Top 10 Most POWERFUL Races in Dungeons & Dragons 5E

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    Figured the time has come to start closing up the book now every race for 5e has been released before the new rules come out and change a bunch of stuff. Here are my picks for the most powerful races/lineages/anscestries in D&D!
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  • @DnDShorts
    @DnDShorts  4 місяці тому +97

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    • @user-bh1ol5zc7x
      @user-bh1ol5zc7x 4 місяці тому +2

      changeling makes a 9th level assasin rogue feature useless at level 1 as well as the disguise kit and disguise self spell, where is it?

    • @saqwana25
      @saqwana25 4 місяці тому

      i will point out hill dwarf with the extra +1 to hp every level is pretty solid.

    • @user-bh1ol5zc7x
      @user-bh1ol5zc7x 4 місяці тому

      @@saqwana25 that is relevant until about level 3 because your hit die is at least six times bigger

    • @donncha-fv7ne
      @donncha-fv7ne 4 місяці тому +1

      Why is half elf not on here ? A plus 4 to stats , advantage against charmed , no magic naps and 2 skills / lots if versatility

    • @saqwana25
      @saqwana25 4 місяці тому

      Eh depends on the class.

  • @DnDShorts
    @DnDShorts  4 місяці тому +903

    WHAT?! No thri-kreen?!?! Unsubbed, disliked, banned, + reported.

    • @WackassBirrB
      @WackassBirrB 4 місяці тому +78

      they 4 arm and free mage armor... why he not great?

    • @andreashesseerichsen438
      @andreashesseerichsen438 4 місяці тому +1

      HE IS RACIST AGAINST INSECTS!
      UNSUB, DISLIKE, BAN + REPORT

    • @DnDShorts
      @DnDShorts  4 місяці тому +191

      @@WackassBirrB he great, but I think he number 11.

    • @sir_kossu3710
      @sir_kossu3710 4 місяці тому +46

      I remember we had thri-kreen monk in dark sun campaign and i gave him jump becouse we needed to catch a guy who was running (non combat chace) and had good head start. Our thri-kreen was able to jump over 200ft per jump 😂

    • @koolunit
      @koolunit 4 місяці тому +15

      Any Dark Sun generated race is monstrous right? From the OG AD&D they get more stats, more armor, survival skills, psionics...
      Imagine a Dark Sun Dwarf just waking up on say....Faerun....would be a (2023 parlance) Gigachad Dwarf....

  • @SpadeOfAces55
    @SpadeOfAces55 4 місяці тому +406

    20:41 everybody dunks on standard human until they roll 6 odd-numbered ability scores when making their character.

    • @ChiefderWahrheit
      @ChiefderWahrheit 4 місяці тому +44

      + not even two minutes before it was good to have many ability score increases, but standard humans with their whooping +6 in total are mysteriously forgotten…

    • @MrSpannners
      @MrSpannners 4 місяці тому +30

      ​@@ChiefderWahrheit Because that's all they get, +1 across the board and nothing else of note. For most classes, that means points into your dump stats. So they just become jack of all trades master of none. That's why they're low a tier.

    • @happybrain2674
      @happybrain2674 4 місяці тому +7

      @@MrSpannners but its the easyest choice for multiclass builds. even if its an abomination of 5 classes and more

    • @birdland4397
      @birdland4397 4 місяці тому +2

      and they all 9 9 9 9 9 9

    • @cloverhoofs7249
      @cloverhoofs7249 4 місяці тому +3

      Ya so many times I been called a basic B$%ch for playing normal human as I roll 13 15 16 13 11 15 then add +1 to all stats become 14 16 17 14 12 16 then take resilient Con at level 4 giving me a 16 INT and DEX with a CON of 18 playing a support Artficer I rarely drop Concentration at Level 10 Bonus +8 with a +4 from int from flash of genius when needed with mind sharper infuion

  • @havocpyro9166
    @havocpyro9166 4 місяці тому +157

    “Which is always handy” man’s was unhinged this video

  • @NickDeShane
    @NickDeShane 4 місяці тому +108

    Funny thing about the bugbear squeze ability it specifies small. If you were a rune knight using giants might that had enlarge cast on you would still be able to do it.

    • @mohammadmurie
      @mohammadmurie 4 місяці тому +15

      Same thing with raging giant barbarians
      Either way I just love how absolutely hilarious that is that a huge+ creature able to fit through cracks in medium sized doors or them playing like a slasher movie and ambushing others

    • @adambielen8996
      @adambielen8996 4 місяці тому +8

      @@mohammadmurie The absolute horror that would be a huge Bugbear squeezing through a small space. Pure nightmare fuel right there.

