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I made a Yuan-Ti Barbarian that is all bark and no bite. So all about Charisma and no real combat potential. 8 Str 6 Con 8 Dex... like any good Barbarian. Seriously tho 20+ Charisma and Charlatan Background. Imagine if you will a buff looking snake person in fancy barbarian like attire; wielding an axe that looks well used and expertly maintained... except if anyone else were to hold it they would realize the axe is fake... Nerf or nothin fake. All the survival feats they mention are factually true in that they lie through omission by not mentioning others parts in a fight. Luck Feat and Actor; they live by the bluff and die from the bluff I made them to be RP only. In combat his team has an insane Monk and about 8 others. I made them for a self campaign where I play all roles but plan none of the sessions. So 10 is not to bad. All 10 were built around some theme or gimmick rather than min-maxed. The monk for instance fights with their feet instead of hands so they can Perform with their violin and literally dance upon the corpse of the dead (trampling them with river dance); However my dice loved the joke giving me 17+ rolls on all perform and athletic checks made to keep the joke combat style going. After the 3rd Nat 20 in a row I gave them Performance proficency. A firbolg Acolyte Rogue named__________ (not filled in) with the nickname Golden Silence... that liked to roll bad for stealth. Others that were weird. But the Barbarian that could not fight only start them was definitely one of the weirder members.
@@DanielTomilson full action to activate for Volo's, as well as friendly fire on both Scourge and Fallen versus bonus action and no friendly fire. Volo's may deal more in a long fight, but the attacks you lose spending that action puts you considerably behind in total damage for the early turns in a fight.
@@MrTyhik Yeah, only class that I think can reall shift the action economy back into the Volo's version's favor is Sorcerer with Quickened spell, so you can use that big damage buff as soon as you get it. Like, say, a Volo's Protector Aasimar Sorc could shift, fly up, then quicken out a AOE, dealing massive damage all around, but choosing whoever looks like they are the biggest threat to take the big radiant burst. Volo Scourge could also work in this example, but they cant fly and they take self damage, which on a d6 hit die class is more than a little risky. Though I suppose it could work as a combo with the Wither and Bloom spell along with a Bloodwell Vial if you can get your hands on one.
Fun fact: Since Initiative is a Dexterity-based ability check, and Harengon let you add your proficiency bonus to Initiative rolls, a 11th level Harengon Rogue with Reliable Talent can use it on their Initiative rolls, meaning with a DEX score of 16, at 11th level, the lowest a Harengon can roll is 17 on Initiative.
@@Dudeman9339 Initiative rolls are Dexterity checks, my dude; everything Carter said is correct. Perhaps it is you who ought to do some additional reading and review
@Dudeman9339 Reliable Talent says that any roll "for an ability check that lets you add your proficiency bonus" has a 9 or lower count as a 10. The rules for initiative specifically say that initiative is determined by rolling a Dexterity check. Harengon add proficiency to initiative, and initiative is, RAW, a Dex check, so Reliable Talent absolutely applies. Likewise, Harengon bards would not be able to apply Jack of All Trades to their initiative, but every other race of bard can.
Actually, Water Genasi get Darkvision as well. I do agree that the change from Shape Water to Acid Splash sucks, which is why my table agreed to use Shape Water instead.
Yeah that ranking kinda annoyed me. Yes it's lame that Wizards refuses to even mention spells from other books with every new release, but all the other changes in MotM were straight additions to the race.
Changeling don't JUST change shape, they also perfectly imitate the vocalization which is something that disguise self cannot do. It is way better than "disguise self at will" it's also, essentially, a supercharged version of Actor feat as well as the rules say you categorically sound like them. No check required.
And, there is literally no way to see through it or know you are talking to a Changeling unless you saw them change. The only way I know how to forcibly remove the effect is Moonbeam and only way to see through it is with True Sight. Oh, and they are immune to Polymorph.
@@CorvusCorone68 one reliable "test" is if they appear to be a species that counts as humanoid target them with a spell that can only target humanoids. You'd have to pick a spell with no save, even Polymorph is an imperfect test as a failure could be down to them refusing to fail the test out of fear and them succeeding the will save. The spell Detect Good And Evil will reliably detect that someone who appears to be Humanoid is actually Fey (or aberration, celestial, elemental, fiend, or undead) With the ritual spell Forbiddance and consuming 1000gp you can permanently ward a massive area (equal to 200x200ft square) against Fey so that they take auto-damage. No save. However, if you know the password that was set you can enter the area or you can use dispel magic. Might be interesting for intrigue finding what the password is.
