Nellisir
Hero
I think a "nothing is core" model, while it wouldn't have improved support for the non-standard races, would have been better. I feel like it would have encouraged more DMs (in particular, I'm thinking about new DMs) to make creative choices about the worlds they run. It also would have ingrained in people (in particular, I'm thinking of new players) the supposition that they should check with the DM to see what's allowed instead of just assuming that everything is valid in every game. In a hobby where Homebrew is a big portion of the settings played, I think that encouraging communication between players and DMs would have been a plus.
This is a good thing. As stated above, I don't use halflings (or half-orcs, dragonborn, tieflings, drow, or warforged) and add in new races instead (bridge trolls, roane, jotunkin, leshii). It's a discussion I make sure to have right off the bat with people coming into my games.
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