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Who was this character from the Tomb of Annihilation adventure before they became a monster?
Was the Tomb of Horrors module representative of Gygaxian DMing?Party communication across languagesHow does the Necromancy wizard's Inured to Undeath feature work with the Death Curse in the Tomb of Annihilation adventure?What story arcs does the Tomb of Annihilation adventure (as written) fail to resolve?What does the in-game map in Tomb of Annihilation do in regard to navigation checks?Can you choose a dialect of a language instead of the whole language?In Tomb of Annihilation, why does Jobal's consort introduce the party to a certain pair of guides?How do I prevent a homebrew Grappling Hook feature from trivializing Tomb of Annihilation?Should the Death Curse affect an undead PC in the Tomb of Annihilation adventure?Can this NPC from the Tomb of Annihilation adventure change form willingly?
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I have found a lot of information that this character is a tabaxi and speaks tabaxi language.
Ras Nsi before he became yuan-ti
Who he is exactly? Was he tabaxi or human or something else?
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I have found a lot of information that this character is a tabaxi and speaks tabaxi language.
Ras Nsi before he became yuan-ti
Who he is exactly? Was he tabaxi or human or something else?
dnd-5e published-adventures races npc tomb-of-annihilation
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Can you cite where you've seen it stated that he's a tabaxi? Is it mentioned anywhere in the adventure?
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I have found a lot of information that this character is a tabaxi and speaks tabaxi language.
Ras Nsi before he became yuan-ti
Who he is exactly? Was he tabaxi or human or something else?
dnd-5e published-adventures races npc tomb-of-annihilation
edited May 11 at 20:45
doppelgreener♦
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asked May 11 at 20:03
OharOhar
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I have found a lot of information that this character is a tabaxi and speaks tabaxi language.
Ras Nsi before he became yuan-ti
Who he is exactly? Was he tabaxi or human or something else?
dnd-5e published-adventures races npc tomb-of-annihilation
dnd-5e published-adventures races npc tomb-of-annihilation
edited May 11 at 20:45
doppelgreener♦
32.8k11139231
asked May 11 at 20:03
OharOhar
490112
edited May 11 at 20:45
doppelgreener♦
32.8k11139231
asked May 11 at 20:03
OharOhar
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doppelgreener♦
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doppelgreener♦
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doppelgreener♦
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Can you cite where you've seen it stated that he's a tabaxi? Is it mentioned anywhere in the adventure?
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Can you cite where you've seen it stated that he's a tabaxi? Is it mentioned anywhere in the adventure?
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– V2Blast
May 11 at 20:37
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Can you cite where you've seen it stated that he's a tabaxi? Is it mentioned anywhere in the adventure?
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He was a human from the Tabaxi tribe
The book makes this all very confusing, but Ras Nsi is indeed a Tabaxi. Except... he's not a cat person. In ancient Chult, the people of Chult lived in various tribes, and the largest of these tribes was the Tabaxi tribe.
It's a bit uncertain in-universe if the tribe was named after the cat-like humanoids, or if the misunderstanding came from an explorer who asked about a cat-like humanoid from the Tabaxi tribe, was told they're a Tabaxi, and assumed that 'tabaxi' was the race of the creature instead of what tribe it belonged to.
To make matters even more confusing, the language he speaks (Tabaxi) is not the same language as the one the cat-people speak. In fact, if you look closely, the tabaxi species doesn't even speak Tabaxi, because Tabaxi is a human dialect from Chult. The language the furry friends spoke in earlier editions when they still had their own language by default is a dialect of Payit, completely unrelated to human Tabaxi.
This difference is properly explained in Dragon+ #11 in Matt Sernet's Lore You Should Know article, "Tabaxi vs. tabaxi".
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It'd help to support the statements in your answer by citing the source of the information. (I know the Forgotten Realms wiki has info that backs this up, and presumably most of it cites books from older editions.)
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– V2Blast
May 11 at 21:06
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Added a link to the dragon+ article that goes into developer discussion on the difference between tabaxi (species) and Tabaxi (tribe.), hope that helps.