Honsetly, the highest ranked race is always the one you want to paly and fit your character :). People, don't get discouraged or encourage to play something just because it's "good" or "bad" except centaur, no being able to go up stairs will suck reaaaaally bad...
Playing what you want--that's OK. That being stated, optimization is not a bad thing that some people make it to be, falsely equating it with min-maxing. Everyone wants their character to be good at what they do, and having low stats in your character's primary abilities is more than likely going to hurt the party and your enjoyment.
@@isaacgleeth3609 That isn't really what I was saying. I just think that every single race can be viable and enjoyable, I didn't say that you should purposefully make your character bad.
I'm confused. Did you only talk about races that got some kind of update in that later book? If so, did all of these get updated that way? Is there a video where you discuss EVERY race? I was interested in your thoughts on races like Dragonborn and Leonin. Leonin especially because there are SO few videos out there talking about them and I don't understand why
Probably because it’s specifically from monsters of the multiverse. And the races you mentioned aren’t even in that book…? Maybe read the fucking title?
Shadar-Kai are my new favorite class from MMOM. Whoever wrote that race was higher than a Aarakocra on speed. Plus I keep picturing Duncan Idaho just yelling _"Shadar-Kai"_ at the top of his lungs, while a band of shadow elfs just appear out of nowhere inside the castle.
Water genasi got done real dirty when they lost shape water. I once played a water genasi rogue that used that spell to trip people with ice for easy sneak attacks.
You should do this for each individual race. A tire list of each version from different books and stuff. Just because some are nerfed or buffed. And because it’d be cool if a dm let you pick which version of the race you want. Also maybe do the same for classes.
I'm so glad the community is recognizing the rp potential, uniqueness, and mechanical benefits of shifters, I always felt they were an untapped goldmine, especially after the MPMM re release which allows more shifts per long rest.
Allow more shifts per long rest by nerfing the amount of shifts per long rest (min 3 max 8+ down to min 2 max 6)? Ah yes and water is superheated plasma.
@@ANDELE3025 If your DM is such a pushover that you can take 8 short rests per day with no consequences then go right ahead. I have literally never played more than 3 in a day and especially never during the high stakes fast paced adventuring days when having those extra shifts would count the most.
@@Hungry_Burger Its not a question of the DM, its a question of player agency. If you dont know how to efficiently use resources thus only have 2-4 fights a day, thats on you not the DM. Either way, mathematically and for any RAW playing table thus objectively SR reset to PBLR is a nerf to a racial.
Yuan-ti are just busted in Volo's guide to monsters, IMMUNITY TO POISON DAMAGE and resistance to MAGICAL DAMAGE. I imagine this rogue sneaking into aristocratic parties, getting everyone's drink poisoned and just taking sips casually as everyone around it dies. OR the rogue locks the ball room's doors and let's out a bunch of poisonous snakes from a pouch it carried in and casts the spell Animal Friendship so they don't attack it (by the way, he forgot to mention you can cast that spell as many times as you want with this feature but like he said, as long as it's a snake).
Even though the Rock Gnome isn't as buffed as the Deep Gnome, only 60ft dark vision, I had to go with Rock Gnome for that Music box. I have a spotify Playlist of classics for when I need situational songs and its so good for rp🎵 .
My favorite ever character I've made was a Bloodhunter Goblin in the order of the Lycan. I rolled a 17 when building him, so he started with 19 dex, 8 strength, 12 con, 14 int, 7 cha and 10 wis. He dual wilded scimitars and the DM let his hybrid form looked like a Barghest. He was chaotic good and was the opposite of a compulsive liar, in that he couldn't keep a secret if his life depended on it and it led to a whole lot of trouble for our group. God, he was fun as hell.
