D&D 5E Preview Witchlight's New Rabbit People

You can take a look at the harengons, a rabbit-themed race in the upcoming Wild Beyond the Witchlight, over at D&D Beyond. Harengons are medium or small humanoids with a bonus to initiative, Dexterity saving throws, and a 'rabbit hop' which lets them jump up to five times their proficiency bonus without provoking opportunity attacks. Creature Type. You are a Humanoid. Size. You are...

You can take a look at the harengons, a rabbit-themed race in the upcoming Wild Beyond the Witchlight, over at D&D Beyond.

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Harengons are medium or small humanoids with a bonus to initiative, Dexterity saving throws, and a 'rabbit hop' which lets them jump up to five times their proficiency bonus without provoking opportunity attacks.

Creature Type. You are a Humanoid.

Size. You are Medium or Small. You choose the size when you select this race.

Speed. Your walking speed is 30 feet.

Hare-Trigger. You can add your proficiency bonus to your initiative rolls.

Leporine Senses. You have proficiency in the Perception skill.

Lucky Footwork. When you fail a Dexterity saving throw, you can use your reaction to roll a d4 and add it to the save, potentially turning the failure into a success. You can’t use this reaction if you’re prone or your speed is 0.

Rabbit Hop. As a bonus action, you can jump a number of feet equal to five times your proficiency bonus, without provoking opportunity attacks. You can use this trait only if your speed is greater than 0. You can use it a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

When you create a harengon or fairy using the rules from The Wild Beyond the Witchlight, you can choose to increase one ability score by 2 and another by 1, or choose to increase three different scores by 1. Further, you know Common and will choose one other language to learn.
 

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Tonguez

A suffusion of yellow
We really oughta convert to GURPS at this point.
Full disclosure, before 3e I mainly played GURPS and currently FAE is my go too system, so yeah I do like class-less systems. GURPS is too much crunch though.

D&d is a game that has race and classes, which is why suggesting that Animalfolk have a generic frame that can be kitsetted into everything from Kenku and snail folk through to Leonine and Loxodon makes as much sense as a single kit set model for all race/lineages
 
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Eyes of Nine

Everything's Fine
Remember when the Teenage Mutant Monk Tortles went back in time and met Harengon Yojimbo (Samurai)? And their mentor Splinter (were-rat cleric) came with them and they fought Strahd von Zarofoot?

Yeah, me neither, but what an awesome a) set of action figures and b) D&D adventure that would be!
 

Eyes of Nine

Everything's Fine
But seriously, I think it's time they filled out the rest of the menagerie. D&D designers! We need: Dog/wolf folk, Rodent folk, Racoon folk, and possibly some sort of Arthropod folk (insects, spiders, etc) to join with:
Lizard folk
Elephant folk
Rabbit folk
Bird folk (2 types!)
Cat folk
Cow folk (minotaurs - is that a stretch?)
Snake folk

And then we can have a jolly old "funny animal" time!
 


But seriously, I think it's time they filled out the rest of the menagerie. D&D designers! We need: Dog/wolf folk, Rodent folk, Racoon folk, and possibly some sort of Arthropod folk (insects, spiders, etc) to join with:
Lizard folk
Elephant folk
Rabbit folk
Bird folk (2 types!)
Cat folk
Cow folk (minotaurs - is that a stretch?)
Snake folk

And then we can have a jolly old "funny animal" time!
Is there an official gnoll option?
 


Tonguez

A suffusion of yellow
But seriously, I think it's time they filled out the rest of the menagerie. D&D designers! We need: Dog/wolf folk, Rodent folk, Racoon folk, and possibly some sort of Arthropod folk (insects, spiders, etc) to join with:
Lizard folk
Elephant folk
Rabbit folk
Bird folk (2 types!)
Cat folk
Cow folk (minotaurs - is that a stretch?)
Snake folk

And then we can have a jolly old "funny animal" time!
My FB feeds are pushing a Kickstarter for “Beast World” which apparently features 24 furry species (Bovine, Canine, Vulpine, Feline etc) across 5 culture variations
 
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Stormonu

NeoGrognard
But seriously, I think it's time they filled out the rest of the menagerie. D&D designers! We need: Dog/wolf folk, Rodent folk, Racoon folk, and possibly some sort of Arthropod folk (insects, spiders, etc) to join with:
Lizard folk
Elephant folk
Rabbit folk
Bird folk (2 types!)
Cat folk
Cow folk (minotaurs - is that a stretch?)
Snake folk

And then we can have a jolly old "funny animal" time!
Animal Farm, the RPG.
 


Mecheon

Sacabambaspis
Dog/wolf folk, Rodent folk, Racoon folk, and possibly some sort of Arthropod folk (insects, spiders, etc)
Lupin handle dog/wolf folk well and they're a legacy race so I wouldn't think too many would be upset with them, rodent folk could easily be handled by something vaguely Nezumi-esque (Either MTG Nezumi or L5R ones), plus its another good space. Anthropod folk have their various bits and bobs, with Thri-Kreen as the stand out, but also there was an Underdark beetle race at some point

Which just leaves racoon folk which, theoretically could slip in Tanuki but they're more shapeshifters who are racoons
 

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