Devious serpent folk devoid of compassion, yuan-ti manipulate other creatures by arousing their doubts, evoking their fears, and elevating and crushing their hopes. From remote temples in jungles, swamps, and deserts, the yuan-ti plot to supplant and dominate all other races and to make themselves gods.
I want to play as a Kenku, and I have individually have purchased the race (from the Monster Manual) for research, but I am not able to select it as a playable race.
I am confused, as you can clearly select a portrait of a kenku in the character creator???
Do I need to purchase this race from a different book???
I want to play as a Kenku, and I have individually have purchased the race (from the Monster Manual) for research, but I am not able to select it as a playable race.
I am confused, as you can clearly select a portrait of a kenku in the character creator???
Do I need to purchase this race from a different book???
Hi OddlyOzzy,
The Kenku race is not from the Monster Manual, it is from Volo's Guide to Monsters. The Kenku in the Monster Manual is just a monster statblock to use as an enemy in a campaign.
Meanwhile in August of 2024, every link to Volo's is a 404 with a slime cube...
And my kids are looking in the physical players handbook which shows THIS IS AN OFFICIAL 5E RACE.
Why all the twists & turns? - How does this get resolved?
Volo's is Legacy content - books that are not longer representing the current direction of D&D and so have been pulled from the digital market. For more on Legacy content, see here. If you want the species offered in their current form, you will want to buy Monsters of the Multiverse, or if you already have, here is the page for the current Kenku.
I was attempting to create a character, but kenku isn't on the race seleciton panel.
Do you own the digital Volo's Guide to Monsters content pack? If not, no kenku race.
Devious serpent folk devoid of compassion, yuan-ti manipulate other creatures by arousing their doubts, evoking their fears, and elevating and crushing their hopes. From remote temples in jungles, swamps, and deserts, the yuan-ti plot to supplant and dominate all other races and to make themselves gods.
Did you make a purchase?
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It is great to know that I have to buy the digital copy... I own the physical copy of the book.
I feel the same. i own all physical books and still have to pay for this kind of content... no thanks
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i own volo's in d&d beyond but kenku does not show up for race selections. Neither do the evil ones for that matter, like bugbear. ideas?
weird.... working just fine for me. Was a recent buy? or u just figured that now?
better try contact by submitting a request: https://dndbeyond.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=602788
I want to play as a Kenku, and I have individually have purchased the race (from the Monster Manual) for research, but I am not able to select it as a playable race.
I am confused, as you can clearly select a portrait of a kenku in the character creator???
Do I need to purchase this race from a different book???
Hi OddlyOzzy,
The Kenku race is not from the Monster Manual, it is from Volo's Guide to Monsters. The Kenku in the Monster Manual is just a monster statblock to use as an enemy in a campaign.
You can scroll down in the Volo's Guide to Monsters entry in the Marketplace and find the purchase of just the Kenku race for $1.99.
my frend has it on his but i do not
If I were you I would copy and paste it into homebrew and use that
Perfect solution! Thanks!
Can we not purchase just the races anymore? It seems to be that I can only purchase the full Monsters of the Multiverse :(
yes, a la carte purchasing was removed.
yeah... wonderful.
Meanwhile in August of 2024, every link to Volo's is a 404 with a slime cube...
And my kids are looking in the physical players handbook which shows THIS IS AN OFFICIAL 5E RACE.
Why all the twists & turns? - How does this get resolved?
Volo's is Legacy content - books that are not longer representing the current direction of D&D and so have been pulled from the digital market. For more on Legacy content, see here. If you want the species offered in their current form, you will want to buy Monsters of the Multiverse, or if you already have, here is the page for the current Kenku.
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