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<blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 7860389" data-attributes="member: 18"><p>I don't think how often a race has been given rules necessarily indicates much about whether it should be in the PHB. </p><p></p><p>I think a more nebulous and unprovable "popularity" is the main factor, as much as some people might prefer some sort of objective measure. That and filling an archetypes gap. </p><p></p><p>Tieflings obviously made it in that way, slowly growing in popularity since 2E, and by 4E it was totally unsurprising to see them as an official race. Aasimar are cool but have never been popular to the same degree (this is your chance to make snarky comments involving phrase "teenage edgelords"! Gogogo!). </p><p></p><p>Dragonborn do double-duty as archetype-filler, arguably triple, as the hit the "Beast race", "Big guy" and "honorable warrior race" common archetypes (and the less-common "dragonman" as a bonus). As such they make more sense than Goliath, despite the popularity of the latter, as he only hits "Big guy". </p><p></p><p>Goblins are a potential good replacement for Halflings. I don't say that out of malice. I kind of like Halflings, and I've seen more played than gnomes. But both are focused on the "small guy" and "mischievous" archetypes, and Goblins are more distinctive and have a slightly broader appeal. I've seen more Goblins since 1989 (they've been playable in AD&D since then, Taladas had rules) than Halflings and Gnomes combined. I suspect we won't see them in D&D as PF as sort of taken custody of them though, and Halflings are just barely popular enough that people would be sad if they went.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ruin Explorer, post: 7860389, member: 18"] I don't think how often a race has been given rules necessarily indicates much about whether it should be in the PHB. I think a more nebulous and unprovable "popularity" is the main factor, as much as some people might prefer some sort of objective measure. That and filling an archetypes gap. Tieflings obviously made it in that way, slowly growing in popularity since 2E, and by 4E it was totally unsurprising to see them as an official race. Aasimar are cool but have never been popular to the same degree (this is your chance to make snarky comments involving phrase "teenage edgelords"! Gogogo!). Dragonborn do double-duty as archetype-filler, arguably triple, as the hit the "Beast race", "Big guy" and "honorable warrior race" common archetypes (and the less-common "dragonman" as a bonus). As such they make more sense than Goliath, despite the popularity of the latter, as he only hits "Big guy". Goblins are a potential good replacement for Halflings. I don't say that out of malice. I kind of like Halflings, and I've seen more played than gnomes. But both are focused on the "small guy" and "mischievous" archetypes, and Goblins are more distinctive and have a slightly broader appeal. I've seen more Goblins since 1989 (they've been playable in AD&D since then, Taladas had rules) than Halflings and Gnomes combined. I suspect we won't see them in D&D as PF as sort of taken custody of them though, and Halflings are just barely popular enough that people would be sad if they went. [/QUOTE]
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