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Saurian, an Original Race for D&D 5e
Publisher: Dungeon Masters Guild
by Zachary M. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 01/08/2023 08:16:07

This material is solid and a massive insperation to make a civilization that exisrted in my own world, that came before either humans or even Elves.

all in alll this PDF is amazingly solid :)



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[5 of 5 Stars!]
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Saurian, an Original Race for D&D 5e
Publisher: Dungeon Masters Guild
by Caiti S. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 05/24/2020 11:21:02

Cute idea and fairly well put together. Thanks for the work!



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[4 of 5 Stars!]
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Saurian, an Original Race for D&D 5e
Publisher: Dungeon Masters Guild
by Mark W. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 10/05/2018 15:28:18

Saurian, an Original Race for D&D 5e is an enjoyable rendition of a playable dinosaur race, especially with the release of such content as Tomb of Annihilation, in which dinosaurs finally get their due from WotC. Huffman clearly put a lot of research into the subraces of Saurians while designing them, and has created a fantastic cultural structure for their once-sprawling empires. Many of the abilities are very original, clever, and seem to (mostly) fit the race. Unforutunately, that is as far as my praise for this product goes.

While the design of the race was clearly thought through (at least, to an extent, but more on that later), the production quality is sub-par. Grammatical errors abound and, while none are particularly severe or inhibit the understanding of the content, they compound to become increasingly irritating. There are also a few formatting errors, such as racial traits not being bolded/italicized and blending into the text (the description for the plesiosaur-inspired subrace mentioned they could breathe water, but the aquatic trait took me 3 readings to actually find). Furthermore, the introductory blurb about the general racial traits is copied-and-pasted into the subrace trait, which just seems lazy. Speaking of, the Sarco subrace is not mentioned in the description of subraces, which makes it confusing to those (like myself) who are unfamiliar with many of the less-popular dinosaur species (I had to go look up what the inspiration for the Sarcos was, and now that I know, it sounds really cool, but at first I was very confused).

In addition to the issues with editing, there are a couple of issues with the design of some aspects. For example, why does the triceratops-inspired subrace have 4 total ability score increases? Plus, as mentioned above, the Tomb of Annihilation added several facets of dinosaurs previously unseen in D&D. One of them was the character Dragonbait, who is a saurial. In Dragonbait's character description, the saurial race is briefly described. Chiefly among the description is the fact that the saurial language is vastly different from any other language, including smells and gestures, as well as sounds not normally audible to the human ear. Meanwhile, the Sauran race by Huffman speaks draconic, albeit Huffman makes a good attempt to make it distinct.

In summary, this product is a very original take on the saurial race, and provides a very solid starting point for adapting the race to a certain campaign or a DM's individual world preferences. With a few minor tweaks, all available from lisenced sourcebooks, this product could be truly excellent.



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[4 of 5 Stars!]
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Saurian, an Original Race for D&D 5e
Publisher: Dungeon Masters Guild
by Richard M. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 01/12/2018 00:07:17

Saurian is a certified DM's Guild Masterpiece by the Going Last Tabletop Gaming Podcast!

Look, you know you want to play a dinosaur. Don't even bother trying to pretend that after reading the description of this product you aren't excited out of your mind to play your very own Ankylosaurus Paladin or a Tyrannosaurus Barbarian. You are, even now, freaking out and hoping that this book has the rules you need.

Spoilers: it does.

Author Benjamin Huffman has done a great work outlining the Saurians, a race tied to primordial behemoths who once ruled the world. Ages later, these mighty beasts have evolved into five unique subraces that are perfectly described. Ankylos, Plesios, Pteradas, Triceras, and Tyrannos—each have abilities that are well thought out and hearken back to exactly what we wanted from these dinosaurs back when we were kids. Even better, Huffman has given each a position in Saurian society, providing the backbone of a traditional, castebound culture that has me searching for my copy of Dinotopia.

Plus, Huffman added more content after folks scooped this up? New Saurian's like the Deinony and the Sarchos? Those are solid editions to this work, written long after I first purchased this pdf!

This short document is packed with flavor, though it leaves many questions about how to add Saurians to your campaign. Where is this unique society based? How did they impact society over the ages? How do they interact with Dragonborn? How is a Saurian society built? Sadly, rather than answer these questions, Huffman leaves each DM to fit them into their world in their own way.

This is a playful, fun product with tons of potential. Maybe the Saurians will find their way into the wilds of your Tomb of Annihilation campaign! (Specifically, that Ankylos Paladin needs a job as an eternal tomb guardian.)

You can hear more of my thoughts about Saurian on Episode 196 of Going Last!



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Saurian, an Original Race for D&D 5e
Publisher: Dungeon Masters Guild
by Jonas S. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 02/12/2017 06:23:24

This product expands on the already present theme of dinosaurs in 5th edition, allowing players to create characters based on that theme, and thus incorporating it to the campaign. The five currently available subrace options enable effective builds for a vast array of classes, presenting an option for each Ability Score, and creating diversity within the race. In all, this is another great product by a prolific publisher.



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