D&D 5E (2014) Character generation stats from DnD beyond

[jaelis]

The 538 site has an article on chargen stats:
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/is-your-dd-character-rare/

Spoiler: humans are the most popular race, fighters the most popular class, and human fighters the most popular combination.

Some interesting factoids:
- "Weird" races like genesai and aarakocra are surprisingly likely to be monks.
- Aasimar are less popular than aarakocra
- Halflings and gnomes are both less popular than dragonborn, tieflings, and genesai.

Most popular race, by class:
Wizard: elf
Barbarian: goliath
Ranger: elf
Warlock: tiefling
Bard: half-elf
Druid: elf
All others: human

Most popular class, by race:
Human: fighter
Elf: ranger
Half-elf: bard
Dwarf: cleric
Dragonborn: paladin
Tiefling: warlock
Genesai: monk
Halfling: rogue
Half-orc: barbarian
Gnome: wizard
Goliath: barbarian
Aarakocra: monk
Aasimar: paladin

 

[jaelis]

I see I was slow, an earlier thread is here:
http://www.enworld.org/forum/showth...t-Article-About-D-amp-D-Race-and-Class-Combos