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Tiefling, Dragonborn : have they gained traction ?
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<blockquote data-quote="Mad Mac" data-source="post: 4776802" data-attributes="member: 27873"><p>As I mentioned earlier, it's too early to tell, but my hunch is that the Shifter and Deva (more Deva) have some traction, and the rest are pretty niche. </p><p></p><p> Goliath is a good race, power-wise, and a solid concept, but it doesn't own the market on being the big, tough race, or even the St/Con race. It's like releasing another small race when you already have halflings and gnomes. It doesn't have a lot of space to gain traction, but I still rather like it. </p><p></p><p> Gnomes are still popular among gnome fans, who are very devoted but not very numerous. I think the revamp will help a bit, but I don't expect Gnomes to take off and become the new elves or anything. </p><p></p><p> Half-Orcs...well, let's just say that there was a far bigger uproar about <em>Gnomes</em> being left out of the first PHB, and there inclusion in PHB2 doesn't seem to have generated much interest either. I like how their St/Dx split makes them ideal Brutal Rogues, and I don't find anything objectionable about how they were implemented in 4th, but being the angry dude with overbite doesn't seem to have the same kick when Dragonmen, Mini-Giants, and beastmen are standard race options. And that's coming from someone who liked playing Half-Orcs a lot in 3rd edition. </p><p></p><p> Just my opinion of course, but I haven't seen <em>anyone</em> try to play one yet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mad Mac, post: 4776802, member: 27873"] As I mentioned earlier, it's too early to tell, but my hunch is that the Shifter and Deva (more Deva) have some traction, and the rest are pretty niche. Goliath is a good race, power-wise, and a solid concept, but it doesn't own the market on being the big, tough race, or even the St/Con race. It's like releasing another small race when you already have halflings and gnomes. It doesn't have a lot of space to gain traction, but I still rather like it. Gnomes are still popular among gnome fans, who are very devoted but not very numerous. I think the revamp will help a bit, but I don't expect Gnomes to take off and become the new elves or anything. Half-Orcs...well, let's just say that there was a far bigger uproar about [I]Gnomes[/I] being left out of the first PHB, and there inclusion in PHB2 doesn't seem to have generated much interest either. I like how their St/Dx split makes them ideal Brutal Rogues, and I don't find anything objectionable about how they were implemented in 4th, but being the angry dude with overbite doesn't seem to have the same kick when Dragonmen, Mini-Giants, and beastmen are standard race options. And that's coming from someone who liked playing Half-Orcs a lot in 3rd edition. Just my opinion of course, but I haven't seen [I]anyone[/I] try to play one yet. [/QUOTE]
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