Small side note for Harengons, the Boots of striding and springing is broken on them as it triple their jumps. thats a 90 foot jump(at lvl 20) as a bonus action that doesnt provoke opportunity attacks
Eladrins fey step for spring is an amazing movement tool. You can reposition your allies or get them where they need to be. Its both great as a martial and a spellcaster since most spellcasters dont use many bonus actions apart from spiritual weapon healing word misty step (which fey step basically is) or Quickened spells.
I wish there were two kobold variants, with one keeping pack tactics since the new kobold doesnt really work with any old kobold build anymore, like ranger that I was using now cant get advantage with a bow :/ AND playing around sunlight sensitivity was really cool gameplay challenge
@@dreamcream3738 you could but if you want to play one in an adventures league or did not own it before bnd beyond took it off if thats what you use to make charecters, then well your just shit out of luck
@@namethefifth7315 Physical media and Casual Play ftw. Not everything has to be a god damned tournament setting like Smash Bros no items fox only final destination
So many good races. I've made a lot of character, haven't played them but making is half the fun. I think some of my favorite was Tortle Battlesmith/Chronlorgy Wizard, Eladrin Creation Bard/Celestial Warlock, Lizardfolk Gloomstalker Ranger/Battlemaster Fighter, Kenku Echo Knight/Phantom Rogue, Shadar Kai Twilight Cleric/Circle of Stars Druid, and Tabaxi Path of Giant Barbarian/Rune Knight. I also had this Kobold Sorcerer that was really high on stuff I wanted to try. It was going Draconic Bloodline: Black dragon for acid bonus and get Transmuted Spell so I could change Fireball into Acidball.
Lizardfolk still get the ability to chop up a body and turn it into weapons in my games, one of the most interesting and creative ideas for an ability I've ever seen
@@digifreak90 Down side for Custom Lineage. If you're a Warforged, then the CL Warforged won't have the same effects as the original Race. Since Warforged come with many effects.
@@absolstoryoffiction6615 well duh, the racial features are replaced by dark vision and a feat with +2 to an ability score. Vhuman and CL are pivotal to some of the op builds and outside of that can be great just for flavor feats that fit your character's backstory.
Something everyone COMPLETELY overlooks on Aasimar, the flight has zero notes at all about heavy armor. That means your flight (despite only being 1 minute) can go on your giga tanky paladin or barbarian and steam roll hard encounters
Finally have been able to start playing D&D after a long, loong time. Never got to play really. Now that our campain started I constantly brainstorm characters, and a video like this is a blessing, a compendium of knowledge. Much appreciated, love your videos man, you have been a constant source of inspiration ever since I finally got back into the game. Keep up the great work 🤘
I do agree with the Water Genasi thing. They were my favourite race and my long term character is a Watet Genasi. It hurts how much Wizards seems to hate Water Elementals in general.
You know they actually received Dark Vision and an additional spell with MotM? They only took away Shape Water because they refuse to list spells that were released outside of the new printed material (and Player's Handbook). Odds are most reasonable DMs will let you swap out Acid Splash, because at the end of the day it's not really a big deal. Water Genasi may not be the #1 varient out of the bunch but have received nothing but buffs, and certainly aren't a bottom tier race.
The great thing about DnD is you can ignore shitty changes like this and continue to play water genasi with shape water, that's exactly what I'm doing in my current game
@@Cosmo_Samoyed They lost their swim speed, water breathing, and Shape water and instead gained 60ft darkvision, acid splash and then water walk at 5th lvl, that's not much of a buff. . . . .Seems worse to me. half water elemental and can't even swim.
@@Noobie2k7 Someone must’ve changed the wikidot page, because all that was still there last time I looked. And every screenshot of the book I can find on the internet begs to differ
@@Noobie2k7 what tf are you talking about? The screenshot he shows in this video shows they have a 30ft swim speed, and can breathe air and water. So all they lost was shape water.
Shadar Kai are insanely good. I was seriously debating between them and Owlin when figuring out my rogue. I ended up choosing Owlin because flying seemed like it would offer more fun RP, but I guarantee the teleport with damage resistance would have more actual impact in combat than flight has.
I'm playing a Rogue/Battlemaster Shadar-Kai and she is awesome! One great ability that he left out is that you can wake up after a long rest and chose any two skills OR TOOLS to be proficient in, can really add versatility to your character. And teleporting to sneak attack/use battle manouvers is amazing.
