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[UPDATED] Most D&D Players Prefer Humans - Without Feats!
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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 7735773" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>WotC's Jeremy Crawford <a href="https://twitter.com/JeremyECrawford" target="_blank">posted about some D&D-related data</a> -- most people play humans, without feats, and base their choices on the character's background rather than starting with a class (update - clarified, below).[PRBREAK][/PRBREAK]<p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]111589[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>Here's what he had to say.</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">With data from more than one edition of D&D, I can confidently say that people play more humans, elves, and dwarves than all other races combined. No matter how powerful we've made other race options, this fact hasn't changed. Story & aesthetics often appeal more than power.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Want to know which D&D race is played more than any other? Humans, by far.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">We have never witnessed a correlation between (a) power in the game and (b) which races are most popular. Story, aesthetics, characterization, literary and cinematic models—most often those drive the choice, rather than which options are perceived to be most powerful.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The popularity of humans, elves, and dwarves has been true for multiple editions of D&D, regardless of game mechanics, regardless of the rules for organized play, and regardless of what the competing racial options have been.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Another piece of D&D data: a majority of D&D characters don't use feats. Many players love the customization possible with feats, but a larger group of players is happy to make characters without feats. Feats are, therefore, not a driving force behind many players' choices.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Most D&D players make their primary character-building choices based on a character's fantasy archetype, backstory, personality, appearance, and place in the world. To flesh out those things, players are usually satisfied with choosing race, class/subclass, and background.</li> </ul><p></p><p>UPDATE! Jeremy Crawford dropped me a note with some clarifications. Here's what he said:</p><p></p><p>[HQ]"Quick clarification: I said that humans are the most-played race, and characters with feats are in the minority. In contrast, the website's story states that I said most characters are humans without feats—not quite right.</p><p></p><p>I also didn't say anything about a character's background being more important to the player than the character's class."[/HQ]</p><p></p><p>(I misunderstood that last bullet point there, but thanks to Jeremy for the clarification!)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 7735773, member: 1"] WotC's Jeremy Crawford [URL="https://twitter.com/JeremyECrawford"]posted about some D&D-related data[/URL] -- most people play humans, without feats, and base their choices on the character's background rather than starting with a class (update - clarified, below).[PRBREAK][/PRBREAK][CENTER] [ATTACH=FULL]111589[/ATTACH][/CENTER] Here's what he had to say. [LIST] [*]With data from more than one edition of D&D, I can confidently say that people play more humans, elves, and dwarves than all other races combined. No matter how powerful we've made other race options, this fact hasn't changed. Story & aesthetics often appeal more than power. [*]Want to know which D&D race is played more than any other? Humans, by far. [*]We have never witnessed a correlation between (a) power in the game and (b) which races are most popular. Story, aesthetics, characterization, literary and cinematic models—most often those drive the choice, rather than which options are perceived to be most powerful. [*]The popularity of humans, elves, and dwarves has been true for multiple editions of D&D, regardless of game mechanics, regardless of the rules for organized play, and regardless of what the competing racial options have been. [*]Another piece of D&D data: a majority of D&D characters don't use feats. Many players love the customization possible with feats, but a larger group of players is happy to make characters without feats. Feats are, therefore, not a driving force behind many players' choices. [*]Most D&D players make their primary character-building choices based on a character's fantasy archetype, backstory, personality, appearance, and place in the world. To flesh out those things, players are usually satisfied with choosing race, class/subclass, and background. [/LIST] UPDATE! Jeremy Crawford dropped me a note with some clarifications. Here's what he said: [HQ]"Quick clarification: I said that humans are the most-played race, and characters with feats are in the minority. In contrast, the website's story states that I said most characters are humans without feats—not quite right. I also didn't say anything about a character's background being more important to the player than the character's class."[/HQ] (I misunderstood that last bullet point there, but thanks to Jeremy for the clarification!) [/QUOTE]
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