It wasn’t intentional, but apparently today is all about animal races. I guess that’s not surprising 10(-ish) of the 33 races in Monsters of the Multiverse are animal races.
I did change the URL for the Yuan-Ti to reflect the name change, but don’t worry: If you have the page bookmarked the site will redirect you.
There are few big impactful changes here. Aarakocra’s speed got nerfed and replaced by Gust of Wind. Kenku’s skill stuff improved and Mimicry is less painful. The Yuan-Ti got a name change and a small nerf. The Tortle remains a beautiful and spectacular wonder.
Hey, so I haven’t seen almost anyone address it, and you say nothing about it in your article, but hasn’t Magic Resistance of the Yuan-Ti (and the Satyr, and the Gnome Cunning for the Deep Gnome) been nerfed in this print? The wording now only talks about resistance to spells, not other magical effects (which were explicitly mentioned in the previous print). So with the new version a Yuan-Ti would have advantage on saves against Flesh to Stone, but you wouldn’t have advantage on your save against the Petrifying ray of a Beholder. It’s still strong, but considering that spellcasting NPCs and monsters are getting non-spell magical abilities, it’s a big nerf. Maybe I’m missing something? Thank you for your fantastic articles!
Oh wow, I totally missed that! I’ll go make updates. Thanks for the help!