    • @mohammadmurie
      @mohammadmurie 4 місяці тому +1

      @adambielen8996 exactly it would be prefect for a Halloween slasher based campaign as the killer

    • @jamestaylor3805
      @jamestaylor3805 3 місяці тому +4

      Ok hear me out. A Champion Fighter bug bear (+5 reach) huge sized (+10 reach) with a polarm (+5 reach) primordial guardian dip (+5 reach) tunnel fighter and polarm mastery (free attack for getting too close) hiding in the roots under a mangrove like tree, or in an alcove guarding a hallway. A crit heavy self healing beast you can't get within 30 feet of.
      Ranger/Primordial 3
      Fighter/Champion 17
      Pretty sure the Rune Carver background/feat would allow self casting of enlarge.
      A 1 level Mystic dip could give another +5 reach all the time and +2AC for a couple hours a day.

  • @Twisttheawesome
    @Twisttheawesome 4 місяці тому +152

    The amazing thing about the Dhampir is you can use their Bite while wildshaped! This means you can make your bear attacks and then bite for extra damage/hp. Super cool, and mega appropriate if you're going for a vampire build (Dracula WOULD BE a Druid).

    • @The_Crimson_Witch
      @The_Crimson_Witch 4 місяці тому +10

      Funnily enough, if you go 5 levels in monk, 1 level in fighter and 8 levels in spores druid- you get every ability a vampire does. Very fun, and you can reflavor your symbiotic entity as a swarm of bats surrounding you

    • @Reaper_of_Mars
      @Reaper_of_Mars 4 місяці тому +2

      If you take Kansai monk you can choose your teeth as a weapon and increase the damage die as you level too!

    • @The_Crimson_Witch
      @The_Crimson_Witch 4 місяці тому +4

      @@Reaper_of_Mars You don't need to do that. They're simple melee weapons, they're already monk weapons.

    • @Twisttheawesome
      @Twisttheawesome 4 місяці тому +1

      @@The_Crimson_Witch I never realised this! It would be a pretty big investment. I supposed 5 levels of Monk upgrades the damage die on the teeth to 1d6, but also gives you extra attack and FoB. That means if you went Moon Druid, you'd be using animal forms with an extra attack, BA attack, and the potentially to FoB five times per short rest. Not necessarily the worst? Moon Druid scaling is so wacky though that delaying its progression/strong start hurts.

    • @astercat49
      @astercat49 4 місяці тому

      I’d actually argue for Dracula being a Swarmkeeper Ranger, but Druid could work too.

  • @jasonking3466
    @jasonking3466 4 місяці тому +93

    I love how his Owlin picture is wearing medium armor

  • @Flyingtaco095
    @Flyingtaco095 4 місяці тому +81

    Table!
    I was not expecting a System of a Down meme.

    • @washmyhoohah
      @washmyhoohah 4 місяці тому +2

      I would've also accepted a Metallica meme

    • @data_abort
      @data_abort 3 місяці тому

      That's the first ad I haven't regretted watching in a while. That thing looks sick. But you better have a cave for it.

  • @colbyrackler3915
    @colbyrackler3915 4 місяці тому +34

    No Satyr? 35 walking speed? Jumpies? Persuasion & Performance? Instruments? MAGIC RESISTANCE?!?!? No? Ok :(

  • @Emsilly
    @Emsilly 4 місяці тому +16

    I feel that whenever the lineages come up, these type of videos tend to gloss over the "if you don't keep these elements *or you choose this lineage at character creation* you gain proficiency in two skills."
    Like, that's still really good! Perception, stealth, persuasion, what have you... but if you want to be a Dhampir Owlin with functional wings, you'd need to get turned IN GAME, which then is a whole process and very DM dependent

  • @Dwarfurious
    @Dwarfurious 4 місяці тому +21

    one thing i love about dwarf casters in general is that they'd be in actual armor and have actual hit points. Plus they have the best beards, so dwarfs naturally make the best wizards

  • @underthepale
    @underthepale 4 місяці тому +48

    7:47 Given that Warlock's Aspect of the Moon *does* specify that you can keep watch without sleeping, I doubt this would allow you to keep watch if it doesn't specify that.
    A 4-hour long rest is still dummy good though.

    • @Gallacant
      @Gallacant 4 місяці тому +9

      Elves have always been watch bots. Yes, you can make perception checks normally while in meditation.

    • @darklordmathias9405
      @darklordmathias9405 4 місяці тому +1

      It doesn't say you can't, or that you cannot use your eyes for any purpose, so I'd assume you could.

