Iāve been slowly getting into Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition and have been reading various aspects about the game. As of late, Iāve been looking at the Lizardfolk information from the Voloās Guide to Monsters book, where info on them being a playable race is written.
I thought Iād go over a few interesting aspects of Lizardfolk and see how well it could apply to Saurok. The interesting tidbits are as follows:
Personality quirk: āYou hate waste and see no reason not to scavenge fallen enemies. Fingers are tasty and portable!ā
This is something I can see in Saurok if you apply a few themes discussed in this megathread.
Eating fallen enemies could be a view of being stronger over the enemy. This in particular if the idea of meat being important to Saurok society is applied. If you bested a foe, devouring their flesh as a method of becoming stronger strikes me as something symbolic that Saurok could believe in. This would apply to whether they hunt prey or combat enemies in general. After all, meat is meat.
Of course, Saurok would know better than to apply this to fallen allies. This is text regarding this example about Lizardfolk:
āYes, the fallen dwarf might be most useful as a meal, but hacking the body into steaks provokes aggression in the other humanoids and makes them less helpful in battle.ā
It wouldnāt be a good idea to cheese off your allies by making their dead a meal for lunch. As such, respect to others would have to be given so as to not get kicked out of the Horde. However, anything else not attached to the Horde would be fair game within reason. It can be useful in cleaning up the battle field and not have to worry about feeding your Saurok troopsā¦for the moment.
On a similar note, with regards to hunts, this also seems like it could apply to Saurok:
Lizardfolk Trait: āCunning Artisan- As part of a short rest, you can harvest bone and hide from a slain beast, construct, dragon, monstrosity, or plant creature of size small or larger to create the following items: a shield, a club, a javelin, or 1D4 darts or blowgun needles.ā
I do see Saurok utilizing just about anything from their kills. Meat to eat, hides for various uses, bones for tools or potentially armor and weapons, that sort of stuff. Since bones would likely pile up a lot, you might as well make some sort of use out of them! I imagine leatherworking being fairly popular as a profession for Saurok also.
The last part regarding hunting creatures is this skill Lizardfolk get:
Lizardfolk trait: āHungry Jaws- In battle, you can throw yourself into a vicious feeding frenzy. As a bonus action, you can make a special attack with your bite. If the attack hits, it deals its normal damage, and you gain temporary hit points (minimum of 1) equal to your constitution modifier, and you canāt use this trait again until you finish a short or long rest.ā
Something about the idea of a Saurok chomping a mob theyāre fighting to gain some health back is amusing. I donāt know how balanced that could be in combat, but a bite skill at least doing some damage in general would be fitting to me. Might as well make use of all parts of your body in combat, including your teeth! Although, consider not using it on things made of rock or fire. That would not be tasty and likely wouldnāt end well for the Saurokās mouth.
A few other interesting aspects of Lizardfolk:
Lizardfolk Trait: āHold Breath- You can hold your breath for up to 15 minutes at a time.ā
Something discussed before is that Saurok would likely be able to stay underwater for longer periods of time compared to other races. Many real life lizards are capable of doing this.
Lizardfolk traint: āHunterās Lore- You gain proficiency with two of the following skills of your choice: Animal Handling, Nature, Perception, Stealth, and Survival.ā
A few of these are fitting for Saurok. Animal handling works for hunters and also for mounts in general. Perception could apply with Saurok being able to smell things in the air with their tongue. Stealth could also come naturally from hunts when stalking prey. All three of these coming from previous discussions in the megathread.
Lizardfolk Trait: āNatural Armor: You have tough, scaly skin.ā
Another thing discussed before. Saurok have scales, and would likely be able to mitigate some physical damage because of it. There should be a way to balance it, since Highmountain Tauren get a racial that reduces damage slightly.
So far, that is what I found of interest from Lizardfolk. There could be some other aspects you could apply to Saurok, but these seemed the most interesting to talk about. A lot of which is very fitting for them. Iāll be continuing to read about them and also look at other lizardmen races from different media.
More Saurok idea inspiration in the near future! 
