Oh they still belong in the game. Elves,humans, dwarves, and halflings are iconic.
But I will sill hate them until WOTC makes them actual races instead of human variants. Halfelves can be be human variant... as they aren't human. Elves aren't human.
D&D Race You Hate the Most
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Oh they still belong in the game. Elves,humans, dwarves, and halflings are iconic.
But I will sill hate them until WOTC makes them actual races instead of human variants. Halfelves can be be human variant... as they aren't human. Elves aren't human.
FireLance
Legend
I don't think I'm a hating kind of guy, but there have been a few races that made me wonder what the designers were thinking. The following list are examples from 3e, not from any deliberate bias on my part, but because they were recent enough that I still remember them and obscure enough that they haven't yet been mentioned in this thread.
1. Daelkyr Half-Blood, from Magic of Eberron. Come with your own mini-aberration symbiote!
2. Illumian, from Races of Destiny. Your head is surrounded by floating, glowing runes.
3. Wildren, from Planar Handbook. Badger-dwarf humanoids from the Beastlands, descended from the spirits of departed dwarves who ended up on that plane (and who were partially transformed into badgers due to the plane's influnce) and celestial badgers.
4. Neraphim, from Planar Handbook. Toad-like humanoids from Limbo. Not slaad. Really. Your iconic racial power consists of convincing your enemy that you are (or a weapon you throw is) standing still when you are actually charging at him (or have thrown it at him).
5. Spikers, from Planar Handbook. You are covered with sharp, metallic spikes, but you're not a bladeling.
6. Buommans, from Planar Handbook. You have taken a vow against speech at an early age, and refuse to engage in traditional forms of communication. You take Wisdom damage each time you break this vow. I suspect that the designers have over-estimated the power of body language. To add insult to injury, your favored class is monk.
1. Daelkyr Half-Blood, from Magic of Eberron. Come with your own mini-aberration symbiote!
2. Illumian, from Races of Destiny. Your head is surrounded by floating, glowing runes.
3. Wildren, from Planar Handbook. Badger-dwarf humanoids from the Beastlands, descended from the spirits of departed dwarves who ended up on that plane (and who were partially transformed into badgers due to the plane's influnce) and celestial badgers.
4. Neraphim, from Planar Handbook. Toad-like humanoids from Limbo. Not slaad. Really. Your iconic racial power consists of convincing your enemy that you are (or a weapon you throw is) standing still when you are actually charging at him (or have thrown it at him).
5. Spikers, from Planar Handbook. You are covered with sharp, metallic spikes, but you're not a bladeling.
6. Buommans, from Planar Handbook. You have taken a vow against speech at an early age, and refuse to engage in traditional forms of communication. You take Wisdom damage each time you break this vow. I suspect that the designers have over-estimated the power of body language. To add insult to injury, your favored class is monk.
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Savage Wombat
Hero
As a former 3E player I wish to disavow the Planar Handbook after reading Firelance's post.
Those pictures have those races in different classes on purpose. Good luck finding halfling spellcasters in the 5e book.
Different is a oversimplification on my part. It's usually that "they are too weird to be PCs" or "They are too rare to be PCs" or "They live... all the way over there some it's unlikely they are PCs" or "monster shouldn't be PCs"
Warforged and Thri-Kreen. Also, if Eladrin had been there, I would have selected it for the newcomer Eladrin. The planar Eladrin are OK.
Additionally, there are many races in the poll that I wouldn't allow as PC races in most campaigns, but are fine as monster or NPC races. At least Drow, Duergar, Gith* and Goliath. Still more may not exist in a particular setting: Dragonborn, Kender, Winged Folk.
Additionally, there are many races in the poll that I wouldn't allow as PC races in most campaigns, but are fine as monster or NPC races. At least Drow, Duergar, Gith* and Goliath. Still more may not exist in a particular setting: Dragonborn, Kender, Winged Folk.
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howandwhy99
Adventurer
drow
duergar
tiefling
I don't like any justification for Jerk by Nature.
duergar
tiefling
I don't like any justification for Jerk by Nature.
MortalPlague
Adventurer
Can I vote multiple times for Shardmind? Please?
avin
First Post
I should find both of them burning in a bonfire and dance and laugh and sing. Die halflings! Die hobbits! Die kenders!
Only diehard fans of Dragonlance think kenders can be saved!
Burn them!!!! ![:]](http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devious.png "Devious :]")
