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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jessemock" data-source="post: 1310129" data-attributes="member: 15694">I'm glad to see the question here--though it's really one of those cyclical kinds of issues.I think that Gin's major point is well-taken:  the illustrations in the core books don't demonstrate much racial variety and this may turn off some of those introduced to the game through these books.Perhaps we should include an advertisement for Mongoose's Pocket Player's  Guide here.It's also quite clear that the D&D product line has changed in precisely this regard over the years:  efforts have been made to vary the aspect of the people portrayed in D&D illustrations.  Effort has also been made to soften the association of races with alignment.Has either of these trends gone far enough?  I don't think so.But, for one, I'm encouraged by the development of supplements that offer players the option to play non-standard or 'monster' races.  My real hope is that, eventually, we'll see the association of alignment with races completely overturned.For the other, well, it remains to be seen if these products will take advantage of the options that they offer.A number of people have pointed out that the core rules would support great variation in the look of particular members of the different races.Here's hoping that this possibility will someday be realised in the actual illustrations of D&D products.</blockquote>