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<blockquote data-quote="MechaTarrasque" data-source="post: 7729332" data-attributes="member: 6801226">A while ago, there was a thread about someone being uncomfortable with stealing stuff from the barbarians in SKT, because they had some Native American elements added to the Viking elements (apparently it is totally cool to desecrate Vikings burial stuff).&nbsp; Even if the devs created a &quot;brand new&quot; race of humans, someone somewhere will decide that the &quot;brand new&quot; race is really just a reskinned version of a RW race, and problems will ensue.&nbsp; For a homebrew, go for it, but I think there is practically no chance of racial differences among humans in official D&amp;D, particularly since you can transfer any gimmick for the new race to a new subrace of elves, dwarves, dragonborn, halflings, etc. with minimal social risk.The Drow I think are a particular good example of how to make this work.&nbsp; Every so once in a while a protest that &quot;the black elves are the evil ones&quot; comes up, but it rarely goes anywhere.&nbsp; Partially (and possible the major reason) is that the Drow are popular.&nbsp; But it is also that the Drow don't do stereotypical &quot;evil black&quot; things:&nbsp; no shrunken heads or cannibal stew pots, native Drow don't go on rampages, Drow religion is as sophisticated as any other, the government isn't based on a petty warlord, and I don't recall any &quot;gangsta&quot; Drow (although if Michael Bay directs D&amp;D the Movie, I am sure that will change).&nbsp; If anything stereotypical Drow fit the &quot;Yellow Peril&quot; type of evil, but they aren't yellow or oriental....</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MechaTarrasque, post: 7729332, member: 6801226"] A while ago, there was a thread about someone being uncomfortable with stealing stuff from the barbarians in SKT, because they had some Native American elements added to the Viking elements (apparently it is totally cool to desecrate Vikings burial stuff). Even if the devs created a "brand new" race of humans, someone somewhere will decide that the "brand new" race is really just a reskinned version of a RW race, and problems will ensue. For a homebrew, go for it, but I think there is practically no chance of racial differences among humans in official D&D, particularly since you can transfer any gimmick for the new race to a new subrace of elves, dwarves, dragonborn, halflings, etc. with minimal social risk. The Drow I think are a particular good example of how to make this work. Every so once in a while a protest that "the black elves are the evil ones" comes up, but it rarely goes anywhere. Partially (and possible the major reason) is that the Drow are popular. But it is also that the Drow don't do stereotypical "evil black" things: no shrunken heads or cannibal stew pots, native Drow don't go on rampages, Drow religion is as sophisticated as any other, the government isn't based on a petty warlord, and I don't recall any "gangsta" Drow (although if Michael Bay directs D&D the Movie, I am sure that will change). If anything stereotypical Drow fit the "Yellow Peril" type of evil, but they aren't yellow or oriental.... [/QUOTE]

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