Tabletop RPG Dungeons and Dragons has always had a variety of monsters and player resources to glean inspiration from, but these resources increased after Wizards of the Coast took over publishing in 1997. In 2014, the 5th edition of D&D was released and has become one of most popular iterations of the game boasting an incredible amount of sourcebooks for campaigns, monsters, and player characters. But D&D also encourages player innovation, and there’s an abundance of quality homebrew content for players to enjoy. Add to that list Primerva’s Guide to Kaijuborn, a homebrew D&D 5e supplement created to celebrate the release of the Warner Bros./Legendary Pictures movie, Godzilla vs. Kong.
Godzilla vs. Kong features massive combat between the famous ape and the famous kaiju. The two powerhouses from different franchises meet due to the Warner Bros./Legendary Pictures MonsterVerse, which will mostly likely include more famous titans in the future. Godzilla is just one of many variants of kaiju, and he fights others throughout his film history including Gamera, Mothra, and King Ghidorah. Primerva’s Guide to Kaijuborn takes these kaiju types and others and creates a fun list of D&D 5e race variants as well as subclasses and feats.
Primerva is a Dungeons and Dragons homebrew creator with a serious talent for making realistic D&D 5e source material. Besides the Guide to Kaijuborn, they’ve also made several homebrew races for a D&D/Dragon Ball universe mash up called Dungeons and Dragon Ball. The kaijuborn race takes a lot of inspiration from the dragonborn race in D&D 5e, with similar Armor Class bonuses and an Energy Weapon instead of a Breath Weapon. The race introduction is an excellent quote from Ishiro Honda, a Japanese film director and screenwriter who worked on kaiju films including the Godzilla franchise.
Among the many kaijuborn subraces are the Godzilla and Kong variants, which are pretty much what one might expect. Godzilla Kaijuborn have the benefit of breathing air and water along with a helpful swim speed, and the King of Monsters trait gives them advantage on saving throws against being Charmed or Frightened, which is a big benefit for a low level character. Kong Kaijuborn get a climbing speed bonus and King’s Grasp, which adds a grappling option as a bonus action. Some of the D&D homebrew feats are great too. Insect Reincarnation allows a Kaijuborn to defy death once per level, but they have to hang out in an egg for 24 hours to do it.
So far Godzilla vs. Kong has received mostly positive reviews, with critics praising the monster action but criticizing the movie’s bland human characters. For those that want a narratively rich experience with kaiju monsters, Primerva’s Guide to Kaijuborn provides a great starting point for complex kaiju characters that don’t have to be dumbed down brawlers.
Dungeons & Dragons 5e is available now for tabletop players.
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