D&D 5E The Race Docket: What Races do you want to see first for 5e?

[Remathilis]

So, the PHB will most likely have dwarves, elves, gnomes, halflings, half-elves and half-orcs along with humans. Additionally, I suspect dragonborn, tieflings, warforged, and kender will all appear in in either the PHB or DMG.

What other races do you want to see converted first post-core rules?

Muls? Shifters and Changlings? Goliaths? Half-vistani? Aasimar and Genasi? Rakasta? Drow and Shadar-kai? What races do you hope get converted first?

 

[exile]

I am of the opinion that humans, elves, dwarves, and halflings are all the game really needs. Half-elves, half-orcs, and gnomes make for reasonable additions. The others are pretty "meh" to me.

 

[exile]

That said, I am happy to see other races in campaign setting specific material.

 

[Ichneumon]

The warforged will appear in the DMG, and I'm picking that other setting-specific races will be there, helping the DM to crank up a Dragonlance, Eberron etc campaign. So we might see kender, thri-kreen, drow and genasi there.

I want, or expect, the PHB to have the races that are used 'everywhere'. So, humans elves halflings dwarves half-elves half-orcs gnomes dragonborn tieflings.

 

[RangerWickett]

As long as they have humans of a variety of colors and facial features, I don't care what bizarre mantis people they throw in.

 

[GravyFingerz]

Banana people. I find them appealing.

 

[Stormonu]

I'm kinda hoping human, elf, dwarf, halfling (and possibly gnome) are the only ones in the PHB, and all other playable races show up in the MM. I'm also hoping that for 1/2 races, it's just "here's 3 abilities per race. Pick three from the six total. You must choose at least one from each race."

It'll never happen though.

 

[Raith5]

I thought this was established long ago: all races in the first players handbooks of previous editions are going to be there?

The one thing I hope to see is sharp distinction between high elves and wood elves. To me they are quite separate.

 

[TarionzCousin]

I am of the opinion that humans, elves, dwarves, and halflings are all the game really needs. Half-elves, half-orcs, and gnomes make for reasonable additions. The others are pretty "meh" to me.

... but, your avatar is a mul from Dark Sun!

Banana people. I find them appealing.

Oh, really?

All kidding aside, I agree with exile. I love Aasimar, Tieflings, Genasi, and other strange races, but they can wait. Don't clutter up the PHB with the oddball races.

 

[Patrick McGill]

It'd be good to see the normal human, elf, dwarf, halfling, gnome, half-elf, and half-orc, however I'd like to see a variety of sub-races, tribes, and ethnicities within those, including human. Geographic based differences in human types would be cool, or perhaps have normal city and village humans and then nomadic or 'wild' humans. I'd just really like to see humans tied a little more into the meta-lore of the game. (without getting too specific)