The information present in Volo's Guide to Monsters is now considered outdated and Wizards of the Coast might be gearing up for something that can replace it in print form.
Related: D&D Campaign Ideas For Parties With No Magic UsersĪ new version of the race rules was introduced in Tasha's Cauldron of Everything, and they make it easy for players to change existing races, or rework them into something brand new. Wizards of the Coast released errata for Volo's Guide to Monsters, which removed the stat penalties. This is especially true in the current edition of D&D, where none of the races in the Player's Handbook have penalties. The intention going forward is to make all of the races viable, and giving some of them penalties makes them less attractive in the eyes of players. The playable monster races in Volo's Guide to Monsters were singled out as being retconned, as they had stat penalties. In 2020, Wizards of the Coast overhauled the race rules in D&D. There are races in Volo's Guide to Monsters that are no longer part of D&D rules. There's a D&D book called Volo's Guide to Monsters, which has stats for a number of monsters, allowing them to be turned into playable races that can be used in campaigns. It's possible that Wizards of the Coast is working on a new book that will add revamped playable monster races to Dungeons & Dragons, as many of them were scrapped or replaced last year.
