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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 4684618" data-attributes="member: 19675">1) One of the concepts I experimented with was including the vast panoply of "Planetouched" races (including those from Dragon).  Some people liked the idea.OTOH, in a world where humans are very racist, "half races" present special issues, sometimes dependent upon exactly where in the world they are.Either they have a REALLY tough time in both sides of their heritage; they have a special higher status among the oppressed (and possibly among the oppressors); they are killed at birth by one or both aspects of their heritage.One way to think about this is the way slaves were treated in the Southern US before the Civil War.  In some areas, slaves had zero upward mobility.  In others, freedmen were allowed to own slaves and prosper, but still couldn't vote or enter certain areas, etc.Then there was New Orleans.  Because of the city's unique nature, a singular subculture arose there, one in which race relations were far more intricate and complex than anywhere else in the pre-CW USA, including a very powerful heirarchy of mixed race "quadroons" etc. who could be quite wealthy...and nearly as privileged as some whites.2) If you don't want 2 small races, either choose one and run with it, or ditch them both and make your own.3) For other races, there are hordes all over WotC's products- the various Planetouched (mentioned before), some of the "monster" races (Githzerai, Half-Giants) and templates from the various MMs and Savage Species (I like the Woodling Template, myself), setting specific ones like Shifters, Warforged and Thri-Kreen, or book-specific ones (Xephs, Dusklings) and so forth.Other good sources: Monte Cook's AU/AE (Litorians), Dragonstar (esp. the Galactic Races sourcebook), Star Wars setting (Wookies?  Ewoks), Urban Arcana D20 Modern setting (Sasquatch?) and DCv1.You don't necessarily have to use them as is, of course- a simple reskinning can be quite effective in bringing something new to the table.</blockquote>

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