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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 5044438" data-attributes="member: 82106">Not really. The class and race design spaces are different. Its also very easy to reskin races, so there is less motivation to make similar ones. Classes on the other hand cover more ground and there's practically always some unique new mechanic or something that can be brought to the table. Races are much more mechanically simple and thus while you can drop in a new racial power sooner or later it gets rather redundant.What new race is going to provide a new set of stat boosts either. There are only 15 possible combinations, of which 3 overlap on a defense. Now, there's probably room for more than one race with the same boosts, but some combinations aren't all that appealing (CON/DEX for instance). No doubt a few more races won't hurt, but races also have a substantial need to be well distinguished fluff-wise. Yes, its possible to invent an infinite number of different xenomorphic races but they soon start to be forgettable. I think 20 or so races is going to be as many as we really need. Heck, we didn't even get past 6 official PC races until late in 2e (admittedly people home brewed their own and Dragon presented a number of options, but still).</blockquote>