I just really want to make a list of homebrew player species that're either very much desired or very cool & unique whilst also aligning with how species are now designed mechanically for the most part.
Here are the requirements for the species:
•Must give you the choice of either increasing 1 ability score by +2 & another by +1 OR increase 3 different ability scores by +1. NO PRESET ABILITY SCORES.
•Species must either be Medium, Small, or let you choose one of the 2. If you're adapting a monster into a player species that's originally large but can be argued as 8 feet tall or below, set their size to Medium. (Think Centaurs.)
•The species must stand on their hind legs or some equivalent (like the bottom half of some sort of animal), & must have at least 2 arms that they can pick up things with & use most items with.
•Species lore can either be as brief as MotM or as expansive as Volo's. No very short lore & no empty lore.
•Make sure the species' traits & lore are formatted well & are readable.
•No meme or joke species.
•Must have at least 30 feet of movement no matter size.
•Must know common & one other language; either of their choice or preset (preferably choice). The species can know additional languages if they have some sort of trait or feature that allows them to.
•Subspecies are allowed so long as the name communicates what their main species is.
•You can ignore established lore about alignments.
•(OPTIONAL) Add a photo.
•And finally: TRY TO KEEP THEM BALANCED. You guys are likely much better at determining that stuff than I am.
I've already found a couple thus far that fall under what I'm looking for:
Here are also some species I'd personally love to see under these requirements:
•An anthro canine species
•Galeb Duhr
•A bear species
•Illithids (Mind Flayers)
•Driders or a Drider equivalent
•Giraffe People
If you know of any species, created any species, or wanna suggest better versions of the species I linked, go ahead & reply with them. I'll update the list as time goes on. Let's see what we can put together :)
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I just really want to make a list of homebrew player species that're either very much desired or very cool & unique whilst also aligning with how species are now designed mechanically for the most part.
Here are the requirements for the species:
•Must give you the choice of either increasing 1 ability score by +2 & another by +1 OR increase 3 different ability scores by +1. NO PRESET ABILITY SCORES.
•Species must either be Medium, Small, or let you choose one of the 2. If you're adapting a monster into a player species that's originally large but can be argued as 8 feet tall or below, set their size to Medium. (Think Centaurs.)
•The species must stand on their hind legs or some equivalent (like the bottom half of some sort of animal), & must have at least 2 arms that they can pick up things with & use most items with.
•Species lore can either be as brief as MotM or as expansive as Volo's. No very short lore & no empty lore.
•Make sure the species' traits & lore are formatted well & are readable.
•No meme or joke species.
•Must have at least 30 feet of movement no matter size.
•Must know common & one other language; either of their choice or preset (preferably choice). The species can know additional languages if they have some sort of trait or feature that allows them to.
•Subspecies are allowed so long as the name communicates what their main species is.
•You can ignore established lore about alignments.
•(OPTIONAL) Add a photo.
•And finally: TRY TO KEEP THEM BALANCED. You guys are likely much better at determining that stuff than I am.
I've already found a couple thus far that fall under what I'm looking for:
•Abeil (Bee People) by LordLatro (https://www.dndbeyond.com/races/1540103-abeil)
•Bullywug by DeansMemes (https://www.dndbeyond.com/races/1520313-bullywug)
•Dryad (with Subspecies) by Nerdy_Kirby (https://www.dndbeyond.com/races/1095884-dryad)
•Geppettin (with Subspecies) by Phelegethon (Original from Valda's Spire of Secrets) (https://www.dndbeyond.com/races/1460168-gepettin)
•Gnoll by MsBuckets (https://www.dndbeyond.com/races/998867-gnoll)
•Myconid by BardinG (https://www.dndbeyond.com/races/1513012-myconid)
•Spiderborn by Erik_Alexander_Redwing (https://www.dndbeyond.com/races/707059-spiderborn)
•Yuan-Ti Abomination by GiffsNGuns (https://www.dndbeyond.com/races/1375381-yuan-ti-abomination)
Here are also some species I'd personally love to see under these requirements:
•An anthro canine species
•Galeb Duhr
•A bear species
•Illithids (Mind Flayers)
•Driders or a Drider equivalent
•Giraffe People
If you know of any species, created any species, or wanna suggest better versions of the species I linked, go ahead & reply with them. I'll update the list as time goes on. Let's see what we can put together :)