nothing is better than fire resistance." Winged Bloodline tieflings: *Are you sure about that?*

[@novasiri7809]

Elemental Adept (Fire) Wizards: Hehehe.. yeah boi.

[@mikhailthegreatestdragon3627]

@@novasiri7809 *shush*

[@ZMSKfullpower]

Actually there is something better. Magic resistance.

[@klonoa7560]

@@ZMSKfullpower From Purebloods? The Magic Resist ability they get is not actually resistance. Its advantage on saving throws. So they still take full damage from spells, and have nothing against spells that don't allow saving throws.

[@klonoa7560]

The 100% Poison immunity on the other hand...

[@personofnointerest5302]

Me a Kobold Rogue: the only reason I am here is because they feed me

[@talitherose]

Valid.

[@DeathnoteBB]

“I like shiny things. These strangers let me keep the shiny things.”

[@SeaPupperEnthusiast]

About to be a kobold rogue in a pirate campaign! I am ready to be the feral child of the group!!!

[@rockyfalldownstairs]

@@SeaPupperEnthusiast No way, I have a Kobold wizard in a pirate campaign.

[@Nani-lc7ci]

@@SeaPupperEnthusiast I’m a goblin ranger and I’m basically what you described, but with accidental war crimes.

[@ddookkii]

my changeling pirate bard: *i mean. he’s not wrong.*

[@froggyfun1830]

Ok but that sounds like such fun and chaotic character to play

[@RenMagnum4057]

ngl you got me at the Half Elf part lmao

[@TheBlackSquirrel]

Drow: - Because regular elves are too basic for you. - You keep forgetting about your sunlight sensitivity, but not your superior dark vision. - You actually wanted to play a tiefling, but the party already had one, or you played one in a previous campaign, and you wanted something new and unique, but still "edgy".

[@dcope190]

Drow bard ftw 😂🤙

[@pryer39]

Hey i don't forget I always ask unless we are in a town or Forrest. Cause normally you got enough shade in those area

[@vanniyo8988]

Don't forget the spell resistance

[@silvercandra4275]

I wanted to know what sizes the different elven races have, because people keep calling me a dwarf. I found out that drow are only around 1,50m (5'2) and decided to read up on their lore... I now love drow.

[@paulkemp8520]

@@dcope190 I actually do have a drow bard with one level in warlock so I can use the robe of the arch magi. He is my groups soul support character, he is fun.

[@graveyardshift2100]

"Flight is op" One embarrassing net attack will change your mind.

[@persimmonp]

Being shot out of the sky repeatedly is a hilarious if not effective battle tactic.

[@Bluecho4]

Also, if not everyone has native flying, you'll end up with something similar to the "Thief sneaks ahead" scenario. Namely, that the Aaracokra player will inevitably end up in deep crap, because they're on their own. Worse than the thieves of old, actually, because at least the party could conceivably run to where the thief was if they get discovered. Have fun rushing to the Aaracokra's rescue when they had to fly to get into trouble to begin with.

[@goreobsessed2308]

Never go to high as long as the barbarians can't hit you you should be fine

[@goreobsessed2308]

@@Bluecho4 if your leaving your meat shields behind your doing something wrong. Even my assassin's stay within easy shortbow range. Sure no one knows their there but they give me high fives when I shank the bad guys running in

[@trequor]

Not to mention that there are about hundred flying monsters in the game. There are also many effects that knock things prone.

[@dank_smirk2ndchannel200]

Also Changeling: "You noticed that, because of how their rules were worded, you could get +3 to charisma. Because of that your favourite classes are Bard, Warlock, Sorcerer, and Paladin."

[@trevman10111]

I never realized this until just now, thank you

[@Matt_the_pirate]

Unless you take the UA version that gives you +2char and +1 to dex or int, and which has additional features that make the race better

[@DeathnoteBB]

@@Matt_the_pirate So a great Warlock who likes to steal?

[@Officer_duh]

I’m currently playing as a 2 ft. Tall Goliath that weighs 200 lbs rn, and I have no idea I’d that counts as dwarf, halfling, Goliath, or all of the above.

[@runningtoastgirl7766]

I make *so* many goblins whenever I'm not dming that night lol so true

[@xenojedi2769]

Well, my favorite character idea was a Goblin Artificer who was hellbent on saving his race and making them more civilized, so I suppose Goblins are my favorite

[@dodogt4012]

Right tho

[@kanevivi]

So far teifling and yuan-ti are the most used races I've played.... bard is most used class. Our dm stopped letting us use any race not in the phb, because he is still having a brain aneurysm from his works having fallen aasimar as a "hero" and a tortle barbarian that learned how to use words only when he is pissed. Oh and he sorta allowed a yuan-ti abomination monk.... her non-lethal is stronger then most things....

[@hatredy555]

Bugbear: When using a polearm in melee is just too close.

[@rafaelroaf-esparza4176]

Or you get spell sniper so you can green-flame-blade that extra five feet.

