D&D 5E Your Character's Race

[TeddyBear]

So far I've played a High Elf Rogue, a variant Human Cleric of Light, a variant Human Fey Warlock, and a variant Human Monk.

 

[Leatherhead]

I posted all of the PCs in our group to give a more representative sample.

did the same (standard human, high elf, wood elf, half-elf, lightfoot halfling).

I couldn't pick the same option twice, so no-go for accurate group representation here, just going to have to solo it.

Mine are a Human (variant) Barbarian Noble and a Forest Gnome Rogue/Fighter Criminal.

 

[BigVanVader]

I voted Warforged because they're creepy robots and I appreciate that, I voted Tiefling because I like Hellboy, I voted Half-Orc because I like smashing stuff, and I voted other because I'll be keeping an eye out for Dhampirs, even if they're just in a monster manual in the future.

Dhampir4lyfe!

 

[was]

half-elf

 

[The_Gneech]

The "GM PC" in my 5E game is a half-elf barbarian ("the little tiny girl with the great big sword"). My current character in a friend's Pathfinder campaign is a fashionista drow bard (mechanically a re-skinned elf to get around drow mechanical wonkiness); I'm hoping he will convert to 5E eventually.

-TG

 

[abelmort]

I was surprised at the prevalence of half-elves. Is it just for RP purposes or do they have more of a mechanical advantage than I realized?

 

[Lord Blackstone]

Forest Gnome- Rogue: Arcane Trickster sounds like a ton of fun to me.

 

[Redthistle]

I was surprised at the prevalence of half-elves. Is it just for RP purposes or do they have more of a mechanical advantage than I realized?

Now that you've pointed it out, I wonder if part of its appeal is fluff rather than crunch: the idea of retaining one's vitality and youthful looks for more than twice a human's average lifespan has more appeal to this aging gamer than the 7+ centuries of an elf's life.

Humans are still chosen more often than half-elves or any other single race. Playing a non-human race is kind of like visiting a foreign land or culture; it may be a fascinating place to visit but not necessarily where we would want to live. [My late father, for instance, was willing to travel to any country where English was the primary spoken language, but that's where he drew the line.]

A half-elf is kind of a sweet-spot: just different enough without going too far from home.

The human variant build is also more popular than the standard human build, which seems to be sending a message about what most players' want in creating a human PC.

 

[TarionzCousin]

So, one parent is and elf and one is a orc, what are you?

Confused.

 

[ZombieRoboNinja]

Half-Elves: The Canada of Fantasy Races. (tm)