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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 8688509" data-attributes="member: 7006">All races in D&amp;D are just &quot;humans in rubber masks&quot;, so it's never been an issue nor a concern.&nbsp; They get chosen to be played usually for the same reason any race gets chosen... the players wants the game mechanics.The trope of the D&amp;D adventuring party is that the members are all doing the exact same thing together-- they are journeying as a group to accomplish goals.&nbsp; Maybe they are group goals, maybe they are individual goals that the others agree to assist on.&nbsp; But they are all working as one unit.&nbsp; Essentially, &quot;Adventuring Party&quot; is its own &quot;race&quot; moreso than even the races in the PHB.&nbsp; Because the stereotypes of the &quot;Adventuring Party&quot; at a macro level are much more cohesive and played true than any sort of stereotypes any of the true races have.Any differences these races have come out in character on the micro level-- mainly as personality quirks.&nbsp; And personality quirks are not race specific.&nbsp; Dwarves are &quot;typically gruff&quot;.&nbsp; Well, there are plenty of humans that are gruff too.&nbsp; So &quot;gruff&quot; isn't a dwarven trait, it's a universal one.&nbsp; You will also find dragonborn that are gruff.&nbsp; Hobgoblins that are gruff.&nbsp; Halflings that are gruff.&nbsp; Even elves that are gruff.&nbsp; So &quot;being gruff&quot; in an adventuring party is no more or less &quot;dwarfy&quot; than anything else the character might be.&nbsp; Halflings are &quot;typically home-centric&quot;.&nbsp; And so are members of every other race too.&nbsp; So being &quot;home-centric&quot; or &quot;food obsessed&quot; means nothing to distinguish a Halfling from anyone else.&nbsp; Especially considering a Halfling PC in D&amp;D is typically about &quot;going out on adventure with other members of the adventuring party&quot;-- just like every other member of the party is, regardless of their race.So if someone chooses Halfling, it's not because they have some super-secret Halfling identity they want to try and present... it's because they want to play certain character personality quirks (which could come from playing ANY race in the game) and the four or five game mechanics the Halfling race in the PHB gives them (which ONLY comes from playing a Halfling.)&nbsp; That's why everyone does it in my opnion.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 8688509, member: 7006"] All races in D&D are just "humans in rubber masks", so it's never been an issue nor a concern. They get chosen to be played usually for the same reason any race gets chosen... the players wants the game mechanics. The trope of the D&D adventuring party is that the members are all doing the exact same thing together-- they are journeying as a group to accomplish goals. Maybe they are group goals, maybe they are individual goals that the others agree to assist on. But they are all working as one unit. Essentially, "Adventuring Party" is its own "race" moreso than even the races in the PHB. Because the stereotypes of the "Adventuring Party" at a macro level are much more cohesive and played true than any sort of stereotypes any of the true races have. Any differences these races have come out in character on the micro level-- mainly as personality quirks. And personality quirks are not race specific. Dwarves are "typically gruff". Well, there are plenty of humans that are gruff too. So "gruff" isn't a dwarven trait, it's a universal one. You will also find dragonborn that are gruff. Hobgoblins that are gruff. Halflings that are gruff. Even elves that are gruff. So "being gruff" in an adventuring party is no more or less "dwarfy" than anything else the character might be. Halflings are "typically home-centric". And so are members of every other race too. So being "home-centric" or "food obsessed" means nothing to distinguish a Halfling from anyone else. Especially considering a Halfling PC in D&D is typically about "going out on adventure with other members of the adventuring party"-- just like every other member of the party is, regardless of their race. So if someone chooses Halfling, it's not because they have some super-secret Halfling identity they want to try and present... it's because they want to play certain character personality quirks (which could come from playing ANY race in the game) and the four or five game mechanics the Halfling race in the PHB gives them (which ONLY comes from playing a Halfling.) That's why everyone does it in my opnion. [/QUOTE]

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