D&D General Wildly Diverse "Circus Troupe" Adventuring Parties

[Belen]

It's almost like people get tired of the same handful of options and crave different experiences, even if it's just Taco Bell rearranging the same ingredients into a new combination.

The funny thing is that the stats still show majority of characters made are humans, elves, and half elves.

 

[TiQuinn]

The funny thing is that the stats still show majority of characters made are humans, elves, and half elves.

And apparently Dragonborn!? That always throws me for a bit of a loop just based on my players’ preferences.

 

[Remathilis]

The funny thing is that the stats still show majority of characters made are humans, elves, and half elves.

The Majority of the time I go to Taco Bell, I order the Mexican Pizza. However, there are plenty of times I order the Crunchwrap Supreme, Nachos or monthly special. If you looked at the stats of my orders, you would assess that only the Mexican Pizza is worth keeping as I rarely order the other items twice in a row.

 

[Belen]

And apparently Dragonborn!? That always throws me for a bit of a loop just based on my players’ preferences.

Dragonborn are very popular in younger players. All of my kids friends seem to pick them as their first character.

 

[Thomas Shey]

honestly elf need more compition over it's area of archtypes it has gotten to big

Well, honestly, the term has probably become applied to too many not-really-similar things in both fiction and games, but that boat has long since sailed.

 

[Scribe]

The funny thing is that the stats still show majority of characters made are humans, elves, and half elves.

Same as most games.

The Majority of the time I go to Taco Bell, I order the Mexican Pizza. However, there are plenty of times I order the Crunchwrap Supreme, Nachos or monthly special. If you looked at the stats of my orders, you would assess that only the Mexican Pizza is worth keeping as I rarely order the other items twice in a row.

This may shock you, I order one of 2 pizzas, every single time, for decades.

 

[Remathilis]

This may shock you, I order one of 2 pizzas, every single time, for decades.

Good for you. My boss drinks nothing but Diet Coke. Doesn't mean that's all I want stocked in the vending machine.

 

[Scribe]

Good for you. My boss drinks nothing but Diet Coke. Doesn't mean that's all I want stocked in the vending machine.

Not at all. To bring it back to species options, some are good with Human/Elf, while some need a goo man, a bird, a cat person, and a robot.

Neither are correct.

 

[Belen]

Good for you. My boss drinks nothing but Diet Coke. Doesn't mean that's all I want stocked in the vending machine.

The main point is that “circus troupe” parties remain uncommon. I played a Wemic and a Flind in 2e yet the majority of my characters Have been human or half-elf.

I gave 20+ options in my current games and 1 party is human, wood elf, half-wood elf, and dwarf. The other is human, dwarf, high elf, aasimar, and gnome.

The second party is most diverse I have seen in years.

This may be changing but I think most people still prefer to hew closer to human-like species.

 

[TwoSix]

The main point is that “circus troupe” parties remain uncommon. I played a Wemic and a Flind in 2e yet the majority of my characters Have been human or half-elf.

I gave 20+ options in my current games and 1 party is human, wood elf, half-wood elf, and dwarf. The other is human, dwarf, high elf, aasimar, and gnome.

The second party is most diverse I have seen in years.

This may be changing but I think most people still prefer to hew closer to human-like species.

My game on Friday features a human, a goblin, an earth genasi, a harengon, and a plasmoid.

My game this weekend has an elf, a dragonborn, a changeling, an owlin, a tiefling, a human, an aasimar, and a warforged.

Anecdotal data is ultimately anecdotal. In my experience, parties with a wide variety of races ARE the norm, and have been all throughout 5e, even more so in the past 5 years as more and more options have been added.

I wouldn't begin to know how to verify if "circus troupe" parties are the norm or outliers across the entire player base.