Li Shenron
Legend
Am I one of the few who uses a lot MM's subraces of the PHB races?
It seems to me that a lot of people jumped directly from core PHB races to monsters as characters with Savage Species (or simply the new 3.5 rules). As a DM I always encouraged my players to first try the core races, then try the subraces and only when expert try to play monsters. As a player, I noticed I always come up with an idea around a subrace, most notably elven. I was really hoping the 3.5 MM would have had stats for half-elven subraces but it doesn't.
The elven subraces have many interesting game implications, from little (Grey Elves = better wizards from the start) to huge (Drow, Wood Elves) without actually changing the game too much, except maybe the Drow because of the level adjustment. But are they any popular?
It seems to me that a lot of people jumped directly from core PHB races to monsters as characters with Savage Species (or simply the new 3.5 rules). As a DM I always encouraged my players to first try the core races, then try the subraces and only when expert try to play monsters. As a player, I noticed I always come up with an idea around a subrace, most notably elven. I was really hoping the 3.5 MM would have had stats for half-elven subraces but it doesn't.
The elven subraces have many interesting game implications, from little (Grey Elves = better wizards from the start) to huge (Drow, Wood Elves) without actually changing the game too much, except maybe the Drow because of the level adjustment. But are they any popular?