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Monster Player Races (5e)
Publisher: Dungeon Masters Guild
by Luc C. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 05/10/2017 01:13:21

I was intrigued because my players wanted monsters and instead of doing classes races would be greater. so this is definitely a good way to understand how you can downgrade monsters and make them races instead. Unfortunately most of these are just the creature taken as is from the monster manual and reduced to their basic stuff. meaning that most of these races are totally overpowered and would literally make the first 5-6 levels of the game actually carry other regular players.

Exemple: Dexterity Marilith who literally can have +5 AC at all times. mix that up to Mage and get her to literally 35 AC at about level 8, thanks to bladesong, haste and max dex and intellect and Mage armor. thats not even looking at the fact that 6 arms means players will just try to wield X amount of shields or X amount of swords.

While certain races looks terribly downgraded, aka succubus without etherealness and a single charm per day. other races like dragons and other fiends are terribly strong. saying the DM needs to allow it first is an understatement because no sane DMs will ever allow anybody to take a monster as is. which is what this book seems to do.

All that said certain races are totally playable from this angle. they were downgraded enough to be playable. mostly the easy to downgrade races. others who have gotten literally weaknesses to bring them more in line. like the tiny creatures.

so heres the final thought... PROs

  • some good races mostly those who had not much abilities
  • semblance of balance based on the stats used and the way its written.
  • enormous choice for players wanting monsters.

CONs

  • some of these races are extremely unbalanced
  • not much effort in trying to bring the abilities down when they were too strong.
  • leaves everything in the DMs hand and literally tells players not to use these races.

Overall it could of been much much better. this is a good base and should be used by DMs wanting a start into making monsters something for his players, but its not entirely there yet.



Rating:
[3 of 5 Stars!]
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Monster Player Races (5e)
Publisher: Dungeon Masters Guild
by Aaron D. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 11/20/2016 14:32:32

Excellent Product After purchasing this product and finishing the download, I read through the first few pages entirely. I commend the excellent diction and recognition that the DM has a major role in allowing this information to be used. The Table of Contents is clear, listing page numbers and races. The formatting of the entries I browsed through was clear and mostly consistent with the style used by D&D products. I assume that this was a one or two person effort, with minimal copy editing performed, and I can understand that with so much content, things will slip through. Nothing so far that has slipped through has detracted from my enjoyment of the content, or brought a level of confusion that I couldn't pause for a moment and realize, "oh, it was just typed twice", or "wow, interesting choice of formatting". Besides my minor suggestions in the discussion forum, I feel that this is a compact and mostly complete attempt at bringing in monster races for players to use. Very well done, and I look forward to many more sessions with characters inspired by Lycanthrope Clerics, or Angel Paladins.



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[5 of 5 Stars!]
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Monster Player Races (5e)
Publisher: Dungeon Masters Guild
by Patricio C. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 10/26/2016 08:03:22

I do not know exactly what are the expectations of the author about the future of this product but although I see a lot of potential here, there is a huge work ahead to make most people drop money in his hat.

First problem I see is the lack of details for the entries which are supposed to be playable races. No fluff information at all and the product assumes it is used by veterans that are able to get down to business. A freshman player would get lost on this product instantly.

If expectations of the author for this product is getting to the big leagues and print it, then personalized art for every race shoud be included.



Rating:
[2 of 5 Stars!]
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