D&D (2024) Do you think they will add more races to PHB2024 to make up for dropping other stuff?

[Henadic Theologian]

If they're going to add more races/species as asked at the beginning of the thread, it should be Aasimar and Goblin (which gets reprinted almost everytime there's a new campaign setting).

They seem set on just Goliaths.

Goliaths seem so random, compared to other races there isn't alot of lore on them.

 

[Parmandur]

Goliaths seem so random, compared to other races there isn't alot of lore on them.

They are very popular, based on D&D Beyond stats. Which is more important for product decisions.

 

[Micah Sweet]

Goliaths seem so random, compared to other races there isn't alot of lore on them.

They definitely felt a little tacked on back in Races of Stone.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

They definitely felt a little tacked on back in Races of Stone.

Actually that was we're they were most interesting, because it was the one time they got meaningful lore, other side of that while individual characters have popped up in novels and even the Book of Vile Darkness movie, and such, they really haven't gotten explored as a culture or species, for a race as popular as they are, they don't feel properly explored leaving them feeling shallow.

If they wanted them to be a PHB race, more effort on the lore should have been done. Elves & Half Elves, Halflings, Dwarves, Humans, Orcs & Half Orcs, Gnomes, Tieflings, Gobliniods, Genasi Aasimar/4eDevas, all have rich, deep histories with piles lore, and a meaningful place in settings.

Goliath's were an after thought for FR & Eberron lore, they are in a few mountain ranges and those Goliaths are stone Goliaths, that is just about it, with a few minor exceptions.

Other 5 subtypes don't even have that, no idea how they fit in with FR lore or Eberron.

 

[Parmandur]

Other 5 subtypes don't even have that, no idea how they fit in with FR lore or Eberron.

However a DM decides, though I'm sure the new core rules will have something.

 

[Veltharis ap Rylix]

Goliath's were an after thought for FR & Eberron lore, they are in a few mountain ranges and those Goliaths are stone Goliaths, that is just about it, with a few minor exceptions.

Other 5 subtypes don't even have that, no idea how they fit in with FR lore or Eberron.

Regarding Eberron, goliaths are pretty clearly absorbing the old "half-giant" concept in the same way dragonborn have largely absorbed "half-dragon" and, while not particularly populous on Khorvaire, that gives them a sizable presence in Sarlona, alongside the eneko (mixed half-giant/ogres that Chronicles of Eberron also suggests portraying with goliath stats).

Similarly, they would presumably have scattered populations in Xen'drik alongside their full-giant cousins, possibly with mixed elven/drow ancestry rather than human.

 

[Vaalingrade]

Speaking of, we need half dragons with wings and tails.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

However a DM decides, though I'm sure the new core rules will have something.

For those of us who care about setting lore that's not really an answer.

 

[Parmandur]

For those of us who care about setting lore that's not really an answer.

That's about you can expect, however.

 

[Remathilis]

I graduated high school in 1994. I'm not under any obligation to accept any later version as superior to what they started with.

AND WHAT ARE THOSE DWARVES DOING WITH SPELL BOOKS?!!