Redwizard007
Adventurer
Well, if I can choose 2, then Gully Dwarves.
D&D General what is the worst race in dnd?
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Vaalingrade
Legend
Believe me, they don't fulfill the dragon people aesthetic either, and I see all the appeal of. How we got scaly, tailless, wingless dwarves from the cat-based dragons of 3-4e, I will never know.
Mecheon
Sacabambaspis
The latest Warcraft expansion is all about dragons and dragon people, so there’s appeal there
Mind one of the bigger complaints is the playable race is some new winged flying dragon people rather than the giant Dragonborn looking Draknoids
I’d argue Dragonborn are the last in a line starting from Draconians and Dragonkin in earlier editions. Mind, they should have tails
Mind one of the bigger complaints is the playable race is some new winged flying dragon people rather than the giant Dragonborn looking Draknoids
I’d argue Dragonborn are the last in a line starting from Draconians and Dragonkin in earlier editions. Mind, they should have tails
Orius
Unrepentant DM Supremacist
I'll agree that kender aren't the problem, the players are. Even Tas shows character growth in the novels.
Gully dwarves are an inexplicably bad choice for a PC race. Too many disadvantages and ... wait do they even have an advantage? As NPCs, they're fine.
It depends on the edition too. I'd say half-orcs are the worst in 1e given the class restrictions on them. Get to 3e, and the worst of the core is half-elf playing the role of the poor man's human. A big step down from AD&D where they had a good deal of versatility from their multiclass options.
I'm not a fan of dragonborn either. As much as like to keep mocking the dragonboobs silliness from early 4e, the real problem is that WotC put too much background flavor into them. That's a running problem I have with WotC material, they put too much specific background stuff into things rather than leaving things open ended enough for a DM to customize things.
Optional races can be hit or miss. There's a lot of junk from 3e, and raptorans are near the top (Races of the Dragon was one of 3e's lowest point anyway). Most of the new stuff they made in 3e gets a meh from me at best, and only legacy material has much interest.
Gully dwarves are an inexplicably bad choice for a PC race. Too many disadvantages and ... wait do they even have an advantage? As NPCs, they're fine.
It depends on the edition too. I'd say half-orcs are the worst in 1e given the class restrictions on them. Get to 3e, and the worst of the core is half-elf playing the role of the poor man's human. A big step down from AD&D where they had a good deal of versatility from their multiclass options.
I'm not a fan of dragonborn either. As much as like to keep mocking the dragonboobs silliness from early 4e, the real problem is that WotC put too much background flavor into them. That's a running problem I have with WotC material, they put too much specific background stuff into things rather than leaving things open ended enough for a DM to customize things.
Optional races can be hit or miss. There's a lot of junk from 3e, and raptorans are near the top (Races of the Dragon was one of 3e's lowest point anyway). Most of the new stuff they made in 3e gets a meh from me at best, and only legacy material has much interest.
Zardnaar
Legend
3E splat is fairly bad. 3E fluff is quite good eg FR, Draconomicon, Out of the Abyss etc.
Vaalingrade
Legend
Not even the worst problematic race as they are likely the result of a cocktail of ignorance while the gully dwarf was 100% on purpose.
Zardnaar
Legend
Krynn races in general. Never liked it as a setting the novels aren't that good either.
James Gasik
We don't talk about Pun-Pun
Oh yeah, I mean, they have Walrus-men. Is there anyone who ever said to themselves, "man, I wish I could play an anthropomorphic Walrus in D&D"?
Zardnaar
Legend
I don't mind anthromorphic races if done well. Eg built from ground up, Egyptian themed etc.
But yeah it's just more stupid Krynnisms.
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