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<blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 9018727" data-attributes="member: 58172"><p>So far, the 2024 <em>Players Handbook</em> offers 10 core species:</p><p>• <strong>Human</strong>,</p><p>• plus <strong>Ardling</strong>, <strong>Dragonborn</strong>, <strong>Dwarf</strong>, <strong>Elf</strong>, <strong>Gnome</strong>, <strong>Goliath</strong>, <strong>Halfling</strong>, <strong>Orc</strong>, <strong>Tiefling</strong>.</p><p></p><p>Suppose there be as many core species as core classes, thus 12 − or perhaps 13 to 15 if Artificer, Swordmage, or Warlord would become core classes.</p><p></p><p>What would the other two to five species be?</p><p></p><p>The expectation seems to be Ardling can serve the fans of <strong>Aasimar</strong> as well as of <strong>Aarakocra</strong>, <strong>Tabaxi</strong>, along with other humanimals such as Kenku, etcetera. This remains to be seen. I am unsure of the popularity of other humanimals in various settings, such as Shifter, Owlin, Harengon, Leonin, and Giff. Their popularity is hard to gauge, because DnDBeyond has them behind a paywall. The fact that Aasimar, Aarakocra, and Tabaxi, as well as Changeling and Genasi do well despite a paywall evidences their popularity.</p><p></p><p>Beyond the troops of Ardling, two other prominent species would be: <strong>Genasi</strong> and <strong>Changeling</strong>.</p><p></p><p>According to DnDBeyond stats from 2017 and 2019, <strong>Warforged</strong> has little presence in 5e beyond Eberron, but it is behind a paywall so it is hard to say. In the 4e context, Warforged is a "core" species via the Monster Manual 3, and anecdotally seems popular at many 4e gaming tables. Heh, because of its popularity, I was surprised that Warforged wasnt in the 4e Players Handbooks or Essentials. If Warforged makes it into the 2024 <em>Players Handbook</em>, emphasize it is a kind of Golem to fit the magical medievalesque setting. Mixed-Species characters involving Warforged equate to magical augmentations of the body, including magic-item prosthetics. Compare how some D&D tropes replace an eye with a magic-item gem eye. The soul of the Mixed-Warforged character is partly artificial. Warforged reproduce by means of construction. One generation of Golems builds the next generation. In this context, the "ancestry" refers to the design blue prints − or rather the alchemical grimoire for golem creation.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Are there any other species that "deserve" to be in the 2024 <em>Players Handbook</em>?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Yaarel, post: 9018727, member: 58172"] So far, the 2024 [I]Players Handbook[/I] offers 10 core species: • [B]Human[/B], • plus [B]Ardling[/B], [B]Dragonborn[/B], [B]Dwarf[/B], [B]Elf[/B], [B]Gnome[/B], [B]Goliath[/B], [B]Halfling[/B], [B]Orc[/B], [B]Tiefling[/B]. Suppose there be as many core species as core classes, thus 12 − or perhaps 13 to 15 if Artificer, Swordmage, or Warlord would become core classes. What would the other two to five species be? The expectation seems to be Ardling can serve the fans of [B]Aasimar[/B] as well as of [B]Aarakocra[/B], [B]Tabaxi[/B], along with other humanimals such as Kenku, etcetera. This remains to be seen. I am unsure of the popularity of other humanimals in various settings, such as Shifter, Owlin, Harengon, Leonin, and Giff. Their popularity is hard to gauge, because DnDBeyond has them behind a paywall. The fact that Aasimar, Aarakocra, and Tabaxi, as well as Changeling and Genasi do well despite a paywall evidences their popularity. Beyond the troops of Ardling, two other prominent species would be: [B]Genasi[/B] and [B]Changeling[/B]. According to DnDBeyond stats from 2017 and 2019, [B]Warforged[/B] has little presence in 5e beyond Eberron, but it is behind a paywall so it is hard to say. In the 4e context, Warforged is a "core" species via the Monster Manual 3, and anecdotally seems popular at many 4e gaming tables. Heh, because of its popularity, I was surprised that Warforged wasnt in the 4e Players Handbooks or Essentials. If Warforged makes it into the 2024 [I]Players Handbook[/I], emphasize it is a kind of Golem to fit the magical medievalesque setting. Mixed-Species characters involving Warforged equate to magical augmentations of the body, including magic-item prosthetics. Compare how some D&D tropes replace an eye with a magic-item gem eye. The soul of the Mixed-Warforged character is partly artificial. Warforged reproduce by means of construction. One generation of Golems builds the next generation. In this context, the "ancestry" refers to the design blue prints − or rather the alchemical grimoire for golem creation. Are there any other species that "deserve" to be in the 2024 [I]Players Handbook[/I]? [/QUOTE]
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