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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 8711851" data-attributes="member: 22779">When did &quot;bottom of the barrel&quot; because so few people play them become &quot;bottom of the barrel&quot; because people stick to one archetype and that's uncreative?Bottom of the barrel only ever referred to the fact that throughout the entire history of the game, even in editions where you only had 4 races - Human, elf, dwarf and halfling, halflings STILL were the least played race in the game.&nbsp; They've always been the least played race in the core of the game.&nbsp; At no point in the history of the game were halflings ever a popular, widely played choice.&nbsp; Human-&gt;elf-&gt;dwarf-&gt;halfling has always been the order of things.&nbsp; Tack gnomes on after halfling and that's been the history of D&amp;D.Has nothing to do with creativity or how people play the game or liking this or not liking that.&nbsp; It's just plain fact.&nbsp; Halfling and then gnome.&nbsp; Going on 50 years now.&nbsp; But, sure, we should keep on the same track because, y'know, trying anything different cough*Tiefling, Dragonborn in the PHB couldn't possibly work.&nbsp; <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/erm.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":erm:" title="Erm&nbsp; &nbsp; :erm:" data-shortname=":erm:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 8711851, member: 22779"] When did "bottom of the barrel" because so few people play them become "bottom of the barrel" because people stick to one archetype and that's uncreative? Bottom of the barrel only ever referred to the fact that throughout the entire history of the game, even in editions where you only had 4 races - Human, elf, dwarf and halfling, halflings STILL were the least played race in the game. They've always been the least played race in the core of the game. At no point in the history of the game were halflings ever a popular, widely played choice. Human->elf->dwarf->halfling has always been the order of things. Tack gnomes on after halfling and that's been the history of D&D. Has nothing to do with creativity or how people play the game or liking this or not liking that. It's just plain fact. Halfling and then gnome. Going on 50 years now. But, sure, we should keep on the same track because, y'know, trying anything different [I]cough*Tiefling, Dragonborn[/I] in the PHB couldn't possibly work. :erm: [/QUOTE]

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