Instead, I’ve opted to present every possible option in hopes that someone somewhere will enjoy them, if only for the time it takes to read the racial traits for a rug of smothering.” In many campaigns, the idea of an animated object as a character makes no sense, but I’ve seen enough people wanting to play sentient items or animated objects that I’ve given up all hope of logic, internal consistency, or sanity. “Many of the “races” (the term is used very loosely here) in this document are clearly absurd. Here’s a statement from the introductory “How to Use This Document” section: I’ll say it again, it’s amazing and absurd. Kamstra took two years and created character options for playing every single monster in the Monster Manual. You know how everyone always wants to play a creature from the monster manual as their character race? Sure, we can all imagine a Minotaur barbarian, or a Kobold rogue, it’s definitely been done, with some builds better than others.īut what about all the other monsters in the Monster Manual?Īs in… what about All the monsters in the Monster Manual? It’s easily my favorite thing I’ve gotten from DMsGuild.