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<blockquote data-quote="Wik" data-source="post: 5111788" data-attributes="member: 40177">Sorry.&nbsp; Not a fan of the Cantina.&nbsp; The way I see it - the Cantina represents the entire universe.&nbsp; Each alien in that bar scene was from another world.&nbsp; Whereas in D&amp;D, there is one world (at least, one world in the games I play - we don't get super planar).&nbsp; So, twenty-odd intelligent races choking up the major cities just doesn't do it for me.&nbsp; Right now, in my setting, there are a good dozen or so races:1.&nbsp; Humans2.&nbsp; Elves/Eladrin/Drow/Shadar-Kai (all the same race, with Shadar-Kai being half-drow half-eladrin, and Elves being non-feywild eladrin)3.&nbsp; Dwarves4.&nbsp; Orcs5.&nbsp; Tieflings (technically cursed humans)6.&nbsp; Halflings7.&nbsp; Genasi (they exist, but have never been seen in the current campaign)8.&nbsp; Dragonborn9.&nbsp; Minotaurs...there are also a bunch of goblin races, kobolds, lizardfolk, trolls, and ogres as minor races.&nbsp; And that list is probably too long for me.&nbsp; I'd prefer there to be perhaps six &quot;major&quot; races, with humans forming about 50% of the total population.&nbsp; My reasoning is that this makes the world more manageable for the players to understand, and lets the GM put in some thought on how the world acutally works.&nbsp; Also, and this is personal opinion, here - if you set a restriction upon your world design, it tends to force you to be a bit more creative with things, making for a better game overall.Now, all that being said, I have no problem with weird and fantastic races.&nbsp; I would love for my next world to consist of humans, and then five random &quot;weird&quot; races (Flying Bugs, Plant-People, Rock-Men, dual-personality schizo people, and warforged would make a great setting!).&nbsp; Really, a whole gaggle of races in the books are great, but I prefer to take only a few to drop in my campaign.&nbsp; Or, to put it another way - when a painter starts work on the canvas, he selects a few complimentary colours, and gets to work.&nbsp; He doesn't try to use every colour he has available - sometimes, they just don't belong in the painting.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wik, post: 5111788, member: 40177"] Sorry. Not a fan of the Cantina. The way I see it - the Cantina represents the entire universe. Each alien in that bar scene was from another world. Whereas in D&D, there is one world (at least, one world in the games I play - we don't get super planar). So, twenty-odd intelligent races choking up the major cities just doesn't do it for me. Right now, in my setting, there are a good dozen or so races: 1. Humans 2. Elves/Eladrin/Drow/Shadar-Kai (all the same race, with Shadar-Kai being half-drow half-eladrin, and Elves being non-feywild eladrin) 3. Dwarves 4. Orcs 5. Tieflings (technically cursed humans) 6. Halflings 7. Genasi (they exist, but have never been seen in the current campaign) 8. Dragonborn 9. Minotaurs ...there are also a bunch of goblin races, kobolds, lizardfolk, trolls, and ogres as minor races. And that list is probably too long for me. I'd prefer there to be perhaps six "major" races, with humans forming about 50% of the total population. My reasoning is that this makes the world more manageable for the players to understand, and lets the GM put in some thought on how the world acutally works. Also, and this is personal opinion, here - if you set a restriction upon your world design, it tends to force you to be a bit more creative with things, making for a better game overall. Now, all that being said, I have no problem with weird and fantastic races. I would love for my next world to consist of humans, and then five random "weird" races (Flying Bugs, Plant-People, Rock-Men, dual-personality schizo people, and warforged would make a great setting!). Really, a whole gaggle of races in the books are great, but I prefer to take only a few to drop in my campaign. Or, to put it another way - when a painter starts work on the canvas, he selects a few complimentary colours, and gets to work. He doesn't try to use every colour he has available - sometimes, they just don't belong in the painting. [/QUOTE]

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