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<blockquote data-quote="Alexemplar" data-source="post: 7726368" data-attributes="member: 6874182">I think *most* people like a concept first and just go with whatever race/class/background is closest and then address it's shortcomings afterwards while doing what they can in spite of them.&nbsp; I mean, I know some people who play certain combinations purely because they enjoy them mechanically, but I find that if someone loved playing Elven Rangers, Dwarven Clerics or Human Fighters in 5e and played in other editions, they likely played the same characters in those editions too.&nbsp; And when they play other games that are D&amp;D, they're often drawn to those so same archetypes.&nbsp; I can't say I'm surprised, seeing as people have been clamoring for Dragon-folk as far as I've been playing D&amp;D.&nbsp; There were already a dozen or so prestige classes, feats, templates, and races that allowed you to play some kind of dragon person. The introduction of Dragonborn as they work in 4e got rid of all that in favor of a single generic non- Level Adjusted Half-Dragon-ish race. 4e also had a generic Half-Vampire race in the form of Vryloka, an undead race in the form of Revenants.&nbsp;3e Eberron also introduced Warforged as non-LA construct characters, Shifters as non-LA lycantrhope characters, Changelings as non-LA shapeshifter characters.&nbsp; They proved rather popular as well, as I remember players clamoring for ways to introduce them into non-Eberron settings being a rather hot topic.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Alexemplar, post: 7726368, member: 6874182"] I think *most* people like a concept first and just go with whatever race/class/background is closest and then address it's shortcomings afterwards while doing what they can in spite of them. I mean, I know some people who play certain combinations purely because they enjoy them mechanically, but I find that if someone loved playing Elven Rangers, Dwarven Clerics or Human Fighters in 5e and played in other editions, they likely played the same characters in those editions too. And when they play other games that are D&D, they're often drawn to those so same archetypes. I can't say I'm surprised, seeing as people have been clamoring for Dragon-folk as far as I've been playing D&D. There were already a dozen or so prestige classes, feats, templates, and races that allowed you to play some kind of dragon person. The introduction of Dragonborn as they work in 4e got rid of all that in favor of a single generic non- Level Adjusted Half-Dragon-ish race. 4e also had a generic Half-Vampire race in the form of Vryloka, an undead race in the form of Revenants. 3e Eberron also introduced Warforged as non-LA construct characters, Shifters as non-LA lycantrhope characters, Changelings as non-LA shapeshifter characters. They proved rather popular as well, as I remember players clamoring for ways to introduce them into non-Eberron settings being a rather hot topic. [/QUOTE]

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