Redwizard007
Adventurer
Well, if I can choose 2, then Gully Dwarves.
Believe me, they don't fulfill the dragon people aesthetic either, and I see all the appeal of. How we got scaly, tailless, wingless dwarves from the cat-based dragons of 3-4e, I will never know.Tieflings fill that niche now.
That said, I'll personally vote for dragonborn. Not the 3.5e version, which had a very specific explanation for what they were and where they came from, but the more generic 4E and 5E versions. They don't seem to have anything going for them beyond some sort of aesthetic about being "dragon people," which unto itself I've never seen the appeal of.
I'll agree that kender aren't the problem, the players are. Even Tas shows character growth in the novels.
Gully dwarves are an inexplicably bad choice for a PC race. Too many disadvantages and ... wait do they even have an advantage? As NPCs, they're fine.
It depends on the edition too. I'd say half-orcs are the worst in 1e given the class restrictions on them. Get to 3e, and the worst of the core is half-elf playing the role of the poor man's human. A big step down from AD&D where they had a good deal of versatility from their multiclass options.
I'm not a fan of dragonborn either. As much as like to keep mocking the dragonboobs silliness from early 4e, the real problem is that WotC put too much background flavor into them. That's a running problem I have with WotC material, they put too much specific background stuff into things rather than leaving things open ended enough for a DM to customize things.
Optional races can be hit or miss. There's a lot of junk from 3e, and raptorans are near the top (Races of the Dragon was one of 3e's lowest point anyway). Most of the new stuff they made in 3e gets a meh from me at best, and only legacy material has much interest.
Not even the worst problematic race as they are likely the result of a cocktail of ignorance while the gully dwarf was 100% on purpose.You know it's bad when Drow are not the worst race.
Not even the worst problematic race as they are likely the result of a cocktail of ignorance while the gully dwarf was 100% on purpose.
Oh yeah, I mean, they have Walrus-men. Is there anyone who ever said to themselves, "man, I wish I could play an anthropomorphic Walrus in D&D"?Krynn races in general. Never liked it as a setting the novels aren't that good either.
Oh yeah, I mean, they have Walrus-men. Is there anyone who ever said to themselves, "man, I wish I could play an anthropomorphic Walrus in D&D"?