If you've seen the recent 'Creature Evolutions' article by Jeremy Crawford, you'll likely have noticed some... 'interesting' changes coming to DND. But save that discussion for another thread, this thread is concerned with one sentence in particular.
"We’ve also gotten strict about which monsters get the Humanoid creature type. This type is now reserved for creatures who are humanlike in their moral and cultural range. As we update older books, we’ll reassign some Humanoids to other creature types. When Monsters of the Multiverse is released, you’ll see that some former Humanoids are now Monstrosities, Fey, and other types."
Now, that raises an interesting question. What creatures are so un-humanlike, that they have had the title of humanoid stripped from them, and thus, gained immunity to Charm Person. Here's my top contenders for least human-like humanoids:
Skulk - Probably one of the least known humanoids, these creatures are soulless beings who got lost in the Shadowfell, who lost all sense of identity and thus became invisible to all except humanoid children. It always amazed me that these things aren't considered undead. It begs the question of whether a spell like Revivify would work on a dead one of these, considering they have no soul to put back into the body. For those who are thinking "Could I use Disguise Self to look like this and be invisible?", the invisibility comes from an ability, disguising as one would turn you into a hairless, featureless, visible humanoid.
Jackalwere - This is basically a jackal infected with human lycanthropy, it's true form is a jackal. This thing should surely be a monstrosity. I would have said there's an argument for beast, except if that were the case, it'd be abused by wildshaping druids for the Non-Magical damage immunity.
Yuan-ti Broodguard - A human who undergoes a ritual to gain a snake head (Yuan-ti Malison) becomes a monstrosity, a human who is forcefed a potion that slowly transforms them into an obedient reptillian slave that smells of rotting meat, is still considered a humanoid.
Gnoll should probally become fiends or monstrosity's, since their little more then walking hyena's with some extra demonyness, and are far from the human cultural range, since their barely even sentient.
If you've seen the recent 'Creature Evolutions' article by Jeremy Crawford, you'll likely have noticed some... 'interesting' changes coming to DND. But save that discussion for another thread, this thread is concerned with one sentence in particular.
"We’ve also gotten strict about which monsters get the Humanoid creature type. This type is now reserved for creatures who are humanlike in their moral and cultural range. As we update older books, we’ll reassign some Humanoids to other creature types. When Monsters of the Multiverse is released, you’ll see that some former Humanoids are now Monstrosities, Fey, and other types."
Now, that raises an interesting question. What creatures are so un-humanlike, that they have had the title of humanoid stripped from them, and thus, gained immunity to Charm Person. Here's my top contenders for least human-like humanoids:
Skulk - Probably one of the least known humanoids, these creatures are soulless beings who got lost in the Shadowfell, who lost all sense of identity and thus became invisible to all except humanoid children. It always amazed me that these things aren't considered undead. It begs the question of whether a spell like Revivify would work on a dead one of these, considering they have no soul to put back into the body. For those who are thinking "Could I use Disguise Self to look like this and be invisible?", the invisibility comes from an ability, disguising as one would turn you into a hairless, featureless, visible humanoid.
Jackalwere - This is basically a jackal infected with human lycanthropy, it's true form is a jackal. This thing should surely be a monstrosity. I would have said there's an argument for beast, except if that were the case, it'd be abused by wildshaping druids for the Non-Magical damage immunity.
Yuan-ti Broodguard - A human who undergoes a ritual to gain a snake head (Yuan-ti Malison) becomes a monstrosity, a human who is forcefed a potion that slowly transforms them into an obedient reptillian slave that smells of rotting meat, is still considered a humanoid.
Other creatures I think have a good chance of losing that category:
Firenewt Warrior, Quaggoth, Thri-Kreen, Xvart, Nagpa
Creatures I hope stay humanoids:
Gnoll, Troglodyte, Sahuagin
So, what do you think will no longer be humanoid?
Gnoll should probally become fiends or monstrosity's, since their little more then walking hyena's with some extra demonyness, and are far from the human cultural range, since their barely even sentient.
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