    • @Zarlos01
      @Zarlos01 2 місяці тому +1

      Elves meditates on how their surroundings are, how the leafs move with the wind, the movement and path of small animals,..., and so on.
      Adapt to the type of place you are meditating.

  • @jarzz3601
    @jarzz3601 4 місяці тому +9

    I love the kobalt screaming sneak attack I've never wanted to make a dnd character more :D

  • @clericofchaos1
    @clericofchaos1 4 місяці тому +152

    I liked the old kobolds better. Draconic cry is nice, but there's a limited amount of times you can use it. Pack tactics just gives you infinite advantage as long as your tank is doing his job.

    • @Ghilannugs
      @Ghilannugs 4 місяці тому

      and most importantly the flavor is great

    • @sev1120
      @sev1120 4 місяці тому +27

      Plus, there were ways around sunlight sensitivity (such as playing a caster and saving your attack spells for key moments, or using a Gnave's Eyepatch)
      Plus, the "cower, grovel and beg" feature was thematic. Kobolds aren't actually cowards who grovel at the feet of anyone even slightly intimidating, but that perception of them is known, and they can use it to their advantage

    • @clericofchaos1
      @clericofchaos1 4 місяці тому +3

      @@sev1120 or just wear a hat or sunglasses. That's what i always do.

    • @LucanVaris
      @LucanVaris 4 місяці тому +5

      To be honest, both are good. Old Kobolds make for excellent mounted melee combatants, as you'll always have an ally in-range for Pack Tactics.
      New Kobolds, however, make excellent Druids, since Conjure Animals can make _you_ the Pack Tactic. XD

    • @imakecrappyvideos9360
      @imakecrappyvideos9360 4 місяці тому

      It's great for rogues tho, advantage whenever you want, wherever you want. On command. And if you're a rogue, you're the skill monkey, you are GOING to have a high proficiency bonus, meaning you probably won't run out of your draconic cry's if you play a half decently optimized rogue.

  • @theloreghost312
    @theloreghost312 4 місяці тому +8

    "Screaming "Sneak Attack!" during your sneak attack to get your sneak attack is the kind of big brain thinking I would expect from a kobold"
    Underrated line

  • @user-gl8uk1gm5u
    @user-gl8uk1gm5u 4 місяці тому +14

    "Darkvision... It's always Handy"

  • @chickengaming4344
    @chickengaming4344 4 місяці тому +7

    I think it's worth pointing out that number 4 only gets flying speed if you become one over the course of a campaign. If you choose one of them at level one it doesn't matter what race you were before, because you don't get those benifits. source is this quote "At 1st level, you choose whether your character is a member of the human race or of one of the game’s fantastical races. Alternatively, you can choose one of the following lineages. If you choose a lineage, you might have once been a member of another race, but you aren’t any longer. You now possess only your lineage’s racial traits." right on page 15. Don't get me wrong they are still super powerful, but I think not mentioning this is very misleading

  • @juanignacioaraujocroizier5545
    @juanignacioaraujocroizier5545 4 місяці тому +10

    "que siempre es útil"... That's a very accurate translation! :D

  • @Loron20
    @Loron20 4 місяці тому +40

    There is one thing almost everyone overlooks about the Van Richten's Lineages. In the "Ancestral Legacy" feature (the one that lets you keep a flying speed) it states "If you don’t keep any of those elements or you choose this lineage at character creation, you gain proficiency in two skills of your choice."
    Note specifically "or you choose this lineage at character creation" meaning if you start the game as one of these races you CAN'T keep a fly speed (or anything else) from a previous race. You only get that if you become one through the course of play.
    Still strong options. But not as broken as everyone seems to think.

    • @ellaberintodejuan0524
      @ellaberintodejuan0524 4 місяці тому +4

      Yeah that’s the thing I thought about. Although imagine a Dhampir Winged Tiefling? That’s straight up like the most vampire you can get without getting killed by one

    • @Nymaz
      @Nymaz 4 місяці тому +7

      @@ellaberintodejuan0524 I always wanted to play a dhampir simic hybrid with manta wings for a combo of wallwalking and glide. Not quite as broken as flight (so more likely to be allowed by DMs) and it really struck me as very cinematic to silently glide down from the ceiling to snack on an enemy.

    • @droolhd
      @droolhd 4 місяці тому

      Exactly. The only thing you get to keep when you replace a race at character creation is a bit of the original flavour.

    • @WyzKyd
      @WyzKyd 26 днів тому

      @loron20 wait so if you chose a dhampir shadar kai at character creation would you still keep teleportation?

