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<blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 9351906" data-attributes="member: 58172">I see the top five as the salient grouping for most settings.Also I expect the top five species to adjust to the Five-Folk Band tropes, both unconsciously and intentionally. (Here gender inclusive, instead of &quot;Five Man Band&quot; including the &quot;Chick&quot; who is sometimes a lovable man, often a dreamer.)• Smart Folk: Elf (will emphasize wizardry and magitech)• Heart Folk: Dwarf (will become cuter and more grumpily loveable, even sexier)• Big Folk: Dragonborn (one-person army)• Rebel Folk: Tiefling (foil as opposite of Jock)• Jock Folk: Human (well-rounded generalist, summarizes the themes of the setting)Contrast the original AD&amp;D Greyhawk races:• Smart Folk: Gnome• Heart Folk: Elf (including Half-Elf, idealism plus elf babes)• Big Folk: Dwarf (high Constitution fighter)• Rebel Folk: Halfling (thief without ambition as foil for ambitious worldbuiding Human)• Jock Folk: HumanThe old school Half-Orc was the &quot;Sixth Folk&quot;, by trope, a double agent from the villains who assists the Five.5e lacks a &quot;Sixth Folk&quot;. The equivalent would be something like a playable Mindflayer or Phyrexian.The top five races define the feel and tone of the settings.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Yaarel, post: 9351906, member: 58172"] I see the top five as the salient grouping for most settings. Also I expect the top five species to adjust to the Five-Folk Band tropes, both unconsciously and intentionally. (Here gender inclusive, instead of "Five Man Band" including the "Chick" who is sometimes a lovable man, often a dreamer.) • Smart Folk: Elf (will emphasize wizardry and magitech) • Heart Folk: Dwarf (will become cuter and more grumpily loveable, even sexier) • Big Folk: Dragonborn (one-person army) • Rebel Folk: Tiefling (foil as opposite of Jock) • Jock Folk: Human (well-rounded generalist, summarizes the themes of the setting) Contrast the original AD&D Greyhawk races: • Smart Folk: Gnome • Heart Folk: Elf (including Half-Elf, idealism plus elf babes) • Big Folk: Dwarf (high Constitution fighter) • Rebel Folk: Halfling (thief without ambition as foil for ambitious worldbuiding Human) • Jock Folk: Human The old school Half-Orc was the "Sixth Folk", by trope, a double agent from the villains who assists the Five. 5e lacks a "Sixth Folk". The equivalent would be something like a playable Mindflayer or Phyrexian. The top five races define the feel and tone of the settings. [/QUOTE]

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