We had a Tortle Grave Cleric in my game. Our favorite combo move was for the Sorcerer (Me) to cast catapult on him and launch him into enemies. We even gave him some spikes and a cool coat of blue paint for his shell. It was sweet.
@@animemaniacforever Then maybe he should include that in the title so it isn't misleading? Then again, a lot of this channel has painfully clickbaity titles, so maybe that's on purpose.
Changeling are my favorite race to play, even if their shapeshift feature isn't used. I have a hard time playing any other race because of my love for changeling.
11:18 Don't forget prof in initiative rolls means it stacks with rogue's reliable tlent at 11th level, which covers one of the main cons of Assassin rogues
Okay, ignore everything in the tier list. This is the ONLY CHANNEL where I refuse to skip past the ads, because they’re always some flavor of hilarious and awesome.
Yeah DnD Shorts' reaction was a little silly, yes changing Shape Water to Acid Splash is lame, but they do that with every new release. Basically if it's not printed in the book or any core rulebook, Wizards won't even suggest it as an option. Other than that they got Darkvision and a new spell, which is awesome if you ask me, a straight buff from Elemental Evil!
Good stuff man. Forwarding this vid to a couple newer players in my group. Edit: for better clarification, the sheer amount of breakdown in each race is the why I'm sharing, not necessarily for the ranking system.
Awesome List! I love this and can't wait for part 2!!! I will say that I'm surprised that you "only" rank flying as A tier (fairy), i would've thought S tier for them for sure! I guess i'll have to wait to see where the other fliers rank up! :)
I myself have recently started entertaining the idea for a Yuan-ti Hexblade, and while the power is nice; I mostly did it because I like snakes (in fact I have a pet one) and I've always been more drawn to the more exotic reptilian races when it's come to RPGs in general to. Hence why if the snake person is ever off the table otherwise I'd play a dragonborn instead. I mean hell, second edition dungeons and dragons had the saurions; dinosaur people!
1: dinosaur people must be Jurassic Park'd 2: I have personally been fondly attached to dragons and other mythical reptiles, which is why I love kobolds because small snake people that roar and can, mechanically, set off Sneak Attack as a rogue, despite the Sneak part being thrown completely out the campaign window
@@isaacgleeth3609 I'd award the Chef Feat purely for role play if you did this. That would be a great RP moment for the party. "The soup is great, what is it?" "Bandits"
Love this guy, the only d&d RU-vid content creator that ever responded to me in a comment. I laid off the DND vids for a while and, ah man, I've missed your stuff for sure. Thanks for all your hard work.
Finally some Shifter love. They are in my top 3 races maybe top 5. They are definitely slept on. Eventually someone on Crit Role will use one and they will blow up lol.
Fairy flight is one of the best versions of racial flight because it's equal to their walking speed, it isn't set to 30 feet. Meaning any movement boosting ability like longstrider, or playing a monk, will make the fairy's flight faster. Just thought it should be mentioned though, I don't think they're quite S tier.
Monk unarmored movement has always applied to all movement speeds a character has (Jeremy Crawford stated as much on twitter) meaning that the original Aarakocra would get its 50ft flying speed boosted by it. (Also, the Monsters of the Multiverse Aarakocra also get a flying speed equal to their walking speed.)
Quick note about fire genasi: they actually get the flame blade spell, not the green-flame blade spell (easy mistake, I'm aware). Far from being the lesser cousin of shadow blade, flame blade is actually even better than shadow blade. Why? Because its attacks use your spellcasting ability modifier, not your strength or dexterity like shadow blade.
@@absolstoryoffiction6615 it doesn’t unfortunately, flame blade acts similarly to shadow blade and creates its own weapon. That would work well with green-flame blade though
@@hectorwalker3229 I see... As an Eldritch Knight, I tend to stack Flame Tongue with Green Flame Blame or Booming Blade. Even the Aasimar's Radiant Damage Buff stacks in this combo since it has a good duration. Then stack something like Major Image for the spectacles.
