Talk:5e Race Variants

I don't understand. There are plenty of variants for all kinds of content all across this wiki. Why is there a special distinction here for official 5e races? It doesn't seem to be consistent, or consistently used, even... - Guy (talk) 20:06, 3 December 2017 (MST)

I would like to see a separate category for all variants of core content. I simply haven't gone to the trouble of rooting them all out and recategorizing. It'd be easier to just stop separating racial variants, but less helpful to our users. One of the major complaints levied against us by members of other communities, (including ENWorld, GiantITP forums, multiple subreddits, the other wiki, multiple Facebook groups, youtube, RPG stack exchange, RPG.net forums, the gaming den, DMs Guild commentors, and D&D Beyond forums) is that we allow variant content to parade about without very clearly distinguishing it as a variant rather than an online transcription of the original source material. That isn't as bad now that we have the homebrew/official banners, but apparently it's still an issue for some kids. I don't think we can be held responsible for the complete willful ignorance of another person, but I do feel that being able to click a button and get all variants of core content in a given category would be useful. --Kydo (talk) 09:21, 5 December 2017 (MST)

Homebrew Question

This is more of a question pertaining to variants of homebrew races. Say, hypothetically, I wanted to make a homebrew race for the wiki, but there are already several homebrew races on the wiki using all the varying names I can think to use for my race. If my race is of similar concept to one of these races, but fundamentally different enough, is it still okay to make this race as a variant of one of the preexisting races? - Alice-chan (talk) 11:06, 22 November 2018 (MST)

The standard practice has usually been to use the "[name], Variant (identifier)" title. For example, Dullahan, Variant (5e Race). — Geodude (talk | contribs | email)‎‎ . . 11:21, 22 November 2018 (MST)

I'm aware of that, but I just wanted to confirm if there was anything wrong with calling it a variant for nothing more than the express purpose of using the already-taken race name. Maybe it was a silly question, but I asked anyway. - Alice-chan (talk) 11:37, 22 November 2018 (MST)

Missing Pages

I've noticed that there are pages that aren't appearing on this page despite meeting the criteria. For example, the Aarakocra has four race variants that should turn up but instead only two have. The dpl below displays all race variants without MT's so you can see the other two Aarakocra pages. Does anyone know what the issue is?

• Aarakocra
• Aarakocra Ostrich
• Aarakocra, 2nd Variant
• Aarakocra, Labored Flight
• Aarakocra, Variant
• Aasimar, Non-Human Variant
• Aasimar, Variant
• Aberrant Tiefling
• Abvar
• Arboren, Variant
• Arcane Dragonborn
• Ascendant Tiefling
• Ascendant Tiefling, Variant
• Avion
• Baphitaur
• Beachblush Warforged
• Blessing of Pan
• Blood Orc
• Boundborn
• Bugbear
• Chain Tiefling
• Child Of Cosmos
• Chillborn
• Chroman
• Cleansed Tiefling
• Cloud Tiefling
• Dark Folk
• Deep Orc
• Draconic Tiefling
• Dragonborn
• Dragonborn Goliath
• Dragonborn Royal
• Dragonborn, 2nd Variant
• Dragonborn, Variant
• Dragonkin
• Dragontortle
• Endren
• Extended Dragonborn
• Featherborn
• Feral Changeling
• Fire Nation
• Fire-Bellied Tortle
• Flying Dragonborn
• Flying Locathah
• Fungal Dragonborn
• Genasi
• Gith, Variant
• Gnome, Variant
• Goblin
• Goblin, 2nd Variant
• Goblin, Grey Race)
• Goblin, Variant
• Goliath Dawncaller
• Goliath, Variant
• Grassland Warrior
• Gray Orc
• Greater Dragonborn
• Grung
• Hag-Borne Firbolg
• Half Moon Fae
• Half-Dragon
• Half-Sharkin
• Heiswald
• Hellfire Tiefling
• Hemogoblin
• Hobgoblin
• Human
• Human Subraces
• Human, Imbued Soul
• Human, Inherited Skill
• Human, Revised
• Incubus Tiefling
• Kaen
• Kalastar
• Kenku
• Kobold
• Kobold Lord
• Kobold, 2nd Variant
• Kobold, 4th Variant
• Kobold, Broadbarrelic
• Kobold, Draconic Servant
• Kobold, Urd
• Kobold, Variant
• Leonin
• Lizard folk
• Lizardfolk
• Lizardfolk, Desert (Ssurran) Race)
• Lizardfolk, Kamelos
• Lizardfolk, Rethild
• Lizardfolk, Scrap-Built
• Lizardfolk, Variant
• Lycanborn Human
• Manlet
• Merfolk Erectus
• Mimic Changeling
• Minotaur
• Minotaur, Maze Blood
• Minotaur, Musk
• Moon Elf
• Moon Fey
• Moonbreeze Elf
• Mountain Orc
• Natural Born Killer
• Neanderthal
• Norn
• Ondonti
• Orc
• Otherling
• Oversized Human
• Pachycephalorc
• Paisley Dragonborn
• Penguin Aarakocra
• Pink Dragonkin
• Plains Reaver
• Plainsborn
• Plane Touched
• Plasmoid Variant
• Power Orc
• Pseudodragonborn
• Quirked Human
• Red Orc Race)
• Rubber Person
• Rustforged
• Sainted Human
• Sanctuary's Lot Human (Sanctuary's Lot Supplement)
• Seaclaimed
• Sekrath
• Shadow Tiefling
• Shadowfell Walker
• Sharkin Skeleton
• Simic Hybrid Animal Enhancements
• Sky Tiefling
• Snowborn Tabaxi
• Stained Half-Elf
• Subrace Human
• Sun Elf
• Terrados Dwarf
• Tiefling, 2nd Variant
• Tiefling, Sin Variant
• Tiefling, Variant
• Tortle
• Triton, Swampscale
• Turtleborn
• Tyrling
• Undead Sharkin
• Urban Tabaxi
• Variant Warforged
• Vasharan
• Vistani
• Wardrober
• Warforged Infiltrator
• Warforged, Modeled
• Warhammer High Elf
• Waterborn
• White Dwarf
• Winged Dragonborn
• Winged Orc
• Yellow Orc Race)
• Yuan-Ti Pureblood
• Zhefreet Ahsri

—ConcealedLight (talk) 08:33, 5 March 2019 (MST)

It seems like the dpl did not like the optional categories order.

I think a few of them are missing a race category. We should have a dpl on this page to list pages without any of the listed race categories. --Green Dragon (talk) 23:30, 5 March 2019 (MST)

Thanks and I agree. I've added the dpl and cleaned up the page. I plan to go through all the pages and make sure they have the right categories. —ConcealedLight (talk) 04:08, 6 March 2019 (MST)