What is the most despised race?

[JonnyReb]

Agreed. Though I bet there's a large portion of people who'd also throw in Gnomes...

Sorry dude, the ACLU won a civil case that effectively outlaws gnome-tossing (I believe it covers "throwing" as well......)

I vote "elves" just because I am ~~so~~ tired of them being worshipped by my players as some kind of uber-race... That's why IMC they're a dying race on the edge of extinction.

 

[Emirikol]

The Queen Maud Land, All-Nude Marathon

Ouch! I can feel the burn..wait, that's not my muscles, it's frostbite 'down-there' ...

jh

 

[painandgreed]

Where's the option for Kinder?

It would have to be Drow.

However, on the subject of gnomes, it's not that they're dispised as much as just never played. I don't think I've ever seen somebody even play one or run across one as an NPC.

 

[Orius]

Other for kender. That race engenders more hate from players than any other hands down.

Drow are a very very close second.

 

[Dark Jezter]

Elves are my most-despised race for two reasons. First, there's the fact that it's hard for me to like a bunch of arrogant, holier-than-thou, flaky-artistic tree huggers who are portrayed as being the most perfect race in nearly every book that describes them. Second, as Johnny Reb mentioned, there are a lot of obnoxious and irritating fanboys out there who worship elves as some kind of uber-race.

I'm also tired of the drow because they've become incredibly overused and cliche over the years. When the PCs visit the underdark in my campaign, I almost never use the drow, instead I use duergar, kuo-toa, mind flayers, and other races that haven't been done to death as villians.

 

[Mallus]

And you wonder why some people claim that fantasy is inherently racist...

 

[Apocalyptic Kitty]

I don't see the "non-feline" option.

 

[Imret]

On the claims of fantasy's racism, I have to wonder about the climate that made drow happen. The big evil race, eternal foes of the "good" race (most source seems to hold up elves as paragons of good), bane of all they encounter, dwelling in a society based off cruelty, torture, and hate...are black-skinned and ruled by women. Does this plague no-one else?

But anyhow, my vote was "other". As a DM, my hatred is divided:
1 - Kender, because people play them ONLY to cause havoc with the entire party. I'd sooner evil characters than kender, because the rules allow evil characters to control their own actions (depending on how you read the alignment rules )
2 - Good-aligned drow fleeing their homeland. Done. To. DEATH.

However, as a player of D&D and gamer in general...it's either the "we need more animal-men!" monsters...Giff, Loxo, etc...or what my group calls "dartboard monsters", like the Marrash. "Okay, we need a new monster. Hmmm...head of a...goat? Okay, good. Ummm, bear legs...uh...mandibles! Yeah. Like a spider. And...parrot wings! Now THIS is why we're on top of the industry. Quality work like this ridiculous hodgepodge." Sigh.

 

[Psion]

Kender.

Rightfully.

 

[Brennin Magalus]

I voted for gnomes, although I would love to see halflings eliminated as well (perhaps the two can destroy each other).