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<blockquote data-quote="Estlor" data-source="post: 5601208" data-attributes="member: 7261">Rationally, I consider a &quot;core&quot; race to be something strongly linked-to or rooted-in traditional myth or folklore.&nbsp; Half-elves and half-orcs get the nod because of their long-time association with the FRPG setting (though in my own personal game, I'd drop them both and lose the whole what race can breed with what discussion entirely).&nbsp; Dragonborn get included to fill the &quot;scalyfolk&quot; niche and goliaths to fill the &quot;bigfolk&quot; niche.&quot;Oddball&quot; races would be things that don't mesh well with traditional, mythology/folklore-rooted fantasy or are too strongly connected to D&amp;D IP to safely include.&nbsp; So that's basically tieflings, devas, wildren, giths, shardminds, warforged, drow, shifters - that sort of stuff.I mean, yeah, you can totally get by with human, dwarf, elf, halfling, and gnome.&nbsp; But if you're going to go through the trouble of designing GMTFRPG (Generic Modern Tactical Fantasy Role Playing Game), you may as well include the goblins so you have your bases covered.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Estlor, post: 5601208, member: 7261"] Rationally, I consider a "core" race to be something strongly linked-to or rooted-in traditional myth or folklore. Half-elves and half-orcs get the nod because of their long-time association with the FRPG setting (though in my own personal game, I'd drop them both and lose the whole what race can breed with what discussion entirely). Dragonborn get included to fill the "scalyfolk" niche and goliaths to fill the "bigfolk" niche. "Oddball" races would be things that don't mesh well with traditional, mythology/folklore-rooted fantasy or are too strongly connected to D&D IP to safely include. So that's basically tieflings, devas, wildren, giths, shardminds, warforged, drow, shifters - that sort of stuff. I mean, yeah, you can totally get by with human, dwarf, elf, halfling, and gnome. But if you're going to go through the trouble of designing GMTFRPG (Generic Modern Tactical Fantasy Role Playing Game), you may as well include the goblins so you have your bases covered. [/QUOTE]

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