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<blockquote data-quote="SpiralBound" data-source="post: 2238248" data-attributes="member: 8396">I find that more often than one would expect, whenever someone posts their new/unique/cool/etc race, they fall into one of three different stereotyped &quot;racial genres&quot;:1) Cat people2) Elven subtype3) Half-Draconic RaceNow rather than discuss opinions on these three racial types, (personally, I've seen so many minute variations of them that I now run screaming from any posts which feature them), I'm more interested in the root cause.&nbsp; Just why are there so many instances of gamers recreating these three more so than others?&nbsp; What makes them so special that people keep making them again and again and again?I mean, let's be fair.&nbsp; There are so many examples of these that it would actually be a challenge to come up with something new that hasn't been created already in one style or another 2-3 times before.&nbsp; And it's not like they're not hard to find.&nbsp; I'm fairly confident that given an evenings-worth of searching that I can easily find 20-30 examples of all three types.&nbsp; So, why this apparent obsession amongst certain circles of the gaming community.Is there some major childhood influence that I somehow accidentally avoided which compells people to make these types over others?&nbsp;&nbsp; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were fantastically popular in the eighties, there could be all kinds of shell-based fighting styles and feats for them, yet I don't recall ever seeing a &quot;turtle people&quot; race.&nbsp; Care Bears were similarly popular, yet I've never seen bear-like, gnome-sized races - sickly-cute or otherwise.&nbsp; Dogs are statistically almost as popular a pet as cats, yet &quot;Dog People&quot; are grossly under-represented by comparison.&nbsp; Dwarven, Orcish, Gnomish, etc subtypes are very uncommon. (I know that there are some, but they're extremely scarce in comparison to the teaming masses of Elven subtype)&nbsp; Dragons are cool monsters, but they're not the only cool monster.&nbsp; So, why do these three receive such attention?&nbsp; Why keep making the the same ideas repeatedly?This has always puzzled me.&nbsp; Does anyone have any theories.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SpiralBound, post: 2238248, member: 8396"] I find that more often than one would expect, whenever someone posts their new/unique/cool/etc race, they fall into one of three different stereotyped "racial genres": 1) Cat people 2) Elven subtype 3) Half-Draconic Race Now rather than discuss opinions on these three racial types, [i](personally, I've seen so many minute variations of them that I now run screaming from any posts which feature them)[/i], I'm more interested in the root cause. Just why are there so many instances of gamers recreating these three more so than others? What makes them so special that people keep making them again and again and again? I mean, let's be fair. There are so many examples of these that it would actually be a challenge to come up with something new that hasn't been created already in one style or another 2-3 times before. And it's not like they're not hard to find. I'm fairly confident that given an evenings-worth of searching that I can easily find 20-30 examples of all three types. So, why this apparent obsession amongst certain circles of the gaming community. Is there some major childhood influence that I somehow accidentally avoided which compells people to make these types over others? Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were fantastically popular in the eighties, there could be all kinds of shell-based fighting styles and feats for them, yet I don't recall ever seeing a "turtle people" race. Care Bears were similarly popular, yet I've never seen bear-like, gnome-sized races - sickly-cute or otherwise. Dogs are statistically almost as popular a pet as cats, yet "Dog People" are grossly under-represented by comparison. Dwarven, Orcish, Gnomish, etc subtypes are very uncommon. [i](I know that there are some, but they're extremely scarce in comparison to the teaming masses of Elven subtype)[/i] Dragons are cool monsters, but they're not the [u]only[/u] cool monster. So, why do these three receive such attention? Why keep making the the same ideas repeatedly? This has always puzzled me. Does anyone have any theories. [/QUOTE]

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