Is your party going to spend a lot of time in and around water?
These races will thrive in such a D&D campaign.
Setting up encounters for aquatic tweaks might require a lot of preparation and research.
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With their low stats and CR, these creatures are not a real challenge in small numbers.
They’re Fey and thus escape from conditions that affect humanoids.
The sage, in particular, is relatively strong thanks to their free use of Ray of Sickness.
Art by Andrea Piparo
They can also make a weapon attack on the same turn.
Why yes, you DO recognize those characters.
They’re all very charming, too, as they can trigger this condition often.
Art by Andrea Piparo
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The Fishermen Become The… Fished?
Merrow
Merrows are the classic fish people in D&D, even before 5e.
After all, they have an aquatic variant in the form of the Sea Hag.
Art by Eric Belisle
Not to mention that fighting underwater is harder in itself.
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Art by Mark Zug
Art by Alexandre Honoré
Art by David Auden Nash
Art by Lorenzo Mastroianni
Ghosts of Saltmarsh by Grzegorz Rutkowski
Art by Crystal Sully
