Unless you choose not to, then yes your character should know the 'Trade tongue' aka Common.
I got ya. I was thinking more in relation to the brain size, and the way they think.
Lizard folk have no intelligence penalty, so they can be as intelligent as any other character. No reason you can’t have lizardfolk wizards and artificers. :) As for “lizard brain” vs “mammal brain” in biology, lizard folk can be as advanced beyond real world lizards as humans are advanced beyond mice.
Getting into them thinking differently could be quite interesting, however, IF it adds to the fun rather than becoming an obstacle to it.
When I was DM'ing my friends through an adventure that included Lizardfolk, I leaned into the idea that they're very literal-minded and they don't have a lot of the emotional hangups that humans have... for example, they eat their own dead, and the process of butchering and cooking someone they knew is treated as a communal learning experience... to examine what made this person strong, what made them weak, maybe recalling how they got a particular scar, and repurposing their body to still be helpful to the tribe. They completely didn't understand metaphor so the players were constantly in situations where they would describe something as "cool" or try to give a compliment that the lizardfolk just didn't understand.
Unless you choose not to, then yes your character should know the 'Trade tongue' aka Common.
I got ya. I was thinking more in relation to the brain size, and the way they think.
Lizard folk have no intelligence penalty, so they can be as intelligent as any other character. No reason you can’t have lizardfolk wizards and artificers. :) As for “lizard brain” vs “mammal brain” in biology, lizard folk can be as advanced beyond real world lizards as humans are advanced beyond mice.
Getting into them thinking differently could be quite interesting, however, IF it adds to the fun rather than becoming an obstacle to it.
When I was DM'ing my friends through an adventure that included Lizardfolk, I leaned into the idea that they're very literal-minded and they don't have a lot of the emotional hangups that humans have... for example, they eat their own dead, and the process of butchering and cooking someone they knew is treated as a communal learning experience... to examine what made this person strong, what made them weak, maybe recalling how they got a particular scar, and repurposing their body to still be helpful to the tribe. They completely didn't understand metaphor so the players were constantly in situations where they would describe something as "cool" or try to give a compliment that the lizardfolk just didn't understand.
Dude, that is really cool. That had to be fun to DM, and for the players to experience.
If your dm is really cool I Personally would go with Mondo Geko from nija turtles a radical skateboarding lizard dude a monk of some kind or Wizard gravity one from wildmount that way you could make Tony Hawk jealous with trixs that defey the laws of physics.
Unless you choose not to, then yes your character should know the 'Trade tongue' aka Common.
I got ya. I was thinking more in relation to the brain size, and the way they think.
In regards to "brain size" - Lizardfolk are not dumb. Just to be clear. They've developed cities, use weapons, armor, clothing, can speak.
You can have the Lizardfolk you play be dumb, with low INT and WIS scores; but if you wanted to make a Lizardfolk wizard, who is a scholar, there's nothing stopping you.
Unless you choose not to, then yes your character should know the 'Trade tongue' aka Common.
I got ya. I was thinking more in relation to the brain size, and the way they think.
In regards to "brain size" - Lizardfolk are not dumb. Just to be clear. They've developed cities, use weapons, armor, clothing, can speak.
You can have the Lizardfolk you play be dumb, with low INT and WIS scores; but if you wanted to make a Lizardfolk wizard, who is a scholar, there's nothing stopping you.
I hear ya. To me, it seems weird to have a Lizardfolk be a wizard. But, that is just me and my imagination, getting used to playing this game.
When I was DM'ing my friends through an adventure that included Lizardfolk, I leaned into the idea that they're very literal-minded and they don't have a lot of the emotional hangups that humans have... for example, they eat their own dead, and the process of butchering and cooking someone they knew is treated as a communal learning experience... to examine what made this person strong, what made them weak, maybe recalling how they got a particular scar, and repurposing their body to still be helpful to the tribe. They completely didn't understand metaphor so the players were constantly in situations where they would describe something as "cool" or try to give a compliment that the lizardfolk just didn't understand.
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Dude, that is really cool. That had to be fun to DM, and for the players to experience.
If your dm is really cool I Personally would go with Mondo Geko from nija turtles a radical skateboarding lizard dude a monk of some kind or Wizard gravity one from wildmount that way you could make Tony Hawk jealous with trixs that defey the laws of physics.
In regards to "brain size" - Lizardfolk are not dumb. Just to be clear. They've developed cities, use weapons, armor, clothing, can speak.
You can have the Lizardfolk you play be dumb, with low INT and WIS scores; but if you wanted to make a Lizardfolk wizard, who is a scholar, there's nothing stopping you.
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I hear ya. To me, it seems weird to have a Lizardfolk be a wizard. But, that is just me and my imagination, getting used to playing this game.
Flavor not as a wizard then, but as a "shaman." :)
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Lizardfolk (OG version) Necromancer. So you make weapons out of your defeated enemies and give them to your undead.