Blade Ward as Bonus Action with Multiverse Earth Genasi scale REALLY good on higher level compared you casting it Normally Also they still have Pass Without Trace, a really good 2nd level Spell that only Druid and Ranger have, i feel like they should be at least A Rank alongside Air Genasi
Earth Genasi are a "rock solid" choice, currently running an earth genasi hexadin. Blade ward is super neat when I get surrounded, and the fact that I can keep hitting the guy is great
Worth noting that the aasimar's Healing Hands ability says nothing about not working on undead or constructs (unlike cure spells) So you can be a pal to your modron marching buddies or your zombie backup dancers and patch them up when they get ouches. 👍
I did amuse myself one time by making a fairy warlock of the fathomless so she could have good walk, fly, and swim speeds from level 1. Was planning on adding a level of twilight cleric for all those mad bonuses too.
Yeah, when I found out about shadar kai, I thought "They get all the benefit of elves with better version of misty step multiple times a day? I'm definitely playing one eventually."
My orc wizard (Born in Many-Arrows, but got a scholarship at and then became a teacher at a wizard college in Silverymoon, before going on his adventures because a spooky book got stolen from the library) has been making clutch use of dimension door and teleport. also, i think he was a Volo's guide orc at the time (has since been upgraded to a Mordy's multiverse) he got KO'd by a Ghost dragon, but then nat-20'd on his first death save, saying "I cant die, i'm far too busy!" he also Green Mile'd his abusive, definately would be alt-right, traditional warrior brother in a fist fight using a reflavored Lightning Lure (at that point we dropped the "No weapons or magic" clause for a "lets finish this" moment) also, with a strength of 12, he has a higher carrying capacity than our shortstack Aasimar paladin with 20 strength (i think the only one with higher strength is our Firbolg Monk (who may dip into either druid or alchemist))
I think my favorite race is Human/varient-human. Yeah its basic and definitely a lot weaker than half the other races. But i just love the idea of a Random Dude or Dudete! just picking up a sword, shield, stick or whatever class your going with and standing up to evil or whatever the main villian is.
Humans have best versatility no? You put points where you want them, I swear human types in every game always have the sorta jack of all master of none thing.
Variant Human is pretty much the most used race by optimizers because of the free feat. Along with custom lineage and especially before custom lineage was a thing.
Technically, Aaracokra were kind of buffed. The flying speed is equal to their walking speed. So monk Aracokra can now soar across the battlefield. And let's not even talk about monk barbarian Aracockra. Make the Aracokra eagle Totem so it can dash as a bonus action free of a ki point and enemies have disadvantage on the attack of opportunity ☠️
I love playing my Bugbear Shadow Monk. He hits hard, hits fast, Flurries for more hits, and does it from 10' away. He shadow jumps all over the board, loves being in darkness, and is a stealth beast with +16(expert in stealth). He loves to appear behind enemies, attack with advantage, then back out with his 70' of movement. He's also one of the parties tanks w/ 20 AC, and can pop a Ki point for disadvantage on attack against him until his next turn. I flavor it as multiple shadows dance around him, confusing the enemy as to which one to hit.
Another note. Old fury of the small for goblin was a one off. It is now usable a number of times equal to your prof mod as well. There for less up front damage, but more over all. At lvl 20 old would do 20 once, new does 6 damage 6 times 36 damage total.
At 3:37, he says gnomes have advantage on all INT, WIS, and CHA saving throws... but he is wrong. They only get advantage on these VS SPELLS, which is significantly worse. There are a ton of attacks monsters have that make you do one of these saving throws which are not spells. Some races, such as Satyr and Yuan-Ti, have advantage vs all spells, which is just plain better. Vedalken (from Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica) gets what he actually said; advantage on all INT, WIS, and CHA saving throws.
4:31 so can Psions with the Transposition Discipline, "Flicker Step On your turn, you can replace your movement by teleporting 5 feet in any direction to a space you can see. This distance increases by 5 feet at 5th level (to 10 feet), at 11th level (to 15 feet), and becomes equal to your movement speed at 17th level. This replaces all movement for your turn when used." Meaning if you mix say, a level 2 monk, you can have high Ac and high tp is you roll well. Plus it reinforces some of the disciplines other abilities.
The old version of Kobolds are a great race if you're a druid. You keep the features in wild shape, but take on the senses of your new form. That means pact tactics without sunlight disadvantage. The new Kobold is great. Check it out!
