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Two new races — satyr and Leonin (a feline race from Magic: the Gathering) [5] Three reprinted races — centaur, minotaur (from Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica), and Triton (an updated version from Volo’s Guide to Monsters) [5] Two subclass options — the College of Eloquence Bard and the Oath of Glory Paladin [5] [6]
The satyr was later detailed as a playable character race in The Complete Book of Humanoids (1993), [158] and is later presented as a playable character race again in Player's Option: Skills & Powers (1995). [159] The satyr appears in the Monster Manual for the 3.0 edition. [160]
Monsters of the Multiverse contains revised versions of the player races and monsters originally published in Volo's Guide to Monsters (2016) and Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] In May 2022, D&D Beyond stated that users will retain access to previously purchased copies of Volo's Guide to Monsters and Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes . [ 11 ]
Character race is a descriptor used to describe the various sapient species and beings that make up the setting in modern fantasy and science fiction.In many tabletop role-playing games and video games, players may choose to be one of these creatures when creating their player character (PC) or encounter them as a non-player character (NPC).
In a review of Xanathar's Guide to Everything in Black Gate, Howard Andrew Jones said "It's a great 5E book, maybe even an essential one. Giving it 4.5 out of 5 isn't quite fair to all the excellence within. Maybe 9.5 out of 10 would give you a better sense of its value.
The dvati (an obscure race, composed entirely of sets of twins, that first appeared in Dragon magazine #271), also have bard as their favored class, and the satyr also shares this class as a favorite. The Star Elf race from the Forgotten Realms setting's Unapproachable East sourcebook also has bard as its favorite class.
Monsters of the Multiverse was included on Kotaku's 2022 "The 10 Best Tabletop Roleplaying Books Of 2022" list — Claire Jackson commented that both the updated monsters and player race options make Monsters of the Multiverse a contender for "fourth core book". Jackson wrote that the player races is where the book "really earns its place.
Heroes of the Feywild provides new character theme options, feats, magic items, and more. The book presents three new Feywild races (the Hamadryad, Pixie, and Satyr), and four sets of class alternate features and subclasses: the Berserker (Barbarian subclass), the Skald (Bard subclass), the Protector (Druid subclass), and the Witch (Wizard subclass).