    • @Loron20
      @Loron20 26 днів тому +1

      @@WyzKyd From my reading, if you become a Dhampir after being a Shadar Kai (either at character creation or in the course of play) you would lose the "Blessing of the Raven Queen" (what gives you teleportation) as it is not "any skill proficiencies you gained from it and any climbing, flying, or swimming speed you gained from it." You aren't augmenting your race, but replacing it.

  • @gabegabriel5627
    @gabegabriel5627 4 місяці тому +7

    You have been missing for so long. Thank you for coming back.
    Hopefully your Kickstarter is doing good. Good luck and God Bless.

  • @vibinginacoffin
    @vibinginacoffin 4 місяці тому +56

    The dnd man has blessed us with content

  • @BigPouge
    @BigPouge 4 місяці тому +1

    Welcome back you magnificent bastid! You have been missed and way to start the new year. I only changed my mind on what race to play about 12 times. Please keep up the great work and I hope your time off helped you relax and recharge!

  • @youmightbeadnd
    @youmightbeadnd 4 місяці тому +3

    Glad to see you're back!

  • @adhdnd
    @adhdnd 4 місяці тому +1

    Love your content. Glad to have you back from vacation.

  • @CaptainFirefred
    @CaptainFirefred 4 місяці тому +3

    17:00 I wondered when Lucky would be mentioned and chuckeled at "If you want to break the game..."

  • @AetherPanda
    @AetherPanda 4 місяці тому +8

    im in a campaign now as a shadar kai, and with the teleport ability, its basically just a free misty step and has saved my ass so many times

  • @envisionnn
    @envisionnn 4 місяці тому +3

    that final darkvision is handy fkn jumpscared me out of my chair

  • @Nuck82
    @Nuck82 4 місяці тому +8

    I built a shadar kai light domain cleric because he was tired of the dark. And he's my favorite character I've ever made. He's so fun to play and is very broken on accident lol

    • @chad8767
      @chad8767 4 місяці тому +1

      Nice. I'm playing a Rogue/Battlemaster Shadar-kai and yes, I'm very OP as well. A crazy skill monkey when I can swap skills and the fighter giving me an extra tool prof. Teleportation sets up my sneak attack easily, or my battlemaster sets it up (maneuvering attack is so underrated, I just tell people to flank me and use my 2nd attack to trigger sneak attack. Or, if my teammate is prone from a trip attack I just tell them to stand up and boom, have them back in flanking position). The resistance to damage means I can teleport into dangerous positions and push people around.

  • @petershea6666
    @petershea6666 4 місяці тому

    I almost always skip ads in videos, but I watched through this one just because you made it so hilarious. Great work.

  • @austink.5827
    @austink.5827 2 місяці тому +2

    My testament to Mountain Dwarves comes from Geran Hammerstroke, my Mountain Dwarf Barbarian I created for a campaign that unfortunately never took off. Through an unusual stroke of fortune, I rolled two 18s for stats, and a couple other really basic rolls (10s or 12s). Being a barbarian, I put both of those 18s into Strength and Constitution, giving Geran TWO TWENTIES AT LEVEL ONE! My DM allowed this for one reason...I rolled a 4 for my intelligence. That campaign never ended up happening, but I did get to use him for a higher level one shot, and I must say, it was really fun playing a dwarf who was as dumb as the mountain he was born in but could absolutely destroy everything he came in contact with. Which almost included our changeling rogue on a couple of occasions lol.

  • @TyanFH
    @TyanFH 4 місяці тому

    Thank you. I love a break down of the races. I can show this to new players and this can help them, if they so choose.

    • @garyco766
      @garyco766 4 місяці тому +1

      There's probably at least a dozen other REALLY strong races too, like Aasimar, Vedalkin, YuanTi, Githzerai, Satyr, etc.

  • @heenim96
    @heenim96 4 місяці тому +4

    I’m currently playing a shadar-kai cleric in a campaign with friends; can confirm it’s incredibly powerful and SUCH a good and fun race to play! 😁 Using that blessing of the raven queen teleportation bonus action has saved my ass a few times in combat

  • @damianotucci3972
    @damianotucci3972 4 місяці тому +2

    Thanks bro, this video is very handy 🖐🏻

  • @coprophagichobo2377
    @coprophagichobo2377 4 місяці тому +3

    The thumbnail saying “best race” was just really funny.

  • @mlear559
    @mlear559 2 місяці тому

    Hey man! The mountain dwarf profiency in stone work has definitely come in handy a single time during a long campaign i was a part of!

