deathbymanga
2016-01-24, 11:56 AM
So, in my campaign setting, I want to increase the number of playable Half-Human races like Genasi and Tieflings (I know they technically can be other than human, but seriously, when we think of them, we think Half-Human), so I felt it would be a good idea to include the Gimlock and Yuan-Ti as playable races.
For the Grimlock I'm thinking Strength +2 Dexterity and/or Constitution +1 and for Yuan Ti Charisma +2 um, something +1.
In terms of abilities, Grimlock seem to be the hardest. They get a 30ft Blindsense, but are completely Blind outside of that range and are blinded if they become deafened. This means the race CAN"T play a ranged class at all since they can't target anyone. And They can't even cast spells farther than 30ft since they need line of sight (even if we rework it to include field of blindsight it still only goes 30ft). Not to mention, battle tactics become really hard since the player would need to be told where the enemy is in order to go after them.
For Yuan-Ti, one would clearly be using the Pureblood model. Yuan Ti are immune to poison, I'd instead go with having Resistance to Poison damage and advantage on saving throws against poison. Maybe Proficiency in Deception and their spell-like abilties?
Any suggestions for these two or any other Half-Human races to make playable?
For the Grimlock I'm thinking Strength +2 Dexterity and/or Constitution +1 and for Yuan Ti Charisma +2 um, something +1.
In terms of abilities, Grimlock seem to be the hardest. They get a 30ft Blindsense, but are completely Blind outside of that range and are blinded if they become deafened. This means the race CAN"T play a ranged class at all since they can't target anyone. And They can't even cast spells farther than 30ft since they need line of sight (even if we rework it to include field of blindsight it still only goes 30ft). Not to mention, battle tactics become really hard since the player would need to be told where the enemy is in order to go after them.
For Yuan-Ti, one would clearly be using the Pureblood model. Yuan Ti are immune to poison, I'd instead go with having Resistance to Poison damage and advantage on saving throws against poison. Maybe Proficiency in Deception and their spell-like abilties?
Any suggestions for these two or any other Half-Human races to make playable?