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He was a human from the Tabaxi tribe
The book makes this all very confusing, but Ras Nsi is indeed a Tabaxi. Except... he's not a cat person. In ancient Chult, the people of Chult lived in various tribes, and the largest of these tribes was the Tabaxi tribe.
It's a bit uncertain in-universe if the tribe was named after the cat-like humanoids, or if the misunderstanding came from an explorer who asked about a cat-like humanoid from the Tabaxi tribe, was told they're a Tabaxi, and assumed that 'tabaxi' was the race of the creature instead of what tribe it belonged to.
To make matters even more confusing, the language he speaks (Tabaxi) is not the same language as the one the cat-people speak. In fact, if you look closely, the tabaxi species doesn't even speak Tabaxi, because Tabaxi is a human dialect from Chult. The language the furry friends spoke in earlier editions when they still had their own language by default is a dialect of Payit, completely unrelated to human Tabaxi.
This difference is properly explained in Dragon+ #11 in Matt Sernet's Lore You Should Know article, "Tabaxi vs. tabaxi".
edited May 11 at 21:14
V2Blast
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answered May 11 at 20:46
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It'd help to support the statements in your answer by citing the source of the information. (I know the Forgotten Realms wiki has info that backs this up, and presumably most of it cites books from older editions.)
$endgroup$
– V2Blast
May 11 at 21:06
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Added a link to the dragon+ article that goes into developer discussion on the difference between tabaxi (species) and Tabaxi (tribe.), hope that helps.
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– Theik
May 11 at 21:12
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Looks good to me.
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$begingroup$
He was a human from the Tabaxi tribe
The book makes this all very confusing, but Ras Nsi is indeed a Tabaxi. Except... he's not a cat person. In ancient Chult, the people of Chult lived in various tribes, and the largest of these tribes was the Tabaxi tribe.
It's a bit uncertain in-universe if the tribe was named after the cat-like humanoids, or if the misunderstanding came from an explorer who asked about a cat-like humanoid from the Tabaxi tribe, was told they're a Tabaxi, and assumed that 'tabaxi' was the race of the creature instead of what tribe it belonged to.
To make matters even more confusing, the language he speaks (Tabaxi) is not the same language as the one the cat-people speak. In fact, if you look closely, the tabaxi species doesn't even speak Tabaxi, because Tabaxi is a human dialect from Chult. The language the furry friends spoke in earlier editions when they still had their own language by default is a dialect of Payit, completely unrelated to human Tabaxi.
This difference is properly explained in Dragon+ #11 in Matt Sernet's Lore You Should Know article, "Tabaxi vs. tabaxi".
edited May 11 at 21:14
V2Blast
29.2k5105177
answered May 11 at 20:46
TheikTheik
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1
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It'd help to support the statements in your answer by citing the source of the information. (I know the Forgotten Realms wiki has info that backs this up, and presumably most of it cites books from older editions.)
$endgroup$
– V2Blast
May 11 at 21:06
3
$begingroup$
Added a link to the dragon+ article that goes into developer discussion on the difference between tabaxi (species) and Tabaxi (tribe.), hope that helps.
$endgroup$
– Theik
May 11 at 21:12
1
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Looks good to me.
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– V2Blast
May 11 at 21:15
add a comment |
$begingroup$
He was a human from the Tabaxi tribe
The book makes this all very confusing, but Ras Nsi is indeed a Tabaxi. Except... he's not a cat person. In ancient Chult, the people of Chult lived in various tribes, and the largest of these tribes was the Tabaxi tribe.
It's a bit uncertain in-universe if the tribe was named after the cat-like humanoids, or if the misunderstanding came from an explorer who asked about a cat-like humanoid from the Tabaxi tribe, was told they're a Tabaxi, and assumed that 'tabaxi' was the race of the creature instead of what tribe it belonged to.
To make matters even more confusing, the language he speaks (Tabaxi) is not the same language as the one the cat-people speak. In fact, if you look closely, the tabaxi species doesn't even speak Tabaxi, because Tabaxi is a human dialect from Chult. The language the furry friends spoke in earlier editions when they still had their own language by default is a dialect of Payit, completely unrelated to human Tabaxi.
