I like making my homebrew races in the new style, using standard Description, ASI, Language text. However, whenever I do this, I very frequently get flagged as too similar to Harengon (or oddly sometimes a random homebrew? that may be a different issue), despite the race not having any of the same unique abilities.
I use the following description text before each of my race brews, as I like being in line with the standard. Is it possible to remove this default rules text from the filter?
At 1st level, you choose whether your character is a member of the human race or of a fantastical race. If you select a fantastical race, follow these additional rules during character creation.
Ability Score Increases
When determining your character’s ability scores, increase one score by 2 and increase a different score by 1, or increase three different scores by 1. Follow this rule regardless of the method you use to determine the scores, such as rolling or point buy. The “Quick Build” section for your character’s class offers suggestions on which scores to increase. You can follow those suggestions or ignore them, but you can’t raise any of your scores above 20.
Languages
Your character can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and your DM agree is appropriate for the character. The Player’s Handbook offers a list of languages to choose from. The DM is free to modify that list for a campaign.
Creature Type
Every creature in D&D, including each player character, has a special tag in the rules that identifies the type of creature they are. Most player characters are of the Humanoid type. A race in this chapter tells you what your character’s creature type is.
Here’s a list of the game’s creature types in alphabetical order: Aberration, Beast, Celestial, Construct, Dragon, Elemental, Fey, Fiend, Giant, Humanoid, Monstrosity, Ooze, Plant, Undead. These types don’t have rules themselves, but some rules in the game affect creatures of certain types in different ways. For example, the cure wounds spell doesn’t work on a Construct or an Undead.
Life Span
The typical life span of a player character in the D&D multiverse is about a century, assuming the character doesn’t meet a violent end on an adventure. Members of some races, such as dwarves and elves, can live for centuries.
Height and Weight
Player characters, regardless of race, typically fall into the same ranges of height and weight that humans have in our world. If you’d like to determine your character’s height or weight randomly, consult the Random Height and Weight table in the Player’s Handbook, and choose the row in the table that best represents the build you imagine for your character.
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I like making my homebrew races in the new style, using standard Description, ASI, Language text. However, whenever I do this, I very frequently get flagged as too similar to Harengon (or oddly sometimes a random homebrew? that may be a different issue), despite the race not having any of the same unique abilities.
I use the following description text before each of my race brews, as I like being in line with the standard. Is it possible to remove this default rules text from the filter?
Frequent DM and player | Artificer of homebrew | She/Her