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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bodhi" data-source="post: 1618744" data-attributes="member: 19770">That's pretty much my point of view. If you want a rational ecology, you'd limit the number of sentient species.Or, you could have dozens (or hundreds, or more), but with some underlying reason. Maybe the nature of the world's magic is such that species mutate very rapidly, so you get huge numbers of races and subraces. Maybe a powerful deity has cursed (or blessed) the inhabitants so that a child is always of a race different from either parent. Maybe the planet used to be a Spelljammer-style trading hub, but now there's a space storm, or there was a war, or whatever, and now they're cut off.  Maybe there are just a ton of open gates left by litterbug mages, and being just walk in from other planes.Well, I think it depends on just how cosmopolitan a given area is. If, on a given day, you're likely to interact with a dozen different races, singling out one for prejudice seems odd. I mean, unless everyone dislikes them. I could see fire elementals being unwelcome just based on property damage, for instance. On the other hand, if you're Farmer Ted, and have never seen a non-human (or whatever) in your life, I think it'd be more likely that'd you'd be wary of one. Even more so if you'd been brought up on stories of demons and ghosts and other such boogiemen.</blockquote>