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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 8694189" data-attributes="member: 22779">No, not at all.After all, the other races actually ARE being played.&nbsp; And being played more regularly by considerably more people.&nbsp; So, it makes sense that the setting guides and whatnot feature these races regularly.&nbsp; If, say (and I'm picking a totally random number here, not meant as a actual real number) 10% of players play a given race, then having that particular race show up in adventures and in player facing books like Tasha's makes a lot of sense.&nbsp; You are speaking to a larger segment of the audience.But, halflings, and especially gnomes, don't actually do that.&nbsp; Despite featuring in books, despite being part of the SRD, despite having the backing of Grandpappy Tolkien himself, halflings are and always have been scraping the bottom of the barrel.&nbsp; And gnomes are even less relevant.My point is that the PHB should be relevant to the most number of players it can be given size restraints.&nbsp; So, if a race (and I don't actually care which race - if humans were scraping the bottom of the barrel, I'd be just as quick to give them the heave) is not actually being played, and other races ARE, then those other, more played races, should be what is featured in the PHB regardless of whether or not I personally like them.&nbsp; This has never, ever been about personal preference.&nbsp; If it was, I'd be advocating booting elves LONG before any other race.&nbsp; But, no, it's about making the PHB relevant to the most number of players.&nbsp; Like I said earlier, it was great that we had polearm descriptions, but, since most players are never actually going to use a polearm, then maybe we don't need pages of polearm descriptions in the PHB.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 8694189, member: 22779"] No, not at all. After all, the other races actually ARE being played. And being played more regularly by considerably more people. So, it makes sense that the setting guides and whatnot feature these races regularly. If, say (and I'm picking a totally random number here, not meant as a actual real number) 10% of players play a given race, then having that particular race show up in adventures and in player facing books like Tasha's makes a lot of sense. You are speaking to a larger segment of the audience. But, halflings, and especially gnomes, don't actually do that. Despite featuring in books, despite being part of the SRD, despite having the backing of Grandpappy Tolkien himself, halflings are and always have been scraping the bottom of the barrel. And gnomes are even less relevant. My point is that the PHB should be relevant to the most number of players it can be given size restraints. So, if a race (and I don't actually care which race - if humans were scraping the bottom of the barrel, I'd be just as quick to give them the heave) is not actually being played, and other races ARE, then those other, more played races, should be what is featured in the PHB regardless of whether or not I personally like them. This has never, ever been about personal preference. If it was, I'd be advocating booting elves LONG before any other race. But, no, it's about making the PHB relevant to the most number of players. Like I said earlier, it was great that we had polearm descriptions, but, since most players are never actually going to use a polearm, then maybe we don't need pages of polearm descriptions in the PHB. [/QUOTE]

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