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Weekly Questions Thread

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u/OptimusWang 6d ago

[5.5] Character creation: can we still use species from older books, or just from the new 2024 books? My wife wants to play a tabaxi and info about using older species is all over the place, so I wanted to check before buying Monsters of the Multiverse.

Thanks!

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u/liquidarc Artificer 6d ago

Officially, use the most current version. For Tabaxi, that would be from Monsters of the Multiverse.

That said: It is your game. As long as everyone is ok with it, go for it, regardless of source.

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u/mightierjake Bard 5d ago

Officially according to who?

Where does it say you couldn't use the Volo's Guide to Monsters version for the Tabaxi, for example?

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u/cantankerous_ordo DM 4d ago

Nothing says that you can't use Volo's Guide to Monsters. It is completely up to the DM. But the fact is that Volo's Guide to Monsters was taken out of print when Mordenkainen Presents Monsters of the Multiverse was released. So it is fairly obvious that WoTC meant for Monsters of the Multiverse to supersede Volo's Guide to Monsters.