Mistwell
Crusty Old Meatwad
It's true that Kender are called out multiple times in the latest playtest package as setting specific. The text says:
"The races described in this section are less common than humans, dwarves, elves, and halflings. Some of them are unique to a specific world—kender to Krynn, the world of the DRAGONLANCE saga, and warforged to the EBERRON setting. Half--‐elves and half--‐orcs are rare simply because of their unusual parentage, and tieflings and dragonborn have even more exotic origins. Gnomes and drow appear in almost every world, but they are rarely seen among the other races and don’t often adopt adventuring careers."
And then the specific race starts with, "Kender are a small race similar to halflings. Known to exist only on the world of Krynn—the DRAGONLANCE setting..."
"The races described in this section are less common than humans, dwarves, elves, and halflings. Some of them are unique to a specific world—kender to Krynn, the world of the DRAGONLANCE saga, and warforged to the EBERRON setting. Half--‐elves and half--‐orcs are rare simply because of their unusual parentage, and tieflings and dragonborn have even more exotic origins. Gnomes and drow appear in almost every world, but they are rarely seen among the other races and don’t often adopt adventuring careers."
And then the specific race starts with, "Kender are a small race similar to halflings. Known to exist only on the world of Krynn—the DRAGONLANCE setting..."