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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fenros" data-source="post: 26803" data-attributes="member: 975">I personally don't have a least favorite PC race. I think they are all fine. I think the races are as good as the DM and the Players make them. If the DM and the Players are unimaginative, then there are going to be poor role-playing performances and/or interpretations of the races and their cultures. I also don't dislike a race because most peole are unable to rise their roleplaying to meet the standard the race requires. I think its nice to have that high challenge presented for those (although rare) who are able to meet it. Not that I think anyone is suggesting on lowering the standard by taking away hard to play races, but its nice that there's a place for those who are really into taking on higher challenges. Even though it sounds like most hardly ever rise to that level of play.I've played in all kinds of groups. I've done the munchkin style games and I've done the high roleplaying games too and everything in between. Yah, its frustrating when someone picks a race for its game mechanic bonuses and then roleplays it in a cliche. But its truly a lot of fun when you get some great roleplayers in on a game that bring both imaginative takes on old archetypes as well as also doing a great job of representing their race. Hard balance to meet. But its possible. Not all players are powergaming munchkins, sometimes you get great roleplayers involved.  I remember one time having a friend who was an actor in on my game. He really loved to practice his acting skills in the roleplaying. And because he raised the bar on roleplaying , all the other players tripled their effort on their roleplaying too. People really got into making their characters three dimensional. It was great. In that game, one of the player's gnome was really great. So, yes....a gnome can be cool. Even if a game company has written bad or silly race in a Player's Handbook or whatever, a good gaming group can make it cool.</blockquote>

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