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

[Hussar]

Read it? Yes of course Tolkien mistrusts the powerful. The thing that makes Gandalf and Galadriel good people is that they distrust themselves. And of course that is the whole reason Gandalf cannot take the ring to Mordor himself. The whole book is about how important the contribution of ordinary people with little strength, skill or special abilities is, working through his trauma from WWI.

You are, of course, right.

 

[DammitVictor]

My current group is a dragonborn, a musk cat, a CAST, and three humans.

 

[Hussar]

CAST? What's that?

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Well I personally play a lot of Halflings .... and I am part of all of "ECMO3's groups". It is probably my favorite race or maybe Human is, but it is top 2 for me personally.

I don't see a lot of other people I play with who play Halflings though and it is one of the rarest PHB races overall in games I have played, which include a lot of different groups. Aasimar and Tieflings are rare too.

Hmmmm…it’s been a hot minute since I’ve played a halfling. I’ve statted out significantly more than I’ve played, TBH.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Gnomes and Halflings are so unpopular that despite EVERY OTHER PHB race getting their own book, they had to split one between the two.

It’s not because of their lack of popularity, it’s because they’re half the size, DUH!

 

[ECMO3]

((As a total aside, I'm getting replied to by people I cannot see. @Bill91 is not on my ignore list, but, despite him quoting me, I cannot see his posts. Is this a bug?))

I think if he blocks you that you won't be able to see his posts unless you log out.

 

[el-remmen]

This thread has got me thinking about the demographics of the different groups I’ve been in (or ran for) since 2000.

3E (group 1)
Dwarf
Human
Human
Human (replaced by half-orc)
Human (replaced by human and then Elf)
Human
Human

3E (group 2)
Human
Human
Human
Human
Gnome

3E (group 3)
6 Humans

3E (group 4)
Gnome
Lizardfolk
Human
Human
Human
Human

5E (group 1)
Tiefling
Half-Orc
Gnome
Human

5E (group 2)
Human
Half-Elf
Lizardfolk
Dwarf
Half-Orc
Dwarf
Halfling

5E (group 3)
Tabaxi
Halfling
Human (replaced by human)
Human

5E (group 4)
Elf
Gnome
Tabaxi
Human
Human
Human

 

[DammitVictor]

CAST? What's that?

It's a human size/shape robot with a hard shell, like a Star Wars droid. All the advantages of a digital mind and mechanical combat chassis, but No Can Magic. (Unless the Yes Can Magic rule is being used; player didn't want it.)

Like the musk cat, it's from Phantasy Star.