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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LuckyAdrastus" data-source="post: 5323230" data-attributes="member: 82859">As others have said, you don't need a perfect racial match (or even a primary score match) to work fine.  We have a dragonborn assassin in my party who works it perfectly well, for example.However there are certainly iconic combos that don't work as well as they probably should.  There is also the pleasure of making a weird against-type combo that can be pretty fun (e.g. a dwarf cleric).That said, iconic matches that aren't really supported by the rules:Half-Elf Rangers and Rogues (especially Eberron Inquisitives)Drow Wizards and ClericsTiefling HelllocksWarforged ArtificersDwarf ArtificersHalfing Druids/Shamans (Dark Sun), Clerics (Eberron) and Battleminds (pre-essentials)Shadar-Kai Dark Pact WarlocksEladrin Bards/Feylocks/Telephatic Psions/Illusionists (pre-essentials)Elf Sorcerers and Illusionist Wizards (pre-essentials)Gnome RoguesDeva Paladins and RunepriestsGoliath Seekers and ShamansHalf-Orc BattlemindsKalashtar Monks, Psions, and BattlemindsI include Battleminds for Halfings and Half-Orcs, because if you read Psionic Power, they have a strong arrogance and iconoclastic feel, which IMHO is a nice match for both of those races.</blockquote>