  • @bloodmooncomics2249
    @bloodmooncomics2249 4 місяці тому +1

    I loved being a Warforged Artificer. I bought dark vision goggles and was able to rework them into lenses for my eyes so I had dark vision. We did a lot of water based stuff so the water genasi was swimming around as I walked on the bottom allowing the goblin cleric that used water breathing to hold on my shoulder. Also taking gunslinger class was awesome.

  • @aeloswindrunner
    @aeloswindrunner 4 місяці тому +5

    I enjoyed the "always handy" bit throughout this. Not sure what this says about me tbh but hey, I'm happy :p

  • @_hirol6907
    @_hirol6907 4 місяці тому +9

    loved the darkvision "siempre es útil" line😂. great video as usual

  • @The_Number1Candyman
    @The_Number1Candyman 4 місяці тому +2

    Been playing a necromancer lich using reborn as his race in a campaign for a while, and reborn is underrated in my experience with talking about races outside of the flying exploit, I've never seen someone use it before. Advantage on death saves is great, and knowledge from a past life has been incredible since my modifers for the checks I usually make are so good even a bad roll isn't that bad and can be made passable by that d6, not to mention how every other aspect of it has come into play at some point, we've fought multiple enemies that dealt poison, the 4 hour long rest without sleep has been super handy, and just last session an enemy did an AoE that would've put me to sleep.

  • @raymondtrabulsy7294
    @raymondtrabulsy7294 4 місяці тому +3

    The "zinc!" In the ad tickled me

  • @samwildstein2092
    @samwildstein2092 4 місяці тому +4

    Kobold advantage is what makes it the best necromancer/summoner, giving your entire hoard advantage 3-5 times per day. Because the feature doesn't require nearby allies, your skeleton archers and ballistae all fire with advantage. Add in Animate Objects too and watch Draconic Cry turn into DM Cry!

  • @noahbrown9299
    @noahbrown9299 4 місяці тому

    I am starting a wildhunt shifter barb next week, I am very much looking forward to it

  • @ryanscanlon2151
    @ryanscanlon2151 4 місяці тому

    Hexbloods also make pretty great warlocks too, a free hex spell that doesn't cost you a warlock spell slot is massive for any warlock spamming Eldritch blast. Plus preparing hex and disguise self from your race frees you up to pick up other spells from warlock and your subclass list since currently those aren't automatic preps like for I think every other class. Also you can do some fun things with spells using the ribbon feature, while you don't cast from that space you do see from it which opens up more options in the cases where spells only require you to see the target like casting spells from armor and corners or behind cover

  • @That_One_Kobold
    @That_One_Kobold 4 місяці тому +29

    I refuse to accept the new kobold, VOLO'S GUIDE FOR LIFE

    • @Raudulf
      @Raudulf 4 місяці тому +1

      FOR LIFE!!!

    • @partymantis3421
      @partymantis3421 4 місяці тому +5

      i for one like both,
      often we use both new & legacy versions of races at the same time & justify them as a distant group, tribe or colony.
      its possible to classify them as for ex:"Labyrinth"&"war"minotaurs "primal"&"Grumsh"Orc, "pack"&"cry" Kobold etc

    • @hyzmarie
      @hyzmarie 4 місяці тому +2

      @@partymantis3421oh that’s really cool! I saw a Hyrule homebrew that did this too! The Rito race (bird people in Zelda) have showed up twice, once as mostly human fellas who live on a dragon island and gain wings through a ritual, and once as straight-up bird people who love among frozen mountain peaks… so they made them two different subraces: coastal and mountain rito!

    • @drakegrandx5914
      @drakegrandx5914 2 місяці тому

      Nah, as much as I dislike MotM and love Volo's, the latter's kobold is the worst-designed part of the book, only second to the orc. ASD in 5E? An ability that makes them useless most of the time, and another one that makes them OP when the first one isn't active? "Cower, Grovel & Beg" as a special attack, the race whose individuals routinely sacrifice themselves for the sake of protecting their community? No thanks...

    • @That_One_Kobold
      @That_One_Kobold 2 місяці тому

      @@drakegrandx5914 firstly, kobolds ARE cowards, secondly it's more of a ruse anyway, thirdly that is the worst part about it. Kobolds are also a monstrous race, which meant ASD's which have since been removed even from volo's kobold, daylight sensitivity is fun to get around and pack tactics isn't OP unless you abuse it

  • @wrestlingfan836
    @wrestlingfan836 4 місяці тому

    In my most recent my current campaign, my dm gives everyone pack tactics and it gives the melee builds a leg up over spell casters. Essientally, if we’re flanking them then we get advantage very nice

    • @hyzmarie
      @hyzmarie 4 місяці тому

      That’s not pack tactics… that’s flanking! Flanking requires being on opposite sides of the enemy, while pack tactics lets you just be nearby. Subtle difference, but it matters because you don’t have to go all the way around the enemy :)

  • @colehokkanen6461
    @colehokkanen6461 4 місяці тому +1

    I’m currently playing a reborn tiefling barbarian path of the kaiju and it is so much fun.

