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<blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 8746126" data-attributes="member: 1465"><p>Mostly the updates proposals I've seen so far from the UA as a whole do nothing for me either good or bad, they feel like changes for the sake of changes. I mean, if I were to join the hobby in 2024, I think the Races chapter of the PHB would be completely fine for me, but at the same time I still don't see any reason to update from the 2014 races.</p><p></p><p>For example, I don't care for half-races. I never liked them but if you want to play one, suit yourself, just don't pretend that because you <em>can</em> be a half-goliah-half-dragonborn then it means it's actually a thing in the world at large. For me the only exception has been usually half-orcs which I sometimes have used to represent "WoW-style orcs" as opposed to "LotR-style orcs", and actually prefer to narrate them as completely different species. The proposed system is a good thing for those who wish to have lots of combinations and want official rules about mixing any two races; at the same time it's a nail in the coffin for anyone who'd like unique features for half-races.</p><p></p><p>I do agree with the OP that at least they could try to replace "Races" with a more friendly term such as "Creatures" or "Folks". At the same time I'd rather keep "Races" than using the irritating "Ancestry" or "Lineage".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Li Shenron, post: 8746126, member: 1465"] Mostly the updates proposals I've seen so far from the UA as a whole do nothing for me either good or bad, they feel like changes for the sake of changes. I mean, if I were to join the hobby in 2024, I think the Races chapter of the PHB would be completely fine for me, but at the same time I still don't see any reason to update from the 2014 races. For example, I don't care for half-races. I never liked them but if you want to play one, suit yourself, just don't pretend that because you [I]can[/I] be a half-goliah-half-dragonborn then it means it's actually a thing in the world at large. For me the only exception has been usually half-orcs which I sometimes have used to represent "WoW-style orcs" as opposed to "LotR-style orcs", and actually prefer to narrate them as completely different species. The proposed system is a good thing for those who wish to have lots of combinations and want official rules about mixing any two races; at the same time it's a nail in the coffin for anyone who'd like unique features for half-races. I do agree with the OP that at least they could try to replace "Races" with a more friendly term such as "Creatures" or "Folks". At the same time I'd rather keep "Races" than using the irritating "Ancestry" or "Lineage". [/QUOTE]
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