D&D 5E What Races for the 5E PHB

[Dungeonosophy]

Races from the PHBs

If the selection of races followed the rationale of the 5e classes, then the first release would include all the races that have been in any of the first PHBs of any edition:

Elf
Dwarf
Halfling
Gnome
Half-Elf
Half-Orc
Eladrin
Dragonborn
Tiefling

 

[Sunseeker]

If the selection of races followed the rationale of the 5e classes, then the first release would include all the races that have been in any of the first PHBs of any edition:

Elf
Dwarf
Halfling
Gnome
Half-Elf
Half-Orc
Eladrin
Dragonborn
Tiefling

Including Human, that makes for a nice round 10, which I think is a good number given how many races COULD exist in the D&D multiverse.

 

[Ratinyourwalls]

More people want a Catfolk race than people that want a Dragonborn, Tiefling, or Eladrin race.

?

 

[Kynn]

More people want a Catfolk race than people that want a Dragonborn, Tiefling, or Eladrin race.

?

Kitties are cute and inoffensive, while the other races you named are thought of as 4e-isms, and lots of people have kneejerk reactions against anything to do with 4e.

 

[thewok]

Kitties are cute and inoffensive, while the other races you named are thought of as 4e-isms, and lots of people have kneejerk reactions against anything to do with 4e.

There's already a cat race. They're called rakshasa, and they're meant for killin'. Same with orcs, gnolls, minotaurs, goblins and so on.

 

[Blackwarder]

Human, elf, half elf, dwarf, halfing and gnomes. I really dislike the fact that they made Eladrin a completely different race away with that I say! Make elves be elves and publish a complete book of elves for all the difference subraces {same goes for dwarves, halfings and humans (Goliaths and such)}

Warder

 

[Lanefan]

More people want a Catfolk race than people that want a Dragonborn, Tiefling, or Eladrin race.

What makes even less sense is that as of now 6.29% of the voters do NOT want Human as a core race.

Lan-"they must be the ones who voted for Catfolk instead"-efan

 

[Ratinyourwalls]

It's also kinda strange how well the Pixie is doing. Never really thought of it as a race that scratched a particular itch but apparently it scratched someone's itch damn well.

 

[Khaalis]

It's also kinda strange how well the Pixie is doing. Never really thought of it as a race that scratched a particular itch but apparently it scratched someone's itch damn well.

Windling from Earthdwan (aka Shadowrun past) = perfect example. Also the popularity of series like Dresden Files' and characters like Toot-Toot.

 

[Klaus]

There's already a cat race. They're called rakshasa, and they're meant for killin'. Same with orcs, gnolls, minotaurs, goblins and so on.

D&D has a loooo(...)oooong history with cat races. Starting with the tabaxi, in the 1e Fiend Folio, then the rakasta in Mystara and the Red Steel settings, then the catfolk (a renamed tabaxi) in Races of the Wild, up to the razorclaw shifter in Eberron and 4e (which can be described as cat-faced if desired).