This difference is properly explained in Dragon+ #11 in Matt Sernet's Lore You Should Know article, "Tabaxi vs. tabaxi".
edited May 11 at 21:14
V2Blast
29.2k5105177
answered May 11 at 20:46
TheikTheik
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$endgroup$
He was a human from the Tabaxi tribe
The book makes this all very confusing, but Ras Nsi is indeed a Tabaxi. Except... he's not a cat person. In ancient Chult, the people of Chult lived in various tribes, and the largest of these tribes was the Tabaxi tribe.
It's a bit uncertain in-universe if the tribe was named after the cat-like humanoids, or if the misunderstanding came from an explorer who asked about a cat-like humanoid from the Tabaxi tribe, was told they're a Tabaxi, and assumed that 'tabaxi' was the race of the creature instead of what tribe it belonged to.
To make matters even more confusing, the language he speaks (Tabaxi) is not the same language as the one the cat-people speak. In fact, if you look closely, the tabaxi species doesn't even speak Tabaxi, because Tabaxi is a human dialect from Chult. The language the furry friends spoke in earlier editions when they still had their own language by default is a dialect of Payit, completely unrelated to human Tabaxi.
This difference is properly explained in Dragon+ #11 in Matt Sernet's Lore You Should Know article, "Tabaxi vs. tabaxi".
edited May 11 at 21:14
V2Blast
29.2k5105177
answered May 11 at 20:46
TheikTheik
15.3k6684
edited May 11 at 21:14
V2Blast
29.2k5105177
edited May 11 at 21:14
V2Blast
29.2k5105177
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V2Blast
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29.2k5105177
answered May 11 at 20:46
TheikTheik
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answered May 11 at 20:46
TheikTheik
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answered May 11 at 20:46
TheikTheik
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It'd help to support the statements in your answer by citing the source of the information. (I know the Forgotten Realms wiki has info that backs this up, and presumably most of it cites books from older editions.)
$endgroup$
– V2Blast
May 11 at 21:06
3
$begingroup$
Added a link to the dragon+ article that goes into developer discussion on the difference between tabaxi (species) and Tabaxi (tribe.), hope that helps.
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– Theik
May 11 at 21:12
1
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Looks good to me.
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– V2Blast
May 11 at 21:15
add a comment |
1
$begingroup$
It'd help to support the statements in your answer by citing the source of the information. (I know the Forgotten Realms wiki has info that backs this up, and presumably most of it cites books from older editions.)
$endgroup$
– V2Blast
May 11 at 21:06
3
$begingroup$
Added a link to the dragon+ article that goes into developer discussion on the difference between tabaxi (species) and Tabaxi (tribe.), hope that helps.
$endgroup$
– Theik
May 11 at 21:12
1
$begingroup$
Looks good to me.
$endgroup$
– V2Blast
May 11 at 21:15
1
1
$begingroup$
It'd help to support the statements in your answer by citing the source of the information. (I know the Forgotten Realms wiki has info that backs this up, and presumably most of it cites books from older editions.)
$endgroup$
– V2Blast
May 11 at 21:06
$begingroup$
It'd help to support the statements in your answer by citing the source of the information. (I know the Forgotten Realms wiki has info that backs this up, and presumably most of it cites books from older editions.)
$endgroup$
– V2Blast
May 11 at 21:06
3
3
$begingroup$
Added a link to the dragon+ article that goes into developer discussion on the difference between tabaxi (species) and Tabaxi (tribe.), hope that helps.
$endgroup$
– Theik
May 11 at 21:12
$begingroup$
Added a link to the dragon+ article that goes into developer discussion on the difference between tabaxi (species) and Tabaxi (tribe.), hope that helps.
$endgroup$
– Theik
May 11 at 21:12
1
1
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Looks good to me.
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– V2Blast
May 11 at 21:15
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Looks good to me.
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– V2Blast
May 11 at 21:15
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