D&D 5E Why aren't bullywugs a PC race in 5E?

[JEB]

possible gaps:
dogs,

This is a pretty striking gap (also wolves). There must not be enough dog owners at Wizards.

I suppose shifters could be seen as close to dogs/wolves, if you squint.

fish

Locathah are playable in Locathah Rising.

horses

Depending on how you see centaurs, they might count.

spiders

Good point, where are our aranea? (Or ettercaps?)

 

[Mecheon]

I'm honestly surprised we don't have Lupin yet. They're a legacy race and.... I vaguely think reasonably popular back in 3e? Maybe? Regardless they're a relatively easy one to get going

moths

Give me Mothra. Let me become as moth.

(mind I know there's like, 2, 3 homebrew options for moth that are ridunculousyl popular but, m o t h)

 

[Khelon Testudo]

I was hoping to get Rhox

 

[Tonguez]

Because nobody wants a party member who constantly sings "It's not easy being green"

It seems you blend in with so many other ordinary things And people tend to pass you over = Camouflage/Hide in Plain sight

But green's the color of spring And green can be cool and friendly-like or Big like an ocean or important like a river = Cha bonus

 

[Leatherhead]

Current Printed animals represented:
Bovines
Elephants
Fish
Frogs
Lizards
Snakes
Rabbits
Turtles
Two kinds of felines.
Two kinds of dragons. (not a real animal, but still worth noting)
Three kinds of birds.

Outliers:
Shifters (basically werecreatures)
Satyrs (could be a goat)
Centaurs (could be a horse, maybe)
Simic Hybrd (could be anything really, but mostly creepy stuff)

Stuff in UA:
Sugar Glider/Monkey
Hippos
Mantis
Slime molds

But yeah, no dog people, that's kind of weird.

 

[Willie the Duck]

But yeah, no dog people, that's kind of weird.

BECMI had Lupin, and AD&D's/3E's Oriental Adventures had hengeyokia (and 3e's Savage Species had 'anthropomorphic _______') with a dog form. Other than that, I don't recall any official ones. Perhaps because werewolves steal part of that spotlight? Or maybe because there isn't as much agreement on what doglike traits a dog-person ought to represent?

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[QuentinGeorge]

Missing the opportunity for that sweet bullywug bard.

 

[Jer]

I'm honestly surprised we don't have Lupin yet. They're a legacy race and.... I vaguely think reasonably popular back in 3e? Maybe? Regardless they're a relatively easy one to get going

I don't recall Lupin in 3e officially, but I could be wrong. In 2e there was a Dragon article about them (and another for the Rakasta, who can be considered a Tabaxi variant[*] so we have them now), and of course they were originally from BECMI.

You'd think wolf people would be an easy one to put into the game but so far nope.

[*] Or if you're me, you consider the Tabaxi to be a Rakasta variant.

 

[Weiley31]

Out of curiosity, what do you replace the grungs' poison with? Or do you just have poisonous bullywugs and grippli, too?

It would either still be kept or I'd just check out another racial passive trait to exchange/swap on there. No fuss, no muss.

 

[Weiley31]

There are options for Dogfolk and Spiderfolk. It just depends on whether your gonna restrict yourself to official WoTC or if you don't mind doing 3PP.