  • @paytonbeech7206
    @paytonbeech7206 4 місяці тому +1

    I always love the aasimar, the level 3 features all slap, the flavor is super customizable, they have 2 damage resistances and free healing

  • @Joe-ib4qo
    @Joe-ib4qo 4 місяці тому

    please continue the subclass tier list!!! I have been waiting years

  • @serpentofchaos4637
    @serpentofchaos4637 4 місяці тому +2

    Bro really made a top 10 race list

  • @gaelofariandel6747
    @gaelofariandel6747 4 місяці тому +1

    My #1 all-time favorite character I've ever made is a Warforged Forge Cleric named Heisenberg (which can LOOSELY be translated as the fire/heat of the mountain). At first it was a gimmick because I'd have 20AC at level 1 & 23 with Plate Mail at level 6. MORE with magical items. When I actually started to build the CHARACTER I had so many fun(ny) ideas to make his personality to the point where when we were done with the campaign... I was sad that I used it for a one-shot with no future campaigns in sight to use him again...
    My solution? I used him as a merchant & craftsman NPC for a new party in a campaign that took place 30 years after all of the others we had done. He was pretty much a writer/DM's convenience tool to help guide the party in any direction they needed to go if they haven't spotted or used clues & intel they were given on what task(s) to do next.
    Did a Reborn Tortle Spore Druid whose entire body was practically a black-as-night, gooey, walking talking fungal colony. He has no idea who he was before he woke up in the Underdark next to an enormous, black fungal mass about a mile away from a Mychonid colony. He spent time around before heading to the surface (almost immediately being chased away by nearby villagers with torches & pichforks) then met his current party at some point before level 5 (where we started the campaign). Funny thing is, we run point-buy, so the lowest stat we get is an 8. The DM let me break this little rule & made my Intelligence a 6 for RP purposes (in exchange for a +1 to Charisma to balance it out). He has a perpetually high AF demeanor, a thick Canadian accent (like, cartoon level thick) & an extremely happy & supportive attitude with almost anyone in spite of the fact that people are usually freaked TF out at first glance. The DM let me rules lawyer keeping his shell defense feature, as a turtle's shell is literally fused to their spine. Sadly, 2 of the 6 players had a change in schedule the same time the DM made a few bad decisions & the entire campaign pretty much died. Sad.

  • @JoshuaKirtley
    @JoshuaKirtley 3 місяці тому

    I'm currently playing a Winged Tiefling Grave Cleric. Previously played a Warforged Forge Cleric, I really liked that character. And before him, I was a Githzerai Tempest Cleric, also very fun.

  • @alessandromario8507
    @alessandromario8507 4 місяці тому

    Missed you bro!

  • @SarmInTheHat7030
    @SarmInTheHat7030 4 місяці тому

    This channel is always handy

  • @jeremyleonjonas7657
    @jeremyleonjonas7657 Місяць тому

    Great video xD I'd like for System of a Down if nothing else, but these races are very much the top tier options

  • @mathewweeks9069
    @mathewweeks9069 4 місяці тому

    Your awesome and awesome video be safe out there I'm big fan of dnd

  • @jamestaylor3805
    @jamestaylor3805 3 місяці тому

    I made a Dhampir out of a Kingfisher flavoured Arakokra. Gave him a custome background Pearldiver with these abilities, swimming movement, water vehicles, comfortable lifestyle when on the coasts or islands, and a few times a day adding a die to Constitution checks(to represent the extreme times spent underwater seeking pearls, and attacks are Stat Checks after all). Of course went Lycan Bloodhunter... with the wolfy aesthetic changed to a Skyrimesque Vampire Lord aesthetic for transformations.

  • @parko246
    @parko246 Місяць тому

    Being uber stoned and having the last always handy thing come up was a mild heart attack thank you DnD shorts 😂😂😂

  • @Twilightcreamycrest
    @Twilightcreamycrest 4 місяці тому

    This video is always handy

  • @claylewis8233
    @claylewis8233 4 місяці тому

    you are awesome!

