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<blockquote data-quote="Faolyn" data-source="post: 8699015" data-attributes="member: 6915329">OK, I'm going to retry this one.First, it's up to you to prove your claim (that they've been unpopular since 1e). That's how this works.Secondly, on that pie chart from '19 of the most popular races on D&amp;DBeyond, if you actually add up all the percentages, you get an even 91%. Not 100%. What this means is that every race chart isn't on that list are played by a fraction of percent each.Halfings (and remember, halflings are as popular as half-orcs, and lightfoot halflings are as popular as hill dwarfs and nearly as popular as mountain dwarfs) are on the chart. If they were &quot;bottom of the barrel,&quot; then they would have been unpopular enough to have been lumped in with the Other races.Now, you can say &quot;but they're in the OGL so they're free!&quot; but aasimar were in the DMG (free to play) and aarakocra, genasi, goliaths, and deep gnomes were all from the free Elemental Evil Player's Companion (also free), and halflings outperform all of them as well. And as I previously said, probably next to nobody is limited to the OGL races these days, because the stats are so easy to find online (assuming you can't get a friend to tell you the stats) even without pirating the books. It's super-easy to google &quot;&lt;race&gt; D&amp;D stats&quot; and find the info, often with guides as to how &quot;good&quot; each trait is.And by your own admission, they're in every book and supplement, which means they're supported.So you need to prove they're unpopular, and you can't use percentage of players or lack of support as evidence.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Faolyn, post: 8699015, member: 6915329"] OK, I'm going to retry this one. First, it's up to you to prove your claim (that they've been unpopular since 1e). That's how this works. Secondly, on that pie chart from '19 of the most popular races on D&DBeyond, if you actually add up all the percentages, you get an even 91%. Not 100%. What this means is that every race chart isn't on that list are played by a fraction of percent each. Halfings (and remember, halflings are as popular as half-orcs, and lightfoot halflings are as popular as hill dwarfs and nearly as popular as mountain dwarfs) [I]are [/I]on the chart. If they were "bottom of the barrel," then they would have been unpopular enough to have been lumped in with the Other races. Now, you can say "but they're in the OGL so they're free!" but aasimar were in the DMG (free to play) and aarakocra, genasi, goliaths, and deep gnomes were all from the free Elemental Evil Player's Companion (also free), and halflings outperform all of them as well. And as I previously said, probably next to nobody is limited to the OGL races these days, because the stats are so easy to find online (assuming you can't get a friend to tell you the stats) even without pirating the books. It's super-easy to google "<race> D&D stats" and find the info, often with guides as to how "good" each trait is. And by your own admission, they're in every book and supplement, which means they're supported. So you need to prove they're unpopular, and you can't use percentage of players or lack of support as evidence. [/QUOTE]

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