What is your favorite new race?

[IronWolf]

Other as in none. I've not seen a new race that was not just a new set of numbers.

Agreed....

 

[Crothian]

Well, I didn't think it was the greatest thing since sliced bread, but I didn't see anything wrong with it. In what ways to do feel it fundamentally fails?

I wouldn't say fundamentally fails, except in the way it fails to make me want to play or use them. They are an add on. Classes I think work better bein an add on, but races just seem harder to just use. Maybe if a setting came out that had them built in like Eberoonn has some new races built into it, it would help make them feel like they have a place and a use.

 

[Kunimatyu]

I enjoy the Kalashtar from both a mechnical and flavor perspective. From a numbers perspective, they're one of the first non-LA psionic races, and their "Naturally Psionic" trait grants an extra power point every level, instead of the small 2-3pp bonus at first level that most have.

From a flavor perspective, they make more sense than a lot of new races, since they're humans who chose to merge themselves with benign psionic entities, not some random new species that's just been discovered. Played right, the dual nature of the Kalashtar soul can be really cool, sort of like having a second conscience. Their empathetic nature, coupled with their somewhat alien features and philosophy, create an interesting paradox, as they are inherently good at relating with people's inmost desires and fears despite their obvious not-quite-human-ness. Sort of like a race of extraterrestrial Dali Lamas.

Of course, I'm a little biased. Having an hour-long conversation with Keith Baker about the Kalashtar at Winter Fantasy will do that.

 

[Blackthorne]

Other as in none. I've not seen a new race that was not just a new set of numbers.

Ahem. Just like, say, Elves or Dwarves are just new sets of numbers compared to Humans? :\

 

[Crothian]

Ahem. Just like, say, Elves or Dwarves are just new sets of numbers compared to Humans? :\

Exactly, you will notice latter in the thread I said that the core races are not that great either and that races are what I feel is the weakest area of the game.

 

[EricNoah]

I like the concept and mostly the implementation of the warforged.

 

[BiggusGeekus]

I thought the warforged were different (first living construct...ever?). Maybe there was just too much hype prior to Eberron coming out?

Dragonstar had a constructy type race.


I don't think there was too much hype about Eberron. People were naturally curious why this particular product was worth 100 grand. How do you downplay that?

 

[Flyspeck23]

Shifters, Changelings and Warforged. I guess I'm a bit of an Eberron junkie. I like the potential in all those races, though. Probably slightly prefer shifters of the bunch, but that's maybe because I used to play a bit of Werewolf: the Apocalypse before d20 came out.

My sentiments exactly... or (more precisely) nearly. Don't like shifters that much, and I'd even say kalashtar are more interesting than shifters.
Then again, that's probably because our Eberron group doesn't include a shifter.

My personal favorite is warforged. So much potential for the player and the GM.

 

[megamania]

My favorite is between warforged and shifters. Shifters are what interest me the most but the forged interests my players thus as a DM I tend to spotlight them more.

 

[demiurge1138]

I'm a big fan of warforged, but the material presented in Races of Eberron bumped changelings just slightly above them. Warforged are the kind of race you look at and say "D&D hasn't ever had anything like this". Changelings are the kind of race you look at and say "why hasn't D&D ever had anything like this?" They seem so naturally a part of D&D, and I've found it insanely easy to fit them into non-Eberron games, something which is a bit tricky for the warforged.

Demiurge out.