  • @nickm9102
    @nickm9102 4 місяці тому +2

    I agree, for any class with no armor proficiency Mountain Dwarf is good and with Tasha's 'amorphous blob' rules it makes them the best. Armor, weapons, Versatile casting, and the CON to back it up. You can be the true war wizard.

  • @t2i3m4
    @t2i3m4 4 місяці тому +3

    Swashbuckler mountain dwarf with Medium Armor master. Never be hit again

  • @J_Seven
    @J_Seven 4 місяці тому +4

    So just to be clear... Darkvision is indeed handy???
    Great video.

  • @RingXross
    @RingXross 4 місяці тому +30

    The problem with using the Longtooth Shifter ability with Moon Druids or Barbarians, is that it takes a surprising amount of set up. Round 1: bonus action transform/rage. Round 2: Shift. Round 3: Bite. You can't even use the bite feature until the 3rd round, the fight might be over by then.

    • @Orpheu5S
      @Orpheu5S 4 місяці тому +10

      My brother you can bite in the turn you shift.

    • @RingXross
      @RingXross 4 місяці тому +8

      @@Orpheu5S You are correct. I was looking at the old Eberron Shifter.

    • @Orpheu5S
      @Orpheu5S 4 місяці тому +6

      @@RingXross Its alright pal, now go bite some monsters😎

  • @GhostMas7er
    @GhostMas7er 4 місяці тому

    I tried playing a mountain dwarf clockwork soul sorcerer mele build and it is pretty fun. You max out str and con and use shadowblade/booming blade for attacks. Also Armor of aghatys + blade ward + Bastion of Law makes you super tanky and anyone who hits you gets tons of dmg. You can quicken spell colour spray and attack, or you can twin spell haste or polymorph for some nice party buffs.

  • @p.h.744
    @p.h.744 4 місяці тому

    Thank you! 😃

  • @MundoMan0
    @MundoMan0 4 місяці тому +4

    So we counting out gem dragonborns for busted flyers? Heavy armor flight at level 5 😂

  • @machomandalf2893
    @machomandalf2893 3 місяці тому

    I’m playing a warforged zealot barb in one of my games and he’s very quickly become one of my favorite characters. He’s reflavored as an animated suit of armor who got put there through some Fullmetal Alchemist type magic and all of my zealot abilities have been reflavored as arcane potency that just explodes out of him when he rages.

  • @jkeys251
    @jkeys251 3 місяці тому

    You got me with the coffee spit take on the Windows 98, man.

  • @stunspot
    @stunspot 3 місяці тому

    You are the only tuber I make a point to watch the commercials of.

  • @lakakoi2965
    @lakakoi2965 4 місяці тому

    He's back

  • @patrickmancini798
    @patrickmancini798 4 місяці тому

    Missed you so much XD

  • @morgancorey982
    @morgancorey982 2 місяці тому

    I am a fan of reborn winged tiefling. They make good decaf coffee locks (just using the additional 4 hours while others sleep to take shorts rests and convert your warlock spells to sorcery points). Add that to flying in medium armor, and it is a recipe for fun!

  • @TKDragon75
    @TKDragon75 4 місяці тому +1

    We had a warforged in a game I run who for long rests, would like describe how he folds up like a box into a basically an oversized security camera. And the Harengon who while very intelligent had low wisdom, and the one time the warforged stacked of up his armor in a way where it looked like he rests as, and the Harengon knocked it over, she thought she killed the warforged.

  • @letstec
    @letstec 4 місяці тому

    A formerly stron option was the old Changeling which allowed you to take a +3 in Charisma. This allowed you to get Charisma Score of 18 with point buy or 20 by rolling. Combined with the Changelings Shapechanger feature at level 1 you were already one of the best infiltrators. This however got changed I believe with Monsters of The Multiverse to the new standard +2/+1 rule

  • @crispyjokingtuna1495
    @crispyjokingtuna1495 4 місяці тому +1

    My halfling build is really similar to your mountain dwarf, except I also have the lucky feat for free 😂

  • @WriterGirl90
    @WriterGirl90 2 місяці тому

    Stonecunning has been pretty useful in our CoS game, my dwarf has been able to get extra info about what’s happening with it

  • @manualithings7007
    @manualithings7007 4 місяці тому +1

    "Que siempre es útil". As a spanish speaker I loved it.

  • @glennaugustine-rutledge955
    @glennaugustine-rutledge955 3 місяці тому

    You should make a video about about best races with multiple arms

  • @NeoN-PeoN
    @NeoN-PeoN 2 місяці тому +1

    This always happens....
    I love Kobolds. But apparently, people loved them so much that now they've made them powerful.... WHICH DEFEATS THE BIGGEST PURPOSE OF PLAYING A KOBOLD

  • @brettpettitt6531
    @brettpettitt6531 3 місяці тому

    I'm looking for the link to the Map one you mentioned. This is what I get for watch8ng art work....