[@notjustaperson2259]

bugbear when 10d6 sneak attack dmg isnt enough for you while poking enemies from across the battlefield with your sharp pointy stick

[@dank_smirk2ndchannel200]

3:47 DM: "So why DO you like the Gith?" Me: "Badass reptilian space elf pirates who ride dragons and have moustaches that would make Genghis Khan cry tears of joy."

[@spaccorn]

Also spells, skills and proficiencies. Armored wizard. A race that lives on/in the bodies of dead gods. They are the most metal race (outside of Warforged who get a pass by being literal metal).

[@dank_smirk2ndchannel200]

@@spaccorn bonus points if your Gith is a bard who uses an electric guitar and has a MASSIVE head of hair. Explain away electric guitars being in a fantasy world by saying that it's Gith space tech.

[@AxiomofDiscord]

@@spaccorn Drow make me think Metal more so than Gith what music vibe do Drow give you?

[@alexkrill2617]

@@AxiomofDiscord Githzerai are exactly like the album Spirituality and Distortion by Igorrr. I think Githyanki would be less organic and more electronic.

[@maestromarat6195]

Centaur: you saw that one meme and want to make a centaur tower more than anything else in life

[@agarcia3986]

There IS a 4th person who chooses Tabaxi: The crazy cat lady. That would be me.

[@scouttyra]

... and one of my friends

[@WhiskeyFiend]

Was about to say im just a cat person lol

[@agomez7740]

I have one of those in my group

[@admiralsnackbar2811]

Helping my girlfriend make a character... "I want a cat, can I have a cat?" Totally! You can control a pet cat, summon a spectral pet cat, shape shift into a cat or YOU CAN BE A CAT ALL THE TIME.

[@XpVersusVista]

furry

[@Xohadarc]

Real reason for picking human: "You like feats"

[@demi-femme4821]

That's only variant human, tho. If you pick regular human, you either want to powergame by abusing the +1 to everything, or you're boring.

[@davidstratton696]

Nich White I seriously don’t understand y anyone would ever pick +1 to all stats over the variant human. I mean u really don’t need the +1 to your dump stats. As a variant human just pick resilient in con, wis, or dex (the 3 good saves) and u get 3 stats boosts and proficiency in a good save (or some other feat that could raise your an ability score by 1). And if your worried about more then 3 or your ability scores then your character is too mad (multiple ability dependent). U also get an extra skill proficiency on top of that as the variant. Regular humans suck.

[@dominiklange8382]

@@davidstratton696 resilient? I mean it's good, but for me variant human was always these people who know the game and used every advantage possible. Saying this as my DM allowed stat rolling and UA. *evil hand rubbing in INT 18 Level 1 variant human wizard with the Lucky feat.*

[@davidstratton696]

@@dominiklange8382 Resilient is amazing what u mean? And if people wanna build their character a certain way but need a feat to do that (ie crossbow mastery) then they can get that at lv 1. Or maybe they could get a feat that’s more outside of combat (ie linguistic) and it would still be better then the crappy regular human. To me your just gimping yourself if your playing a regular human. And y u being such a hypocrite if u choose to play as a variant human and choose the lucky feat? I’m guessing your a divination Wizard? Be even more busted if u were a halfling lol.

[@dominiklange8382]

@@davidstratton696 Sorry, was kinda dickish way I anwsered. You are right. Not a divination wizard, but I tried to go with Lore Mastery since UA. Also I like the thought of a Cold Damage Fireball

[@shellofwhatwas1563]

I had a pure human named "Bob", they were monk, who's written backstory was "likes punching things alot". He would commonly not use ki altogether, in fact by the time I was level 2 I still didn't use Ki at all, making the others in the party question if I was actually a monk to begin with, or some random that just really likes punching things. This got to the point where whenever Bob did use Ki, it would often surprise the others in the party (in character of course). Bob then tragically died when he tried to fist fight a wizard, who instantly killed him. I rolled in a new character who wasn't as basic, and the rest of the party members referred to Bob as "that guy" from that point on.

[@flyingstonemon3564]

I misread wizard as lizard and pictured bob punching a sentient blade wielding crocodile

[@moondrawsstuff1910]

One of my DMs said that in his campaign I wasn't allowed to fly, right as I finished creating my aaracokra. Still determined to play haha funny bird person, I made her a penguin. :)

[@esbenthegreat]

"You're upset your favourite race isn't the size of a real minotaur..." Wait... there are real minotaurs??!

[@R3GARnator]

They supposed to be BIIG

[@AshtonMonitor]

The minotaur race is smaller than the monster's size

[@pjdougherty6442]

I’ve once played as a friendly Orc Barbarian named Bob. It’s short for Bobalor the Destroyer. He’s been trying to deal with anger issues for years because he wants to make friends and help people, but his monstrous appearance and Berserker tendencies often scare potential friends away.

[@ChronicNewb]

My DM literally said "I've never seen someone use the halfling nat-1 reroll so much". I have such bad rolls

[@jacobdagun3670]

Check your dice, make sure they're not secretly weighted towards low numbers. Unless you're playing online, in which case I have nothing but sympathy for you

[@roseashford5143]

Same 😅

[@ashildrtheswift3028]

I once rolled a nat 1 after using the Lucky trait...