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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Willie the Duck" data-source="post: 8453533" data-attributes="member: 6799660">Any race that was pigeonholed (goblins are rogue-like, there are cleric dwarves but few bards, you will find sorcerer half-elves but few wizards and the reverse for hobgoblins) benefited from being able to branch out, and that seems to be the general 'win for everyone' level of things.Fundamentally, the Winners would be the ones upon whose attribute distribution was hard to capitalize such as Yuan ti (Int/Cha being hard to leverage optimally) or had additional abilities often made redundant for classes where their attribute bonuses would do the most optimal good (a mountain dwarf or tortle's Str-bonus was hard to leverage in the classes who would most gain from their AC benefits). Since nothing was taken away, Losers would mostly be those who no longer are go-to choices for something. Custom lineage rather obviously eats into a Variant Human's turf. Half-elf wins by expanding into more non-cha-based builds, but it does cede ground in the charisma ranks. Oh! - I would say that Asimar, Tieflings, Genasi, Gith, and other races that get innate 1/LR spellcasting could be seen as having lost out, relatively, in that the new model (where getting 1/day spell access through all new means also lets you cast said spell with slots gained through your class, etc.).</blockquote>