  • @HoweHomie
    @HoweHomie 4 місяці тому

    Hey there! I am really interested in "ryoko's guide to the yokai realm". When can we expect it to be fully released?

  • @FutureOverYou
    @FutureOverYou 2 місяці тому

    My bugbear gloomstalker ranger/fighter/rogue dual wielding hamd crossbows was absolutely so much fun. Almost guaranteed to kill something on turn 1.

  • @cstuart5638
    @cstuart5638 25 днів тому

    I’m playing a thri-kreen abjuration wizard who subclassed into cleric. With war caster feat as well. He wields 4 shields and casts spells. Although, some DM’s might not let you hold a shield in your secondary arms.

  • @benpickett2267
    @benpickett2267 4 місяці тому

    Will you do a ranking of every monk subclass? Monk is my typical class I run

  • @LancarVieira
    @LancarVieira 3 місяці тому

    I saw that Mountain Dwarf coming... Aye, matey!

  • @ScottRoth1986
    @ScottRoth1986 4 місяці тому +1

    👏👏👏👏 👏
    Also, where’s your good microphone?

  • @morrigankasa570
    @morrigankasa570 4 місяці тому +1

    My personal list of most powerful D&D Races.
    1. Eladrin(especially Summer)
    2. Shadar-Kai
    3. High Elf
    4. Mountain Dwarf
    5. Duergar
    6. Drow
    7. Dhampir
    8. Tortle
    9. Deep Gnome
    10. Tiefling
    But each their own thoughts/opinions/preferences.

  • @RETRODIBUS
    @RETRODIBUS 4 місяці тому

    Dhampir Cavalier is awesome, one of the very few ways to increase the bite damage for a great bonus to your next skill check. Grappler maybe?

  • @EliSkylander
    @EliSkylander 4 місяці тому

    So, what are your thoughts on Darkvision? Think it might be handy?

  • @Krlytz
    @Krlytz 2 місяці тому

    14:12 Just a footnote, instead of "Que siempre es útil" (the last word has emphasis on the U, btw) in order to keep the hand theme going you could have used "Que es bueno tener a mano", because otherwise you are saying "Which is always useful" while raising your hand, so that doesn't make much sense 😅
    Anyways, that was just a tiny detail I wanted to mention. Your video is awesome and I loved learning how powerful many of the races I've used are (whereas I chose them for completely unrelated reasons like just wanting to be an adorable little owl person 😂)

  • @safsren
    @safsren 4 місяці тому +2

    I have a barbarian wildhunt shifter and my DM considered nerfing my wildhunt form because of that advantage thing 😂

  • @calebcalkins3657
    @calebcalkins3657 Місяць тому

    as a bugbear level 11 rouge you have double advantage on stealth checks plus 1-9 count as 10 on ablity checks

  • @ItsMrFresh
    @ItsMrFresh 4 місяці тому

    Weird question but what is the name of that song looping throughout the video? Sounds sooo familiar but can't put my finger on it

  • @dustindurham6825
    @dustindurham6825 5 днів тому

    Halflings are underrated. They basically get a lite version of lucky as a racial ability and are small enough to occupy the same square as another being without causing issue

  • @whisperinwind87
    @whisperinwind87 3 місяці тому

    I used custom linage to make a Koala bear "shifter" who was a small race, which I really wanted so he could ride his steel defender and get sneak attack every attack...

  • @lrioje1
    @lrioje1 Місяць тому

    I still think "Draconic Cry" should have been "Raucous Yipping". Perfect description of a distraction, giving advantage. Also fits Kobolds better.

  • @arrayknight9691
    @arrayknight9691 4 місяці тому +2

    Ayyy my boy the kobold made it on the list!

  • @zebraneon1503
    @zebraneon1503 10 днів тому

    I'm playing a warforge barbarian in my new campaign, they best part is that Warforges (depending on which one you are) deal more damage with just fists, and barbarians can deal bonus damage with no weapons too

  • @torgfriednilzram1248
    @torgfriednilzram1248 4 місяці тому +1

    Gem Flight allows heavy armor and it has hover. Just for 1 minute a day but many partys don't fight more than that.

  • @stygiansage2661
    @stygiansage2661 4 місяці тому

    Fun powerful combo is any changling with charm effects "oh my charm is about to be over back away change disguise charm again." Easy clean house at any merchant.