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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JEB" data-source="post: 8198663" data-attributes="member: 10148">And, again, what is the significance of this? That it's fine for my friend to not get stuff he can easily use going forward, because he previously got stuff he could easily use? How do you figure?Fair enough, I suppose that was rude.That Wizards already acknowledged draconians as a type of dragonborn, and kender as a type of halfling, doesn't mean they wouldn't get a writeup in a hypothetical Dragonlance book. Why wouldn't they? There are Dragonlance fans who would like to have them, and they'd be part of the market for a Dragonlance setting book. Note that along similar lines, they actually took a stab at grugachs in UA, even though the PHB said they were a type of wood elf.As for all the others, "similar races exist and you can modify them" is not a reason for Wizards to pass on a writeup. You could make that argument about any of the new races that appeared after the PHB; orcs could just be modified half-orcs, for example. (See also my previous argument about how "homebrew exists" is not compelling.)In any case, note we agreed that modrons and thri-kreen are distinct enough to merit their own writeup; you also raised spirit folk as another. Thri-kreen are practically guaranteed if we get a Dark Sun book, and modrons are likely if we get a planar/Planescape book (due to modrons getting attention in core 5E, and Nordom from Planescape: Torment, a game which the designers are clearly fond of).If you stop coming up with reasons why we don't need official defaults, I'll be happy to stop defending the idea. But as someone who endorses the sidebar, I'm obliged to respond to criticisms. Nothing personal.</blockquote>

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